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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18 DEC 2021 The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of 10-11 December 2021, was so unusual in its duration and strength, particularly for December, that a lot of people including the US president are asking what role climate change might have played – …
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17 DEC 2021 In an incredible historic first, a human-made spacecraft has swooped in and made contact with the Sun. On 28 April 2021, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe actually flew into and through the solar corona, the upper atmosphere of the Sun. Not only did it live to tell the …
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16 DEC 2021 Waiting just 60 seconds to clamp umbilical cords gives very premature babies a better shot at life, reducing the risk of death and disability in the first two years of childhood by almost one-fifth, new research shows. The Australian-led study, conducted in 25 hospitals across 7 countries, looked …
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15 DEC 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) have agreed to form an Action Group with major international transport organizations aimed at protecting workers’ rights amid the spread of the omicron variant. Director-General of the World Health Organisation Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus and ILO Director-General Guy …
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14 DEC 2021 Four additional defendants have been sentenced in the U.S. Department of Justice’s ongoing case related to a test fixing scheme for mariner’s licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard. Included in the recent sentence hearings was an individual who acted as an intermediary, connecting mariners to the former …
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13 DEC 2021 After a seeming lull in attacks of merchant ships in the Gulf of Guinea with the increased international presence in the region, two attacks with kidnapping were reported today in the vicinity of each other in the region off Equatorial Guinea. Alerts have gone out for the …
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12 DEAC 2021 Deep sea hydrothermal vents harbor some of the most extraordinary species on our planet. Lying at two to three kilometers below the surface, these extreme, insular ecosystems are powered, not by the sunlight-driven photosynthesis that we’re used to, but by energy from superheated mineral-rich seawater jetting from …
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10 DEC 2021 The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization, its highest governing body, has elected new Member States to the IMO Council for the 2022-2023 term. The IMO Council serves as the “executive organ” responsible for supervising the work of the international shipping regulator and performs almost all functions …
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09 DEC 2021 The International Maritime Organization’s highest governing body, the IMO Assembly, has adopted new amendments to expand the size of IMO Council, which is the executive organ responsible for supervising the work of the IMO. The IMO Assembly is currently meeting for its 32nd session. In addition to …
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