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The Polar Max project begins in the Helsinki Shipyard

Ship's propeller is seen during a steel cutting ceremony for the beginning of construction of the Polar Max Icebreaker in Helsinki Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland on August 20, 2025. Polar Max is the first newbuild project at the Helsinki Shipyard under Canadian-owned Davie's ownership. Project will be carried out in collaboration between Finnish and Canadian maritime industry experts and the finished vessel is scheduled to be delivered to the Canadian government by 2030. The project is aligned with the principles of the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort ( ICE Pact ) between Finland, the United States and Canada. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, IS EXTENDED IN A SINGLE PROPELLER (PHOTO) SURROUNDED BY A GLASS ROOF BATHED IN LIGHT. THE ASCENT CONTINUES IN THE FORM OF A CENTRAL COLUMN WHICH GIVES ACCESS TO THE LANTERN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, IS EXTENDED IN A SINGLE PROPELLER (PHOTO) SURROUNDED BY A GLASS ROOF BATHED IN LIGHT. THE ASCENT CONTINUES IN THE FORM OF A CENTRAL COLUMN WHICH GIVES ACCESS TO THE LANTERN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BIONIC SKIN-LARGE CRUDE CARRIER (CN)

(240717) -- DALIAN, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Nov. 11, 2023 shows a bionic skin propeller on a very large crude carrier (VLCC) at Dalian Port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Bionic dolphin skin saves fuel for large crude carrier" (Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering under the Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life Of Bangladeshi Dockyard Workers - Dhaka

Liquid iron is flowing into the prepared propeller mould at a dockyard on the bank of River Buriganga in Keraniganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 30, 2024. There are lots of shipyards in Keraniganj by the side of Buriganga river. Lots of people work there for living. They earn approx US $4 to US $5 per day. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Scientific And Technological Achievements Transformation in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - APRIL 8, 2024 - A guest visits a 7,000kW full-rotary propeller model at Xihu District Science and Technology Achievement Transformation (Puhua) Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, April 8, 2024.

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New LCC Toki Air

Toki Air propeller plane takes off from Niigata airport in Niigata northwest of Tokyo for the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 31, 2024, as the Niigata-based new low cost carrier launched its maiden commercial flight.

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Marintec China Held in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - Spectators look at a large pod-like propeller launched by ABB at 2023 Marintec China in Shanghai, China, December 5, 2023.

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-ZHUHAI-AERO ASIA SHOW-OPENING (CN)

(231123) -- ZHUHAI, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 23, 2023 shows a model of propeller engine exhibited at the booth of Aero Engine Corporation of China during the 2023 Aero Asia show in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province. The 2023 Aero Asia show, co-organized by Zhuhai Airshow Co., Ltd. and German AERO Friedrichshafen, kicked off at the Zhuhai International Air Show Center on Thursday. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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PLA navy rescues wounded Philippine fisherman

STORY: PLA navy rescues wounded Philippine fisherman DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: ZHANJIANG, China CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of PLA navy rescuing wounded Philippine fisherman STORYLINE: A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) naval vessel recently rescued two Philippine fishermen, said Chinese authorities. According to the PLA Southern Theater Command Navy and the South China Sea division of the China Coast Guard, the PLA naval vessel Aba was approached by two Philippine fishermen seeking help during its cruise in the eastern maritime zone of the Nansha Islands. One of the fishermen suffered wounds inflicted by propeller blades and was losing blood. PLA naval medics examined the wounds and brought the fisherman aboard for further treatment. On board the vessel, PLA naval medics cleansed the fisherman's wounds, stopped the bleeding, and bandaged the wounds. The vessel also provided the fishermen with food and medical supplies, including drinking water, antibiot

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Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 14, 2023, shows a small trainer aircraft that crash landed at Oita Airport in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan. None of the three people aboard the twin-propeller Beechcraft Baron G58 was injured but the runway had to be closed briefly.

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Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 14, 2023, shows a small trainer aircraft that crash landed at Oita Airport in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan. None of the three people aboard the twin-propeller Beechcraft Baron G58 was injured but the runway had to be closed briefly.

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Light plane crash lands at Oita airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 14, 2023, shows a small trainer aircraft that crash landed at Oita Airport in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan. None of the three people aboard the twin-propeller Beechcraft Baron G58 was injured but the runway had to be closed briefly.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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Prototype electric plane makes trial ground run in Japan

OITA, Japan - A prototype small electric airplane goes through a trial run on the ground in Bungoono, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 15, 2014. The propeller-driven plane ran about 300 meters in 25 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 80 km per hour.

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Osprey in Okinawa

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows a huge propeller undergoing maintenance as the U.S. military's MV22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft was shown to reporters at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 20, 2013.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken July 9, 2012, shows a propeller of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during antipiracy operations. A Chinese navy ship (front) is seen escorting a merchant ship sailing through the area.

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Propeller from kamikaze fighter in Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2011, shows a propeller blade from a fighter aircraft of the now-defunct Japanese military exhibited at the Pacific Fleet Museum in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. The aircraft was shot down during an attempted kamikaze attack on a Soviet oil tanker off Vladivostok port on Aug. 18, 1945, three days after Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Crashed plane found in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A Cessna TU206G is found crashed in a mountainous area in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2010, after it went missing two days ago. The two men aboard the single-engine propeller plane were found dead.

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Crashed plane found in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A Cessna TU206G is found crashed in a mountainous area in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2010, after it went missing two days ago. The two men aboard the single-engine propeller plane were found dead.

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Crashed plane found in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A Cessna TU206G is found crashed in a mountainous area in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2010, after it went missing two days ago. The two men aboard the single-engine propeller plane were found dead.

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Bombardier delivers 8 DHC8-Q300 prop planes to Japan Coast Guard

YAMATO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials cut the tape in front of a Canadian Bombardier DHC8-Q300 prop plane during a ceremony at the JCG hanger in the city of Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 13. A total of eight DHC8-Q300 prop planes, which will replace the outmoded YS11 propeller planes, were delivered to the Japan Coat Guard.

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Small plane belly-lands at island airport in Tokyo, no one hurt

TOKYO, Japan - A small propeller plane carrying six people belly-landed at an airport on Kozu Island, about 170 kilometers south of Tokyo in the Pacific, on Aug. 3, but no one was hurt, an airport official said.

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Small plane crash-lands in residential area, British pilot hurt

KANAZAWA, Japan - A small plane crash-landed at a road construction site in a residential area of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 21, leaving its British pilot injured. Maurice John Kirk, 60, the owner of the propeller plane who was taken to a hospital with injuries to his right ankle, was quoted as saying he was on a solo round-the-world flight, police said.

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8 start round-the-world flight in 2 propeller planes

SAPPORO, Japan - Members of the Tokyo-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Japan wave before boarding a U.S.-made Piper plane at New Chitose airport in Hokkaido on June 1. Eight of the association's members left the airport in two planes for a monthlong round-the-world trip.

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2 injured in crash landing in Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - A light plane (foreground) sits on the ground after making an emergency landing in a paddy field just east of Ryugasaki airport (background) in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 24. Two of three people aboard the single-engine propeller plane were injured. According to their flight plan, the plane departed from Toyama airport in Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast and was bound for Ryugasaki airport.

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Light plane belly-lands at Nagasaki airport

NAGASAKI, Japan - A two-seat light plane is towed off the runway after making a belly landing at Nagasaki airport in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 7. The two people aboard the Cessna T210N aircraft were unhurt, but the underside of the plane's fuselage and the propeller were damaged. The pilot said the landing wheels failed to come out.