{"id":1460,"date":"2020-08-21T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T20:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/port-houston-acquires-the-waste-shark-drone\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:13:00","slug":"port-houston-acquires-the-waste-shark-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/port-houston-acquires-the-waste-shark-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark in the Ship Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.4in; margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-left: 0.7in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/waste-shark-photo-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"waste shark photo 1-1\" width=\"600\" style=\"width: 600px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.4in; margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-left: 0.7in;\">Port Houston is betting a new \u201cWaste Shark\u201d drone can take a serious bite out of the huge problem of litter in the Houston Ship Channel. Port Houston will be the first port with a Waste Shark in the entire United States.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.4in; margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-left: 0.7in;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">The shark is a large drone with an underwater opening or \u201cmouth\u201d that is capable of snaring hundreds of pounds of waste in a single trip. <\/span>The machine can easily be deployed by just one or two operators and be launched from shorelines or vessels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 0.7in;\">The equipment from RanMarine Technology<span style=\"background-color: white;\"> will be deployed mainly around the site of the Sam Houston pavilion. Lots of litter collects there due to runoff after rains. 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