04 AUG 2022  The United Kingdom’s Upper House of Parliament, the House of Lords, has been driving policy change through greater awareness and accountability of the scale and scope of abuses at sea requiring intervention, as well as associated legal and policy development at state level. The historic first debate …

03 AUG 2022  Ammonia, methanol and hydrogen are being pursued as cleaner fuels to drive shipping’s decarbonisation. But barriers remain to their upscaling. Experts say the shipping industry will have to decarbonize rapidly to keep global average temperature increases below the critical threshold of 1.5C, and find alternative green fuels …

02 AUG 2022 Karen Scott (The Conversation)– Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty. This initiative has been welcomed almost universally, but it must not distract from …

01 AUG 2022  “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth,” opined philosopher and pugilist Mike Tyson. Coronavirus, supply chain woes, workforce turnover, and international conflict – you name it, and the last two years have had it.  Every business reeled, of course, but the maritime industry, …

24 JULY 2022  After more than two months of difficult negotiations brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, an agreement was signed in Istanbul on Friday that lays the groundwork for reopening three Ukrainian Black Sea ports for critical gain shipments. UN officials said Russia and Ukraine established elements such …

31 JULY 2022 Rock guitarist Jack White, who extended his “Supply Chain Issues Tour” into October, might want to name his band’s next road trip after a different villain. That’s because supply strains, while still afflicting many consumers and businesses, are becoming more mundane than menacing like they were six months ago, …

30 JULY 2022 We often think of babies as blank canvases with little ability to learn during the first few weeks of life. But babies actually start processing language and speech incredibly early. Even while in the womb, they learn to discern voices, along with some speech sounds.   But …

29 JULY 2022  Two sailors aboard a Peruvian Navy vessel were injured in an engine room fire during the Rim of the Pacific naval exercise off Hawaii, according to RIMPAC’s U.S. organizers. The Peruvian Navy has identified the affected vessel as the corvette BAP Guise, the sole warship dispatched by Peru …

28 JULY 2022  U.S. Pacific Fleet Command released video from last week’s sinking exercise (SINKEX) during which live fire is used to gain systems proficiency while sinking a retired U.S. Navy vessel during the annual Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 military forces exercises. This year’s target was the retired …

27 JULY 2022 Increased misinformation and the disruption of global supply chains due to COVID-19 are behind the biggest sustained drop in childhood vaccinations in three decades, a UN report said. The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) fell five percentage points …