20 AUG 2019 Death came swiftly for Aldo Machado’s honey bees. Less than 48 hours after the first Apis mellifera showed signs of sickness, tens of thousands lay dead, their bodies piled in mounds. “As soon as the healthy bees began clearing the dying bees out of the hives, they became contaminated,” …
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PIRATES ABDUCT EIGHT CREWMEMBERS FROM FREIGHTER OFF CAMEROON
20 AUG 2019 German shipowner MC-Schiffahrt reports that the freigher MarMalaita was attacked by pirates off Cameroon on the night of August 14. Eight members of her 12-man crew have been kidnapped. At about 2300-2400 hours Wednesday, the vessel was anchored at Douala when pirates boarded the ship and kidnapped the eight victims. …
Read More »DELOITTE: INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF BRI COUNTRIES HAS RISEN
19 AUG 2019 Deloitte and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (SMCC) jointly issued the second Belt and Road Countries Investment Index Report earlier this month indicating that the overall investment attractiveness of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries has risen, particularly in Southeast Asia. 2018 marked the fifth year …
Read More »EATING TOO MUCH SALT ? HERE’S THE SCIENCE ON ‘SAFE LEVELS’
19 AUG 2019 The human body needs a tiny amount of sodium to function properly and this is typically found in salt (sodium chloride). But today most people consume way too much salt, increasing the burden of cardiovascular disease around the world. Health professionals have been trying to tackle this problem for …
Read More »RENAMED GRACE 1 RAISES IRANIAN FLAG
19 AUG 2019 The Grace 1, the Iranian tanker that has been detained in Gibraltar, has been renamed the Adrian Darya 1 and raised the Iranian flag in preparation for departure on Sunday night. The maritime traffic monitoring site Refinitiv shows the vessel left around 2100GMT, giving a destination of Kalamata in Greece. Gibraltar refused a U.S. …
Read More »SEVENTH DEATH ON IRISH DOCKS SPARKS CALL FOR ACTION
18 AUG 2019 The ITF has joined Irish dock workers union SIPTU in an urgent call for better protection for all workers in Ireland’s ports, through both regulations and enforcement, after a 50-year-old truck driver was killed in North Docks at Dublin Port on August 14. The death of Nicholas …
Read More »FAST FACTS: WHAT IS THE MARINER’S 1-2-3 RULE ?
17 AUG 2019 The Mariner’s 1-2-3 Rule is the guideline mariners follow to keep out of a tropical storm or hurricane’s path. The Mariner’s 1-2-3 rule, also referred to as the Danger Rule, is an important guideline mariners follow to keep out of a tropical storm or hurricane’s path. It …
Read More »TRADE WAR: SOUTH KOREA TARGETS JAPANESE WASTE
16 AUG 2019 South Korea has announced plans to strengthen its inspection regime for battery, tire and plastic waste imported from Japan, a move seen as part of its on-going trade war with Japan. The Ministry of Environment said it will focus on radioactive and heavy metals tests on waste …
Read More »DIRTY FUEL MARGINS PLUNGE AS IMO 2020 LOOMS
15 AUG 2019 Margins for European high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO), used to power ships, sank this week as preparations for a global shift to cleaner maritime fuel next year start to weigh on prices. High sulphur fuel oil is one of the dirtiest and cheapest products to come out …
Read More »FIRE REPORTED IN ENGINE ROOM OF MARAD VESSEL MV CAPE HENRY
14 AUG 2019 A small fire broke out in the engine room of the U.S. Maritime Administration vessel Cape Henry at its layberth in Alameda, California. The San Francisco Fire Department was alerted to the fire at about 3:30 a.m. Monday morning. The fire was reported in the engine room …
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