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21st may 2018 A new poll of the Australian public has found that twice as many people think the live export trade should be ended  as those who believe it should be maintained. Expressions of sadness, empathy for the animals and anger were the most common responses to footage shown …

The Al Shuwaikh departed Australia with around 60,000 sheep on board last week; a couple of days before the results of the government’s latest live export industry review, the McCarthy Review, were released. Will more livestock carriers be allowed to take sheep from Australia during the southern hemisphere winter to the Middle …

While American President Donald Trump has canceled the Iran nuclear agreement and imposed economic sanctions on that nation, several European and Asian nations have announced that they will disregard the sanctions. Several ship transport companies that also sail to American ports, have chosen to suspend transportation services to and from …

20th may 2018 It’s a quiet morning on the USNS Henson in the North Pacific Ocean. The captain visits the bridge at 0600 to check the vessel’s position on the chart and speak with her chief officer. These two women are the command team of the 100-meter long Henson, an oceanographic survey vessel …

13 MAY 2018 In 1951, a 14-year-old Australian boy named James Harrison awoke from a major chest operation. Doctors had removed one of his lungs in a procedure that had taken several hours — and would keep him hospitalized for three months. But Harrison was alive, thanks in large part to …

The Bosphorus strait is pictured through the window of a passenger aircraft over Istanbul, Turkey April 24, 2018. By Ali Kucukgocmen SAZLIBOSNA, Turkey, May 13 (Reuters) – When residents of Sazlibosna, a village near Istanbul, tried to attend a public meeting about theTurkish government’s plan to dig a 400 meter-wide canal through …

When you hear the term “introvert,” you might imagine someone who’s quiet and insular, who likes to spend most of their time alone, avoiding social situations. But being an introvert isn’t really anything to do with how much you like spending time with other people. In fact, introverts can have …

12 may 2018 This amazing device will assist your bridge crew in the following areas: Piloting of the vessel •  Navigation •  Collision avoidance •  Watch keeping •  Weather observations Amazingly, the 3-Dimensional Flat Screen Reality Display (3D FSRD) can do all this with no external sources of power, no …

12 may 2018 A woman in the maritime industry is a pioneer. On most vessels during her career, a woman will be one of the only females on board. Of the 1.6 million seafarers worldwide, there are approximately 32,000 women sailing the high seas and inland waterways; women making up …

10 may 2018 Ship waste has been a key environmental priority for E.U. ports, and the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has published a position paper on the revision of the Port Reception Facilities Directive, welcoming the progress made but noting that more needs to be done to support a …