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New Beacon

YANTAI, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - Staff members load new navigational symbols onto the "Haixing 153" navigational vessel at the dock of the Yantai Navigational Symbols Department in Yantai, Shandong province, China, Aug 7, 2024.

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China Maritime Day

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 11, 2024 - A crew member of the "Haixun 153" navigational vessel introduces navigation knowledge to children at the Yantai Navigation Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, July 11, 2024.

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China Maritime Day

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 11, 2024 - A crew member of the "Haixun 153" navigational vessel introduces sailing knowledge to children at the Yantai Navigation Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, July 11, 2024.

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China Maritime Day

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 11, 2024 - A crew member of the "Haixun 153" navigational vessel explains a model of a navigational vessel to children at the Yantai Navigational Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, July 11, 2024.

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China Maritime Day

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 11, 2024 - Children are guided by a crew member to visit the "Haixun 153" navigational vessel at the Yantai Navigation Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, July 11, 2024.

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China Maritime Day

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 11, 2024 - Children are guided by a crew member to visit the "Haixun 153" navigational vessel at the Yantai Navigation Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, July 11, 2024.

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China-aided airport in Pakistan's Gwadar port city starts flight test

STORY: China-aided airport in Pakistan's Gwadar port city starts flight test SHOOTING TIME: June 4, 2024 DATELINE: June 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the New Gwadar International Airport 2. various of the flight test STORYLINE: The China-aided New Gwadar International Airport in Pakistan has started carrying out a five-day flight test from Tuesday, marking that the project is about to enter the final sprint stage, the airport's project management team said. Ding Kan, head of the project management team, told Xinhua that the flight test work of the airport, being built under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and located in the southwest port city of Gwadar, is organized and implemented by Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The main purpose of the activity is to check the standardization and safety of the project's navigation facilities, navigational aids, flight procedures and road surface performance, he said, adding that th

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Egypt receives Chinese-built dry bulk carrier

STORY: Egypt receives Chinese-built dry bulk carrier SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of "Wadi Al-Arish" and its interior STORYLINE: Egypt's Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir announced on Saturday that the National Navigation Company, an affiliate of the Ministry, has received the latest Chinese-built dry bulk carrier "Wadi Al-Arish." The ship, which can carry up to 82,000 tons, will officially join the national commercial fleet of the National Navigation Company during January 2024. The ship is 229 meters long, 32.26 meters wide, and has a draft of 14.5 meters. The minister pointed out that the ship features advanced navigational equipment and technologies, and also meets the current and future environmental requirements. The minister indicated that the national commercial fleet is now composed of 14 ships responsible for securing the transportation of the strategic goods imported into Egypt,

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Suez Canal revenues strike new record in November

STORY: Suez Canal revenues strike new record in November SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Suez Canal STORYLINE: The Suez Canal recorded the revenues of a recorded 854.7 million U.S. dollars in November, up 20.3 percent year on year, according to Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman Osama Rabie. The Chairman of the Authority explained that the navigation movement in the canal in November recorded the crossing of 2,264 ships in both directions, compared to the crossing of 2,171 ships in November 2022. The total net tonnage reached 135.5 million tons, an increase of 8.2 percent year on year. He stressed that the successive unprecedented indicators recorded by the canal's navigation statistics are a direct result of the success of development projects and navigational services and the support of the political leadership in raising the canal's classification and increasing its capacity. Xinhua News Agency corre

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Inspect Beacons For Super Typhoon Doksuri

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 27, 2023 - Staff members load new navigational symbols onto the ship Haixun 153 at Luanjiakou Port in Yantai, Shandong province, China, July 27, 2023. In recent days, the Yantai Navigation Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport has carried out centralized inspection and replacement of navigation beacons in the area under its jurisdiction to ensure the safety and order of the maritime navigation environment during the transit of Super Typhoon Doksuri.

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Inspect Beacons For Super Typhoon Doksuri

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 27, 2023 - Staff members load new navigational symbols onto the ship Haixun 153 at Luanjiakou Port in Yantai, Shandong province, China, July 27, 2023. In recent days, the Yantai Navigation Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport has carried out centralized inspection and replacement of navigation beacons in the area under its jurisdiction to ensure the safety and order of the maritime navigation environment during the transit of Super Typhoon Doksuri.

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Inspect Beacons For Super Typhoon Doksuri

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 27, 2023 - Staff members load new navigational symbols onto the ship Haixun 153 at Luanjiakou Port in Yantai, Shandong province, China, July 27, 2023. In recent days, the Yantai Navigation Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport has carried out centralized inspection and replacement of navigation beacons in the area under its jurisdiction to ensure the safety and order of the maritime navigation environment during the transit of Super Typhoon Doksuri.

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Suez Canal navigation continues despite deviation

STORY: Suez Canal navigation continues despite deviation DATELINE: July 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Suez Canal STORYLINE: The Suez Canal Authority's (SCA) chairman Osama Rabie stated on Wednesday that the navigation traffic in the canal is continuing despite deviation. He also announced the completion of 94% of the total dredging work in the expansion and deepening project, adding that the project gives passing ships greater maneuverability. He touched on the details of some emergency navigational situations earlier, as the authority's efforts succeeded in avoiding the deviation of the giant oil tanker SUEZ ICE SUPREME. The head of the authority concluded his statement by stressing moving forward towards the completion of the southern sector development project, according to the specified timetable, without affecting the movement of ships crossing the canal. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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India launches next-gen navigational satellite

