26 JUN 2023  On the Day of the Seafarer 2023, Wallem would like to express its gratitude to the many talented men and women worldwide whose unwavering commitment to their profession helps to keep ships sailing and goods moving. Of course, we are particularly proud and appreciative of the 7,000 …

25 JUN 2023  The ROVs working at the site of the Titanic wreck located debris that has been confirmed to be from the Titan submersible. The USCG reported that they have determined that there was a catastrophic failure of the pressure chamber with the debris being located approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of …

24 JUN 2023 People in the US are dying at higher rates than in other similar high-income countries, and that difference is only growing. That’s the key finding of a new study that I published in the journal PLOS ONE. In 2021, more than 892,000 of the 3,456,000 deaths the US experienced, or …

23 JUN 2023 President Vladimir Putin said this month that Russia was considering withdrawing from the Black Sea grain deal as he accused the West of cheating Moscow because it still faced obstacles getting its own agricultural goods to world markets. Putin said he would discuss the future of the grain deal …

22 JUN 2023 Media reports of abuse of fishers and illegal fishing are making consumers wonder whether the seafood on their plate is associated with these unsustainable practices. Our research suggests that there is reason to be concerned. We find that risks of labour abuses and IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing are prevalent worldwide, …

21 JUN 2023  A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise its capital productivity and increase its energy efficiency. In the interest of its citizens, it must innovate to do more with less and transform to a lower cost …

20 JUN 2023  The energy ties between Russia and India have been booming for the last year, and container traffic between the two countries is also forecast to grow. With some of the Russian shipping companies facing sanctions from the West, the Indian market presents a new growth opportunity. One …

19 JUN 2023  On Sunday, four activists from Greenpeace Nordic briefly delayed a tanker carrying wastewater from the Norwegian oil industry to Denmark. The activists used divers and magnets to attach a small sailboat to the hull of the tanker Bothnia, which was transporting about 9,000 tonnes of contaminated wastewater from …

18 JUN 2023  On Sunday, the Philippine Coast Guard helped extinguish a fire aboard a large passenger vessel off the coast of Bohol. That morning, the PCG received word that the ropax ferry Esperanza Star had caught fire off Panglao, Bohol while under way for Tagbilaran. The vessel had about 120 people …

17 JUN 2023  Bangladesh, home of the world’s top-paying buyers of end-of-life tonnage, has approved ratification of the Hong Kong Convention on shipbreaking practices (HKC). There are several formal steps further to go, but the decision effectively guarantees that the nation will join the convention and bring it one step …