13 JULY 2023 Nigerian authorities have seized and destroyed a small tanker for allegedly stealing oil from an offshore well in Ondo State. The tanker, identified as the Tura II (ex name Ali Riza Bey, IMO 6620462), was captured by contractor Tantita Security Services at an offshore location, according to …
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11 JULY 2023 On Sunday evening, a car carrier tore loose from its moorings and went adrift in the harbor at Bremerhaven, striking a dock at the Lloyd Werft shipyard and knocking over a crane. The stern lines of the 750-foot ship ripped free of the pier at about 2100 …
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11 JULY 2023 Nigeria’s state-owned oil firm NNPC Ltd said on Monday an 800,000-liter (211,338-U.S. gallon) vessel carrying stolen crude had been intercepted offshore while heading to Cameroon and would be destroyed as a deterrent to oil theft. Crude theft from pipelines and wells in the Niger Delta has hobbled the country’s output in …
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A small feeder ship moving containers coastally and inland in Bangladesh lost stability and partially sunk on July 6. The port authority is reporting that everyone was safely evacuated and that a salvage operation is underway. The Pangaon Express is a 19-year-old vessel being used to transfer containers from the Bangladesh seaport …
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14 JULY 2023 The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), the entity overseeing the Panama Ship Registry received a letter of approval from the United States Coast Guard congratulating the country for its qualification to the Quality Shipping for the 21st Century Program (QUALSHIP21) and the flag’s commitment to quality shipping, since …
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15 JULY 2023 Everyone has a characteristic odor; a distinctive scent. Now scientists have found that with just a whiff of someone’s hand – and a fancy protein analysis machine – they can distinguish between sexes with darn-good accuracy. In the study of 60 people, consisting of 30 men and …
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13 JULY 2023 Countries on Friday adopted a revised greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy for shipping that sets a net zero emissions target by around the middle of the century, prompting environmental groups to say it was nowhere near ambitious enough. After days of discussions in London at U.N. shipping agency the International Maritime Organization’s …
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12 JUL 2023 To reach net zero, the world may need as many 200,000 offshore wind turbines generating 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of energy. To put this in context, by the end of 2022, 63 GW of offshore wind capacity had been installed worldwide. Within the next 28 years, the offshore wind energy sector needs …
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11 JUL 2023 There has been extensive speculation of the cost for shipping from the European Union’s Emissions Trading System which starts to phase in as of 2024. Hecla Emissions Management is out with an analysis suggesting during the first three years, the liability for the shipping industry might reach …
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10 JUL 2023 In their constant search for new ways to stay thin, Hollywood embraced a new fad in 2023 in the form of the injectable type-2 diabetes drug called Ozempic. Promoted as a way to keep weight down, the medication tricks the brain into thinking the belly is full and suppresses …
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