05 MAY 2024 It was a sunny morning with calm seas on March 6, 2024, a fine day for sailing the tranquil waters of the Gulf of Aden. The crew of M/V True Confidence, however, were on edge: less than 10 hours before, their ship had come under attack from a …
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03 MAY 2024 While dementia is much more common in older adults, hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with young-onset dementia (YOD) each year – and an extensive study sheds some considerable light on why. Most previous research in this area has looked at genetics passed down through generations, …
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02 MAY 2024 Fifth-generation or ‘5G’ connectivity for cellular technology has only been the standard for networks for around five years, but with 6G already on the horizon, developers are looking for ways to take full advantage of the next generation’s expansive bandwidth. A technology demo carried out in Japan …
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01 MAY 2024 Four months into the Red Sea diversions, liner shipping seems to have absorbed the disruptions with the major container carriers showing the first upward movement in five months for schedule reliability. Analytics company Sea-Intelligence in its later report on container carrier schedules reports the first monthly improvement …
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30 APR 2024 Iranian officials are promising to arrange the release of the crew from the seized MSC Aries on humanitarian grounds as they look to improve relations with Portugal, where the ship is flagged. News of progress came in a statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry after a call …
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29 APR 2024 One might argue that all data relevant to the crew is available for display on the bridge. This would be true for most operational tasks. However, as more and more cargo carrying boxes become Smart-Enabled, a new frontier in cargo visibility is bypassing maritime. The team behind …
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