14 FEB 2020 The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its final report on the grounding of the ro/ro freight ferry Sea truck Performance last year, and it determined that shallow water effects – squat and bow cushion – were a contributing factor. At 2243 hours on May 8, 2019, …
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EVERGREEN LINE DEFENDS SHIP BREAKING PRACTICES
13 FEB 2020 Editor’s note: Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen has responded to our report on the NGO Ship breaking Platform’s recently published list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2019, which called out Evergreen specifically over its ship breaking practices. Evergreen Line’s response is published in full below. Evergreen Line once again emphasizes that …
Read More »TANKER OPERATOR CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF BILGE WASTE
12 FEB 2020 Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Singapore) Pte Ltd has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tanker Topaz Express. U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson of the District of Hawaii accepted the guilty plea. Chief Engineer …
Read More »SMELLING ROSE WHILE SLEEPING COULD HELP KIDS LEARN
12 FEB 2020 If humans are truly capable of learning while we sleep, our noses might be the key. A new study on children suggests that subtle smells, like the fragrance of a rose, might help us to strengthen specific memories from the day. Researchers in Germany found students were …
Read More »INDIAN OCEAN HIGH RISK AREA NEEDS RETHINKING: DRYAD
11 FEB 2020 Maritime security consultant Dryad Global has released its annual analysis of worldwide maritime security incidents, suggesting that the significant security costs for transits in the Indian Ocean and through the Red Sea are no longer justified. Despite commanding the largest premiums and associated costs of armed guards, …
Read More »INDIA TO BUILD MAJOR NEW WEST COAST PORT
10 FEB 2020 India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has granted approval in principle for a new major port at Vadhavan near Dahanu in Maharashtra on India’s west coast. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), also in Maharashtra, will be the lead partner in the project by providing at least 50 …
Read More »YANG MING SHIP ARRESTED IN AUSTRALIA FOR POLLUTION DEBT
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 …
Read More »SHIPPING INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO FAVOR SOUTH ASIA BEACHES FOR SHIP BREAKING
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 …
Read More »CIGARETTES PRODUCE INVISIBLE CHEMICAL EMISSIONS EVEN AFTER THEY’VE BEEN EXTINGUISHED
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 …
Read More »CHINA ESTIMATED TO BE SECOND LARGEST ARMS PRODUCER
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 …
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