28 DEC 2021 As a strategic economic investment for China, Gwadar is in jeopardy. A couple of months back, 70-year-old housewife Masi Zainab asked a charismatic local political leader, Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman Baloch, to help mount a protest for the rights of the citizens of Gwadar, a port city in southwestern Pakistan. Within …
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27 DEC 2021 Nigerian authorities are seeking to highlight the decline of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as they work to rehabilitate the reputation of the region and attract new investments. They are promoting the overall decline in activity while saying that they are working to expand the efforts …
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26 DEC 2021 An electrical fault from an improperly disconnected battery in a used vehicle led to the fire aboard vehicle carrier Höegh Xiamen, resulting in $40 million worth of damages, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded in a newly-released investigative report. NTSB determined that failure to properly disconnect and secure vehicle batteries …
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25 DEC 2021 Leading shipping groups representing shipowners, seafarers’ unions, and maritime employers have partnered up to establish their own international network of approved quarantine facilities to help ensure seafarers can safely join ships amid the spread of the Omicron variant. The move comes as the spread of the new …
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24 DEC 2021 Nearly 18 months after the Japanese-owned bulker went aground on Mauritius causing one of the worst environmental disasters, the captain and first officer of the Wakashio were found guilty on December 20 by a magistrate on the island. The two officers informed the court last week that they were …
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23 DEC 2021 Have you ever wondered why we single out brain surgeons and rocket scientists as the crème de la crème of the human intelligence pool? Given we use the phrases ‘It’s not rocket science’ and ‘It’s not brain surgery’ interchangeably, who would win out in a battle of …
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22 DEC 2021 In an effort to keep the focus on the shipping industry’s progress towards decarbonization, six of the leading insurance companies for the maritime industry are launching an initiative designed to encourage the industry and provide a further level of transparency on carbon initiatives. Called the Poseidon Principles …
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21 DEC 2021 Volcanic activity is the posterchild of nature’s destructive power. When they happen on land, volcanic eruptions leave a trail of destruction to real estate and loss of human life. As of 2015, approximately eight percent of the world population lived within 60 miles of a volcano with …
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20 DEC 2021 Two doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine shot offered about 70 percent protection against hospitalization during a recent surge in Omicron cases in South Africa, preliminary real-world data found. This was a drop from about 92 percent in a previous Delta wave, the researchers from Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest insurer …
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19 DEC 2021 After a collision between a Danish barge and a UK-flagged freighter, two officers aboard the British vessel have been taken into custody after allegedly failing an alcohol test. Swedish prosecutors said decisions about arrests would be made by Thursday, December 16, while the Scot Carrier and its crew are undergoing …
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