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09 FEB 2020  The sister ship of the YM Efficiency, which lost 81 shipping containers off the coast of Newcastle and Port Stephens in June 2018, has been arrested in Sydney for a pollution debt that could reach as high as AU$20 million ($13.4 million). The Federal Court Admiralty Marshall arrested …

13 FEB 2020 A total of 674 ocean-going ships and offshore vessels were dismantled worldwide in 2019, with the vast majority broken down on the beaches of Bangladesh, Indian, and Pakistan, the NGO Ship breaking Platform said in its yearly report. According to new data released by the group, among …

12 FEB 2020 Cigarettes aren’t just toxic when they’re being smoked. Even when the butts are scrunched up and cold, new research has found they continue to emit harmful compounds in the air. In the first 24 hours alone, scientists say a used cigarette butt will produce 14 percent of …

11 FEB 2020  New research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) suggests that China is the second-largest arms producer in the world, behind the U.S. but ahead of Russia.  In the past, a lack of transparency has meant that the value of Chinese companies’ arms sales has been …

10 FEB 2020 International maritime standards currently require crews sailing on vessels around the world to have an extensive amount of training and certifications which permit them to sail on board ships of all types. Lately, the industry has had its focus on the dangers and hazards of working in …

09 FEB 2020 Researchers have taken the first-ever images of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, a glacier about the size of Florida that is anticipated to play a key role in future sea level rise. The images, taken by a robotic underwater vehicle, were part of a broad set of …