20 nov 2018 The Sea Traffic Management (STM) project has received support from IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim. During the STM Validation Project Final Conference at the IMO earlier this month, Lim said that STM goes hand in hand with IMO goals. STM connects and updates ships and ports in …
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20 NOV 2018 We often think of sleep at night as a restorative function: a vital quiet time that recharges and mends our bodies. And it is, but perhaps not quite the way we imagine. In fact, recent research shows that when it comes to wound healing, our bodies actually …
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19 NOV 2018 On Saturday, the captain of the palm oil tanker Stolt Tenacity allegedly detained six Greenpeace activists after they conducted an unauthorized boarding of his vessel while under way. At dawn, a boarding team from the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza used a daughter craft to approach the Tenacity as she transited the Gulf of Cadiz. …
Read More »19 NOV 2018 Over the past three decades, there has been a steady increase in the average age of parents. Advances in fertility science mean that people can, literally, put their eggs or sperm on ice and delay the start of parenthood. Many large companies, such as Apple, Facebook and …
Read More »19 NOV 2018 Scientists have discovered a problematic link between the use of birth control pills and increased mind wandering, a potential risk factor for depression. Half a century after its inception, the birth control pill remains the most popular contraceptive in industrial countries, with 82 percent of women using …
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19 NOV 2018 This past September, StormGeo announced its acquisition of Nautisk — a leading supplier of maritime charts and publications. By allowing us to integrate our routing and weather services with state-of-the-art charts and publications, this move pushes our company full-speed into the future of shipping technology. It has …
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