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The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is working on a satellite-based system for substantially improving ship navigation in ice-affected waters. The Earth observation satellites TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X provide the high-resolution images needed to make this possible. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) - the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research based in Bremerhaven - are currently on their way to Antarctica on board the research vessel 'Polarstern' to test the practicality of this technique.

Spanish Ports Handles 246 Million Tons Of Goods With European Origin/Destination.