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31 MAY 2023  The Norwegian-owned VLCC Heroic Idun, which had been detained in Nigeria for 10 months over allegations of oil theft, has been released after its owner fulfilled the conditions of a plea bargain agreement. The Nigerian Navy announced the official release and handing over of the VLCC. Last August, Heroic Idun was …

04 JUN 2023 A decades-old global environmental pact has averted huge amounts of sea ice loss in the Arctic, new research shows. Banning ozone-depleting gases under the historic 1987 Montreal Protocol has delayed the first, feared ice-free Arctic summer by as much as 15 years, the study found – once again demonstrating …

27 MAY 2023 To many, a family history of Alzheimer’s disease would feel like a heavy, ominous cloud hanging overhead. But through the clouds comes a faint shard of light: scientists have discovered a second person who should have experienced symptoms of Alzheimer’s in his early 40s, but didn’t. The case joins another …

21 MAY 2023 Kyiv would consider allowing Russian ammonia to transit its territory for export on condition the newly-renewed Black Sea grain deal is expanded to include more Ukrainian ports and a wider range of commodities, a government source told Reuters. The comments are the first time Kyiv has publicly …

19 MAY 2023 The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has today commemorated its second International Day for Women in Maritime. The day, marked on May 18, serves to underscore the crucial role of collaboration and networking in achieving gender equality in the maritime sector. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim emphasized the role …

24 MAY 2023 As winter approaches, many parents will be bracing for the cold and flu season. Young children typically get at least six colds a year. In previous generations, parents might have reached for the cough syrup to relieve a dry or chesty cough. But we now know cough syrups aren’t …

23 MAY 2023  BIMCO is forecasting that as emission regulations tighten on the shipping industry the rate of ships sold for scrap is likely to more than double in the coming decade. The trade group says while reducing carbon emissions out of the smokestack will be a motivation along with …

21 MAY 2023 New Zealand ro/pax ferry operator KiwiRail will be the first passenger vessel owner to install and use a new form of lifesaving device, the Viking LifeCraft.  KiwiRail carries about 800,000 passengers per year across the Cook Strait between New Zealand’s North Island and South Island. It is …

20 MAY 2023  Last summer, we travelled to the remote Arctic Hausgarten observatory area in the eastern Fram Strait (west of Svalbard, Norway) on a research ship. The samples we collected there included ice cores, sea water and ice algae from large packs of floating ice called ice floes. These form …

18 MAY 2023 Deep sleep could be key to forestalling slow declines in brain health that may one day lead to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Based on their investigation involving 62 older, cognitively healthy adults, researchers from the University of California (UC) Berkeley, Stanford University, and UC Irvine …