27 APR 2022  Fatal accidents and injuries continue to characterize shipbreaking in South Asia, where 73 percent of all end-of-life ships were beached for dismantling in the first quarter of this year. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform reports that a total of 13 workers suffered accidents on South Asia’s shipbreaking beaches last …

26 APR 2022 Many of us are familiar with imposter syndrome: feelings of doubt about our skills and intelligence, and a sense that we’re going to get exposed as frauds at any moment. It can be a debilitating mental condition, but new research has found a positive angle. It turns out …

25 APR 2022  For the past two years, it has been a roller coaster ride in the ocean freight business. After the early-pandemic slowdown in 2020, demand soared in 2021, resulting in massive profits for ocean carriers. But we may be nearing the end of the late-pandemic boom. As consumers …

24 APR 2022 It’s no exaggeration to say that donating blood can save lives. Now, researchers have found a curious benefit for the donor: regular trips to the blood bank appear to reduce the amount of certain ‘forever chemicals’ swimming around in the bloodstream. While scientists aren’t sure just how …

23 APR 2022 As far as greenhouse gases go, methane is the quiet villain that could stealthily drag us ever deeper into the climate crisis. In our atmosphere, it is at least 25 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. It’s also not that efficient – through burning, less than half of …

22 APR 2022 U.S.-based shipping company Crowley has taken delivery of its fourth and most powerful Tier IV ship assist and harbor escort tug. The 77-foot Athen’s compact size provides agility without compromising power, with the most bollard pull of any tug under 80 feet in the market. The vessel …

21 APR 2022  How might Russian maritime forces be brought to bear against the United States and its allies? This question is particularly critical as fears of inadvertent escalation in Ukraine increase. Understanding the answer requires a close reading of what Russian military theorists themselves write about warfare, matched with an examination …

20 APR 2022 A new hybrid COVID-19 variant dubbed XE has sparked fresh concerns recently. XE is a combination of the highly transmissible BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron variants and was first detected in the UK in mid-January. Its spike protein derives from BA.2, which is potentially good news for New Zealand since this is the dominant …

17 APR 2022  Southeast Asian waters are replacing the Gulf of Guinea as the most dangerous for commercial shipping, accounting for nearly half of piracy incidents in the first quarter of this year. The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB)‘s quarterly piracy and armed robbery report shows a nearly flat top-line …

16 APR 2022  Six weeks into the war between Russia and Ukraine, and the intensity of the conflict shows no chance of de-escalation. Seafarers remain in the firing line. The number of civilian deaths is rising exponentially day by day, and incidents of indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure continue. Trapped …