STORY: India launches next-gen navigational satellite DATELINE: May 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of launch of the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 STORYLINE: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched a second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01, officials said. The navigational satellite weighing about 2,232 kg was launched on board an expendable Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh state. According to the ISRO, NVS-01 is the country's first second-generation satellite envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation services (NavIC). Officials said an indigenous atomic clock was flown in NVS-01 for the first time. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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INDIA-ANDHRA PRADESH-SRIHARIKOTA-NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE-LAUNCH

(230529) -- SRIHARIKOTA, May 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01 is launched on board an expendable Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh state, India, on May 29, 2023. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched a second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01, officials said. (UNI via Xinhua)

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INDIA-ANDHRA PRADESH-SRIHARIKOTA-NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE-LAUNCH

(230529) -- SRIHARIKOTA, May 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01 is launched on board an expendable Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh state, India, on May 29, 2023. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched a second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01, officials said. (UNI via Xinhua)

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Traffic passing through Egypt's Suez Canal per day hits record high

STORY: Traffic passing through Egypt's Suez Canal per day hits record high DATELINE: March 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Suez Canal STORYLINE: Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on Monday that the canal recorded its highest-ever daily traffic crossing rate, with 107 ships crossing from both directions without waiting, with a total net tonnage of 6.3 million tonnes. Osama Rabie, head of the SCA, said 56 ships with a net tonnage of 3.4 million tonnes passed through the canal from the north direction, while 51 ships from the south direction crossed the new navigational course of the canal with a total net tonnage of 2.9 million tonnes. He also said that the implementation of a project to develop the southern sector of the canal will allow an increase in navigational safety by 28 percent and in the capacity of the canal by about 6 additional ships. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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Upgrading Suez Canal

ISMAILIA, Egypt - The work is underway in Ismailia, northeastern Egypt, on Nov. 30, 2014, to upgrade the Suez Canal. The double-tracking of the canal's navigational waterway is expected to be completed by August 2015.

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Egypt's Suez Canal to raise transit fees in 2023

STORY: Egypt's Suez Canal to raise transit fees in 2023 DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairperson Ossama Rabiee speaking 2. various of vessels crossing the Suez Canal STORYLINE: The Suez Canal's transit tolls will increase by 15 percent for all types of vessels and 10 percent for dry bulk and cruise ships starting next year, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced in a statement on Saturday. The authority said rising energy prices, freight rates, and daily charter rates for ships, predicted to continue next year, are the main reason for raising transit tolls along the vital canal connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. "The (tolls) increase is inevitable and is a necessity in light of the current global inflation, which translates into increased operational costs and the costs of the navigational services provided in the canal," SCA Chairman Ossama Rabiee said in the statement. He said the SCA adjusted the to

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Tanker refloated after running aground in Egypt's Suez Canal

STORY: Tanker refloated after running aground in Egypt's Suez Canal DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the canal's control room and the then-stranded tanker (courtesy of Suez Canal Authority) 2. various of the March 2021's stranded Ever Given STORYLINE: A large oil tanker stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal was refloated late Wednesday, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Thursday. "The vessel coming from Portugal ran aground in the Suez Canal at about 7 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) on Wednesday, and tug boats released it into its navigational course five hours later," said George Safwat, spokesperson of the SCA. He added that the vessel, Affinity V, had been blocking the southern section of the canal for a short period, noting that "traffic has returned to normal." The incident took place in the same single-lane stretch of the canal where the Ever Given, a giant cargo ship, ran aground for six days in March 2021, causing disruption in global tr

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Traffic passing through Suez Canal per day reaches all-time record

STORY: Traffic passing through Suez Canal per day reaches all-time record DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairperson Osama Rabie speaking 2. various of vessels crossing the Suez Canal STORYLINE: Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairperson Osama Rabie said on Saturday that the traffic passing through the canal per day reached an all-time record in the waterway's history, with 89 ships crossing from both directions without waiting, carrying a total net tonnage of 5.2 million tons of cargo. A statement by the authority said the number of ships transiting the canal from the north direction amounted to 44 ships with a net tonnage of 3 million tons, while 45 ships crossing from the south direction in the new navigational course of the canal with a total net tonnage of 2.2 million tons. Rabea also said daily transit rates through the Suez Canal witnessed a significant increase after the new Suez Canal project had been opened, as th

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Xinhua Headlines: Unfazed by U.S. sanctions and smear campaign, Xinjiang farmers more enthusiastic about cotton farming

(220417) -- URUMQI, April 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 16, 2022 shows a navigational autopilot equipment in a cotton field in Daquan of Shawan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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The Pratt & Whitney logo.

Keywords: Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney, airplane, aircraft, engine, aircraft engine, gas turbine for power, nautical engine, railway engine, rocket engine, company, sign, logo, logo mark = November 28, 2018, International Aerospace Exhibition site, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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The Pratt & Whitney logo.

Keywords: Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney, airplane, aircraft, engine, aircraft engine, gas turbine for power, nautical engine, railway engine, rocket engine, company, sign, logo, logo mark = November 28, 2018, International Aerospace Exhibition site, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Upgrading Suez Canal

ISMAILIA, Egypt - The work is underway in Ismailia, northeastern Egypt, on Nov. 30, 2014, to upgrade the Suez Canal. The double-tracking of the canal's navigational waterway is expected to be completed by August 2015. (Kyodo)

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Pictograms for guidance

Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2020, shows guidance pictograms projected on the floor of a building. The moving "navigational pictogram" system, released by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. the same day, will be launched in April for use at airports, railroad stations and commercial facilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for guidance

Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2020, shows guidance pictograms projected on the floor of a building. The moving "navigational pictogram" system, released by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. the same day, will be launched in April for use at airports, railroad stations and commercial facilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo