Monthly Archives: June 2021

TIME TO MAKE CYBERSECURITY MANDATORY FOR PORTS

04 JUNE 2021  On May 7, a pipeline system carrying almost half the fuel used on the east coast of the United States was crippled by a major cyber attack. The five-day shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline resulted in widespread fuel shortages and panic-buying as Virginia, North Carolina and Florida …

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IMO CALLS FOR REDOUBLED EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN PIRACY

03 JUNE 2021 The global maritime community is calling for enhanced efforts to tackle the rising menace of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea with the adoption of new IMO resolutions on increased collaboration. The resolutions adopted at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) safety committee are centered …

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STRANGE DISCOVERY REVEALS PREMATURELY BORN MALE BABIES ‘AGE’ SLIGHTLY FASTER

02 JUNE 2021 As part of the world’s longest-running analysis of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) babies born prematurely, scientists have discovered that the genes of male ELBW babies age more quickly than those of full-term male newborns. We’re talking about biological aging or senescence here: these men aren’t suddenly rushing through …

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