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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

has demonstrated fixed-wing cargo-carrying capability in a point-to-point flight between two airbases using a specially modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. For many airlines, cargo represents up to one-third of revenue. kg) payload.

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Virtual Incision’s mini surgical robot arrives at ISS

Robotics Business Review

A screen grab from a NASA broadcast shows a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station on Jan. The company said its spaceMIRA device sat aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. 30, 2024 with the spaceMIRA from Virtual Incision onboard.

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Drought conditions force Panama Canal to lower maximum depth limit for ships

E&T

NeoPanamax ships are enormous and can carry 120,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) – half as much again as a typical Panamax cargo ship (65,000-80,000 DWT). Twenty people were killed during extreme weather events in 2020.

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Driving development: How Transaid transforms lives for the better

SMMT

Heirs’ first three secondments took place at the National Institute of Transport (NIT) in Dar es Salaam in 2015, 2016, and 2020, playing a key role in supporting Transaid’s longstanding Professional Driver Training Project in Tanzania.

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Electric Boat & Ship Markets Sail Past 1GWH in 2023, Reports IDTechEx

i4.0 today

The new IDTechEx report, “ Electric Boats & Ships 2024-2044 “, provides granular 20-year forecasts in unit sales, battery demand (GWh) & battery market value ($ bn) for electric ferry, electric cargo/container, electric Ro-Ro, electric cruise, electric OSV, electric tugboat and electric recreational boats by power class (25kW).

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Driving development: How Transaid transforms lives for the better

SMMT

Heirs’ first three secondments took place at the National Institute of Transport (NIT) in Dar es Salaam in 2015, 2016, and 2020, playing a key role in supporting Transaid’s longstanding Professional Driver Training Project in Tanzania.

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Border agency faces lawsuit after detaining cargo shipments

Canadian Manufacturing

Canada’s border agency says it has detained about 50 shipments of cargo over suspicions they were products of forced labour under rules introduced in 2020 — but only one was eventually determined to be in breach of the ban. Charge Solar Renewables Inc.

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