25 JAN 2025 The governing body of the Houthi movement released a statement first reported by Al Masirah TV confirming the crew of the car carrier Galaxy Leader has been released. The crew was held for nearly 14 months by the Houthis which said it was “part of the battle …
Read More »DRINKING MORE GREEN TEA EACH DAY CUTS RISK OF DEMENTIA BRAIN LESIONS
21 JAN 2024 A new study links drinking green tea with having fewer white matter lesions in the brains of Japanese seniors, potentially providing a level of protection against dementia. Researchers from institutions across Japan teamed up to analyse data on 8,766 volunteers over the age of 65, collected as …
Read More »2024 DECLARED HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD AS WORLD EXCEEDS 1.5°C Environment13 January 2025
20 JAN 2025 The year 2024 was the world’s warmest on record globally, and the first calendar year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial levels. The official declaration was made on Friday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union’s Earth observation program. It comes as …
Read More »ISSUE OF SEAFARER CRIMINALIZATION HIGHLIGHTED IN NEW EFFORT BY INTERMANAGER
16 JAN 2025 InterManager is concerned by the increasingly harsh treatment of ships’ crew in some parts of the world. The trade association for the ship management sector is starting an effort to collect data and highlight to the IMO and other industry stakeholders the harsh treatment of seafarers including …
Read More »BALTIMORE BRIDGE DISASTER SHIP DALI COMPLETES REPAIRS IN CHINA
15 JAN 2025 Most people would recognise the Grace Ocean owned container ship Dali from the images of it with the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore harbour strewn across its bow that were screened in news broadcasts and stories around the global in late March 2024. …
Read More »HOW SALVORS CARRIED OUT DALI WRECK REMOVAL SAFELY
14 JAN 2025 The salvage of the container ship Dali from Baltimore harbour involved a collapsed roadway, dangerous cargoes, a gas pipeline, and power cables. A complex mix of chemicals and water, and the fact that Dali was resting on energy lines after it had lost power and demolished Baltimore’s …
Read More »RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO HELP ERASE BAD MEMORIES
15 JAN 2025 Being able to erase bad memories and traumatic flashbacks could help in the treatment of a host of different mental health issues, and scientists have found a promising new approach to do just this: weakening negative memories by reactivating positive ones. In an experiment covering several days, …
Read More »SCIENTISTS CALCULATED THE ULTIMATE LIFESPAN OF EARTH’S BIOSPHERE
13 JAN 2024 If Earth’s life survives the Anthropocene, it will eventually face another existential threat from space. As the Sun brightens with age, it will inevitably interfere with our planet’s finicky carbon cycle, triggering a depletion of atmospheric carbon dioxide to the point where plants will starve. Luckily, this …
Read More »SOUNION SALVAGED! COMPLEX OPERATION PREVENTS MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN RED SEA
12 JAN 2025 Maritime security firm Ambrey has confirmed the successful salvage of the MT SOUNION, a Greek-owned oil tanker that became a focal point as one of the worst attacks in the ongoing Red Sea crisis. The operation marked a monumental effort to prevent an environmental catastrophe after the vessel, …
Read More »IMO GHG EMISSIONS PRICING MECHANISM PROPOSAL BACKED BY 47 NATIONS
10 JAN 2025 47 governments from all over the world, with shipping industry support, set out MARPOL Convention text for annual contribution by ships, per tonne of GHG emitted, to multi-billion-dollar International Maritime Organization (IMO) fund. New joint proposal aims to achieve net-zero goal by reducing price gap and incentivising …
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