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This is the monster dredger, Tian Jing Hao mentioned in the Philippines' Hearing on Merits, 25 Nov., 2015.
"With a dredging depth of 30m and a production rate of 4500m3/h, Tian Jing Hao is rated as Asia’s first and the world's third most powerful among the self-propelled cutter suction dredgers, and the production capacity is the best in Asian. Equipped with the most advanced automatic control system in the world and Asia's most powerful dredging system, Tian Jing Hao can perform automatic self-monitoring and self dredging. Thanks to its cutter power of 4200KW, Tian Jing Hao can dredge clay, gravel, dense sand, and also rock of 40 MPa. Being able to navigate and load barges in unrestricted areas, Tian Jing Hao is suitable for large-scale dredging projects under various sea conditions. It is also equipped with highly efficient dredge pumps and has a powerful ability of land reclamation, which ranks it the flagship of CCCC and even the dredging industry of China."
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Taiwan uses water cannon to drive off Vietnamese boat
While denying accusations in Vietnamese media that Taiwanese coastguards had enforced the law outside their territorial waters, the coastguard tried to keep the event low-profile
Agence France-Presse
Published 10:14 PM, January 25, 2016
Updated 10:14 PM, January 25, 2016
DISPUTE. Taiwan's coastguard (right) seen here using a water cannon to spray a Vietnamese fishing boat, some 2.5 nautical miles off Taiping Island in the disputed Spratlys in the South China Sea. Photo by Taiwan Coast Guard/AFP
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's coastguard said Monday that one of its vessels used water cannon this month to drive off a Vietnamese fishing boat near disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Two Vietnamese fishing boats were sighted on January 6 some 2.5 nautical miles (around 4,600 meters) off Taiping Island, an Taiwan-administered islet in the Spratlys, the coastguard said in a statement.
The Spratly islands are also claimed in part or in whole by Vietnam, China, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
The two Taiwanese coastguard boats, which have been deployed there since December to replace smaller vessels, scrambled to drive off the Vietnamese boats.
One left while the second refused and instead attempted to zigzag. One coastguard vessel opened fire with water cannon because of fears it might be rammed, the statement said.
While denying accusations in Vietnamese media that Taiwanese coastguards had enforced the law outside their territorial waters, the coastguard tried to keep the event low-profile.
"That was a regular law-enforcement practice in a sensitive area," one coastguard official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
China is seen by other claimants as the biggest threat in the South China Sea.
The Philippines and Vietnam have complained that China is becoming increasingly aggressive in its actions in the area - such as harassing fishermen - and also through bullying diplomatic tactics.
As part of efforts to strengthen defense capabilities, Taiwan late last year inaugurated a solar-powered lighthouse, an expanded airstrip and a pier on Taiping Island.
http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/120235-taiwan-water-cannon-vietnam-boat-spratlys
SCS Islands to scale.
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RED = China
BLUE = Vietnam
YELLOW = Malaysia
GREEN = Philippines.
China will start a new round of land reclamation in the SCS in 2016.
As for the timing and other specifics。。。
Bigger and more capable dredgers are under construction at several shipyards。
Activities on the part of the ROC in the SCS is always news to me, to be honest. I wonder what the DPP will do when they take office.
Chinese Navy has found fresh water on Fiery Cross Reef, the following text is copied from 南海研究论坛:
今天上午开会
刚听军方一工程技术专家说的
这位专家以前记过一等功
非常专业靠谱的一个人
本月中旬
科研人员选择永暑全岛0.6平方公里范围内
27个点位进行了钻探勘测
在其中11个点位探获了淡水
并且出水量较大
水质目前已达到灌溉用水标准:
可用于绿化、家畜养殖等7 t
更重要的是岛中部的个别点位
出水已接近饮用标准
专家说
本次确认新建岛屿上出现地下淡水
战略意义十分重大
为未来岛屿森林化:
改善岛上驻军和群众生活质量
甚至工农业发展都提供了重要基础条件
在世界上也是一项开创性课题
目前是对永暑岛淡水资源的首次勘测
只是前期调研性质.
短期内并无任何永暑地下淡水开采计划
今后将大力加强研究投入
评估人工岛地下淡水资源的精确储量
密切跟踪水位、水质等参数的变化动态
为将来必要时开发利用积累科学资料
同时将在其他岛屿开展类似研究工作
此事应该不算泄密
希望能让大家开心一下
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