28 NOV 2021  The U.S. Department of Energy is investing $8.5 million in research on small, modular nuclear reactors – including reactor technology for marine propulsion. DOE has awarded ABS nearly $800,000 to address challenges to the adoption of new reactor technology in commercial maritime applications. Conventional pressurized-water reactors have …

27 NOV 2021 In the last decade, the ‘5:2 diet’ has exploded in popularity, transforming the eating patterns of thousands of people seeking to lose weight. The 5:2 diet is an example of what’s called intermittent fasting, or time-restricted eating. At its most basic, the 5:2 system means you can eat …

26 NOV 2021 Biofouling can significantly increase ships’ GHG emissions reveals an IMO study delivered at this month’s United Nations summit. The Hempaguard MaX system is one of the antifouling coatings on the market that maintains a fouling free hull over five years, writes Mads Raun Bertelsen, Head of Hull Performance Solutions …

25 NOV 2021  Marine conservationists have welcomed an “important and hard-fought-for win” as the ocean was incorporated into the UN climate change regime at the close of the COP26 summit in Glasgow over the weekend. But there was also a warning that any progress would be undone by the lack …

24 NOV 2021  On Monday night (22nd Nov), the chemical tanker Chemical Master sustained an engine room explosion, leaving it disabled and adrift off the coast of Portugal. The blast killed two Indian seafarers, operator Chemship BV has confirmed. The Chemical Master was under way off Portugal at the time of the casualty, en …

24 NOV 2021  A tanker operating company’s decision to change masters without a handover period led to a $73 million allision, according to a National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Brief issued Tuesday. On Oct. 17, 2020, the tanker Atina struck the oil and gas production platform SP-57B near Pilottown, Louisiana. The Atina, …

23 NOV 2021 Eight additional current and former merchant mariners have been indicted related to a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center in Louisiana. U.S Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the latest indictment on November 18, 2021. The defendants are each charged with obtaining, and intending to use, officer-level …

22 NOV 2021 The long-anticipated IMO MEPC 77 meeting (more officially the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Environmental Protection Committee 77th meeting) kicked off on Monday, November 22nd. Though the meeting was held virtually, a number of delegates were physically at IMO’s headquarters on the Thames, in contrast to the MEPC26 confab, …

23 NOV 2021 Humans are notoriously woeful lie detectors, even when staring liars straight in the face. A machine learning tool trained to detect tell-tale signs of lying has been found to do better than the average person, using little more than data from wearable sensors that pick up teensy flickers in …

22 NOV 2021 Alongside advances in space exploration, we’ve recently seen much time and money invested into technologies that could allow effective space resource utilization. And at the forefront of these efforts has been a laser-sharp focus on finding the best way to produce oxygen on the Moon. In October, the Australian Space Agency …