Rohingya Muslims wait to cross the border to Bangladesh, in a temporary camp outside Maungdaw, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar November 12, 2017. Reuters The European Union imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar on Monday, including the general in charge of an operation accused of driving more than …

27 JUN 2018 Scientists studying one of the fastest-warming regions of the global ocean say changes in this region are so sudden and vast that in effect, it will soon be another limb of the Atlantic Ocean, rather than a characteristically icy Arctic sea. The northern Barents Sea, to the …

June 26, 2018  Since Jan. 1, when China stopped accepting the rich world’s recyclable plastic waste, it’s gotten a ton of criticism for worsening the already deep crisis of ocean plastic pollution. But China isn’t the only culprit here. This is a crisis made — and growing worse — throughout …

Israel has asked Cyprus to examine the possibility of establishing a shipping point on the island for sending goods to the Gaza Strip, a Cypriot government spokesman said on Tuesday. Goods shipped by sea usually come to an Israeli port and are transferred to Gaza over land. Israel enforces a …

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the government of Italy relented to pressure from ship owners and rights groups and allowed the boxship Maersk Alexander to offload rescued maritime migrants at Pozzallo, Sicily. She had been waiting at anchor with more than 100 survivors on board since the weekend. “The crew on Alexander Maersk has done a …

Police in North Sumatra, Indonesia have named four suspects in the fatal sinking of the ferry Sinar Bangun on Lake Toba last week, which left three dead and over 150 missing.  The vessel’s master and three government officials are under investigation in connection with the casualty. If charges are brought and the …

European NGO Transport and Environment has released a new study of the cost-effectiveness of LNG as a marine fuel for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and has reached the controversial conclusion that it is a $22 billion “expensive diversion” for Europe. The report, produced by a partnership between researchers at the …

26 JUN 2018 It’s no secret that our brains are exceptionally flexible and can adapt to new situations. Whether it’s a brain reusing parts of itself for surprising purposes, or helping someone live normally with only 10 percent of the brain undamaged, we’ve got a lot to thank brain plasticity for. But neuroscientists haven’t …

CMA CGM has grown to the become the world’s third largest container shipping line, controlling a fleet of more than 500 ships with combined TEU capacity of 2.6 million, representing 11.7% global share. Jacques Saade, who founded France’s CMA CGM 40 years ago as a one-vessel firm and built it …

On this year’s Day of the Seafarer, the International Maritime Organization is using its global platform to raise awareness of issues affecting seafarer well-being and mental health. Seafaring has always been a challenging job, and many different factors affect the quality of life at sea. They include shore leave, the …