27 NOV 2023 China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), a subsidiary of China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has placed an order for the first dual-fuel methanol engine in the VLCC segment. The MAN B&W 7G80ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) main engine will be built by CSE (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Diesel …
Read More »NTSB TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OIL SPILL AFTER ANCHOR STRIKES ON PIPELINE
26 NOV 2023 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a virtual public board meeting next month to determine the probable cause of a crude oil release that occurred after anchor strikes on an underwater pipeline in San Pedro Bay near Huntington Beach, California. On October 1, 2021, crude oil began …
Read More »TO PROJECT POWER GLOBALLY, CHINA HAS BECOME THE SUPERPOWER OF SEAFOOD
25 NOV 2023 In the early morning hours of March 8, 2021, a small inflatable boat powered by an outboard motor covertly made its way into the port of Montevideo to unload a dying deckhand, and then sped away. The deckhand, a slight 20-year-old Indonesian named Daniel Aritonang, had been …
Read More »A SURPRISING FEATURE OF IQ HAS ACTUALLY IMPROVED OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS
24 NOV 2023 The general consensus is that the constant bombardment of information and distraction that comes with modern living means that our attention spans aren’t what they used to be. A new study suggests we might be coping rather well; our concentration performance is better today than it was prior to the rise …
Read More »US WOMAN WITH RARE DOUBLE UTERUS IS PREGNANT IN BOTH, CHANCE:1 IN 50 MILLION
23 NOV 2023 It’s double trouble, with a unique twist: A 32-year-old woman from Alabama who was born with two uteruses is now pregnant in both. Kelsey Hatcher, who is documenting her story on her Instagram account “doubleuhatchlings,” knew from the age of 17 she has “uterus didelphys,” a rare …
Read More »INLAND CARGO SHIP WILL USE SWAPPABLE BATTERY SYSTEM FOR ZERO EMISSIONS
22 NOV 2023 The first inland cargo vessel running entirely on a new swappable battery system to achieve zero emission operations is set to launch in the spring of 2024 in the Netherlands. It is the latest in a series of steps being taken by Europe’s vital inland shipping industry …
Read More »