25 SEP 2018 Kelly Thomas woke up in a Florida hospital four years ago with no recollection of the car accident that had robbed her of the ability to walk. Thomas, an active college student who had barrel raced in rodeos, moved to Kentucky for a year to try out …

25 SEPT 2018 Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) has published a new report that explores the nature and extent of cabotage laws around the world. The report, Cabotage Laws of the World, has identified 91 member states of the United Nations that have cabotage laws restricting foreign activity in their domestic coastal trades.  …

25 SEP 2018 He had rations to last just one week. But somehow an Indonesian teenager who drifted out to sea in a floating wooden shack managed to survive 49 days before being rescued by a passing freighter. Aldi Novel Adilang, from the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi, endured a …

25 sept 2018 The IMO is encouraging countries to develop a maritime transport strategy, highlighting that maritime transport is a central part of the “blue economy” which has enormous potential to promote economic growth and improve peoples’ lives while addressing many of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. A newly launched …

Last week engineering crews confirmed they had finished dismantling the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, deactivating its reactor and removing more than 680,000 kilograms of nuclear waste, which will now be sent to safer storage. No, no. Not Russia’s Akademik Lomonosov, who officials there will proudly tell you is the …

24 sept 2018 On Saturday (22nd), the Panama Maritime Authority announced that it has deregistered the Aquarius 2, the last NGO maritime migrant rescue vessel operating off the Libyan coast. Medecines Sans Frontieres and SOS Mediterranee, the operators of the Aquarius 2, blamed “blatant economic and political pressure from the Italian government.” …

24 SEP 2018 If you were trying to convince another human that you yourself are also human, what would you say? Probably something about emotions, right? That might work – but other humans are more likely to believe your humanity if you talk about bodily functions. Specifically, the word ‘poop’. …

23 Sept, 2018  Tanzanian authorities said on Sunday the number of people who died in a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria had risen to 224 and the vessel’s managers had been detained for questioning. The ferry, MV Nyerere, sank on Thursday evening just a few metres from the dock on Ukerewe, the …

22 sept 2018 Harry Potter asks his godfather’s spirit, “Does it hurt?” after he’d passed away.  The answer Sirius Black gave was, “Dying?  Not at all. Quicker and easier than falling asleep.” That answer may be familiar to enclosed space victims. The air we breathe consists of several major components. …

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India on March 9, 2018, has brought an unprecedented achievement for the latter. Macron and Modi announced to start work by the end of 2018 on the world’s largest nuclear power plant at the site in Jaitapur in India. They issued a joint statement, …