21 JULY 2021  The European Sea Ports Organization said that it welcomes the European Commission’s new package of proposals, which should contribute to achieving the European Climate Law’s targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but like many in the shipping industry is highlight additional efforts needed to reach the goals …

20 JULY 2021  South Korea is preparing a lift to bring home 300 officers and sailors from one of the country’s destroyers after an outbreak of COVID-19 was discovered aboard the warship. The destroyer Munmu the Great was nearing the end of a six-month anti-piracy mission in the Middle East when the …

19 JULY 2021 As the world gets hotter with climate change, one of the ongoing challenges humans will face is simply surviving worsening heat, with projected temperature increases expected to bring increasingly deadly heatwaves, even rendering some parts of the world uninhabitable. Against such harsh heat, a new material developed by scientists in China could …

18 JULY 2021 Royal Caribbean’s 4,275-passenger Freedom of the Seas has restarted sailings from Miami to the Bahamas with two classes of passengers on board—those who’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19, and those who have not. Jabbed guests, identified with special wristbands, get full run of the ship; those unprotected from the virus …

17 JULY 2021 Abnormal hot and cold temperatures account for more than 5 million excess deaths a year across the world, according to a new study – the largest of its kind to date on the link between global climate and mortality rates. The study looked at “non-optimal ambient temperatures”, …

16 JULY 2021 Climate change has already increased the frequency and severity of hurricanes and other extreme weather events around the world. But there’s a smaller, less splashy threat on the horizon that could wreak havoc on America’s coasts. High-tide floods, also called “nuisance floods”, occur in coastal areas when tides reach about …

15 JULY 2021  The volumes of new ship orders received by South Korea’s shipbuilders hit a 13-year high during the first half of 2021. The South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy released the shipbuilding statistics saying that the strong orders were contributing to a rebound in the country’s …

14 JULY 2021 You’d be forgiven for being confused about whether or not you should eat fat. For a long time, people were told to stay well away from it entirely. But lately, fat seems to be back on the table – but only certain types of fat. With so …

13 JULY 2021 For four years between 2015 and 2019, roughly 2,500 Icelanders were involved in two major experiments to see how a shorter working week would affect productivity. Now the results are in – and the experiments seem to have been a resounding success. Some key points: reducing a …

12 JUL 2021  The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported that the incidents of piracy and armed robbery are at their lowest levels in 27 years. The organization, which was founded in 1991, said that during the first half of 2021, it received the lowest number of reported incidents for …