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Article: Evergreen Ships First to Assist in International Project to Measure and Monitor Greenhouse Gases Over Oceans
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- July 8, 2009
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TAIWAN, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its goal to retain a
leadership role in ensuring a sustainable maritime industry, an
Evergreen Marine Corp. container ship set sail Saturday as part of
an ambitious project to measure and monitor the distribution of
greenhouse gases in the Pacific Ocean. The EVER ULTRA is the first
commercial marine vessel equipped to measure marine hydrocarbon and
halocarbon emissions and is part of an international Pacific
Greenhouse Gases Measurement (PGGM) project.
Taiwanese scientists at National Central University with the
cooperation ...