November 5, 2018 A total of 156 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported to the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre in the first nine months of 2018 compared to 121 for the same period in 2017, the IMB said in its latest quarterly report. The …
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A North Korean labourer has filed a landmark criminal complaint against a Dutch shipbuilding company that allegedly profited from the abuse of workers in its supply chain in Poland and was aware of the “slave-like conditions”, lawyers said on Thursday. A law firm representing the worker – who has not …
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3 NOV 2018 Earlier this year, scientists identified the existence of a brand new DNA structure never before seen in living cells. That’s right, it’s not just the double helix. The discovery of what’s described as a ‘twisted knot’ of DNA in living cells confirms our complex genetic code is …
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1 NOV 2018 The oceans are the world’s thankless, built-in air purifiers. Over the past couple hundred years, as humans have burned coal, cleared forests, put gas-powered cars and trucks on the road, and run air conditioners and refrigerators, the oceans have been quietly gathering up most of the carbon emissions …
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October 31, 2018 A video grab shows a ship colliding with a crane in the port of Barcelona, Spain, October 31, 2018 A roll-on/roll-off ferry crashed into a gantry crane while docking at the port of Barcelona on Wednesday, causing the crane to collapse and sparking a large fire. …
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October 30, 2018 Military personnel with the EU Naval Forces have destroyed a whaler that was used by Somali pirates to attack a Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier earlier this month off the coast of Somalia. The attack took place October 16th as the bulk carrier, M/V KSL Sydney, was approximately 340nm from Mogadishu off …
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