24 JAN 2023 Shipping companies are still waiting for “real green” fuel solutions as part of decarbonisation efforts to clean up the industry, a leading industry official said. Shipping, which transports around 90% of world trade and accounts for nearly 3% of the world’s CO2 emissions, is under growing pressure from …
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23 JAN 2023 The Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator, which was launched in May 2021 to track the predominance of crew stuck at sea, is at its lowest level since it was launched. Yet, while the situation remains fairly stable, the Global Maritime Forum which compiles the indicator says the …
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22 JAN 2023 The pilot who was guiding the Ever Forward when the containership grounded in the Chesapeake Bay in March 2022 has permanently surrendered his Maryland pilot license in a settlement agreement. The Maryland Board of Pilots accepted the settlement bringing to close two pending matters with the board regarding the …
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21 JAN 2023 Malaysian officials are saying they believe there was no foul play involved when they discovered a young man locked inside a shipping container that had just arrived from Bangladesh. The young man was taken to a hospital after what they believe was a simple case of falling …
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20 JAN 2023 Another year, another climate record broken. In 2022, an international team of scientists measured the hottest global ocean temperatures in human history. That makes 2022 the seventh year in a row that ocean temperatures have hit new peaks. The record is based on two international timelines of ocean heat …
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19 JAN 2023 New year, new you, new diet. It’s a familiar refrain. One popular dieting technique is to create a food blacklist. Quitting “carbs” or packaged foods is common, which can mean avoiding supermarket staples like pasta. But do we really need to ban pasta to improve our diets? …
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