13 APR 2023 The Indian government plans to invite financial bids for the privatisation of Shipping Corp of India Ltd (SCI) next month, as it looks to sell the state-run company after years of delay, two government officials told Reuters. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had, in 2019, announced plans to privatise …
Read More »WHAT SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR WHEN CONSIDERING MARITIME CLEAN TECH?
14 APR 2023 The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently pledged to respond to industry concerns over the criteria and implementation of its Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) rating system after the review process is completed this year. With this in mind, maritime executives should expect CII to become even more influential …
Read More »DEMENTIA LINKED TO BRAIN ABNORMALITIES FROM HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
13 APR 2023 The areas most affected by high systolic blood pressure (red) and areas are also affected but to a lesser extent (yellow). More than a billion adults around the world live with elevated blood pressure, a condition that puts individuals at risk of damaging a variety of organs, including the …
Read More »MEYER HIGHLIGHTS CRUISE INNOVATION AND SPECULATES ON CRUISING IN 2100
12 APR 2023 Executives from the cruise industry, its suppliers, and destinations wrapped up their conference in Florida discussing the future of the industry and the challenges that lay ahead. German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft also took the opportunity to speculate what a cruise ship in the next century might …
Read More »ANALYSTS SEE CONTINUED PROFIT DECLINES FOR SHIPPING IN 2023
11 APR 2023 As the investment community prepares for the start of earnings season with the first of the reports scheduled to be released as early as next week, speculation focuses on what the outlook is for the shipping industry’s financial results. There has been extensive focus on the dramatic …
Read More »SCIENTISTS CREATED A NEW RECYCLABLE PLASTIC NOT MADE FROM CRUDE OIL
10 APR 2023 The world is direly addicted to plastics. Try as we might to recycle them, plastics are cheaper to make anew, so unthinkable amounts of plastic waste are dumped into landfill and are clogging up our oceans. From all the new plastics ever made, over 6 billion metric tons of plastic waste (that …
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