Society of Master Mariners

NEW TRAINING SHIP EMPIRE STATE VII ARRIVES IN NEW YORK

27 SEPT 2023 SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx, New York on Monday welcomed the arrival of its new state-of-the-art training ship, the Empire State VII, marking a new era training for the nation’s future Merchant Mariners. The ship is the first of five new government-owned National Security Multi-Missions Vessels (NSMVs) designed for …

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MARINE INSURANCE INDUSTRY FACES INFLATION CHALLENGE

26 SEPT 2023 Global ocean hull premiums rose by 5.7% in 2022 due to increased activity, vessel values, and reduced market capacity, but change is on the horizon with inflation likely to have a significant affect on the marine insurance industry going forward, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI). Overall, 2022 …

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LOMAR SHIPPING PARTNERS WITH STARTUP ON ATMOSPHERIC METHANE REMOVAL

25 SEPT 2023  Lomar Shipping’s in-house tech division, Lomarlabs, is working with a new climate-tech startup to develop a system for breaking down methane – not from the ship’s own emissions, but in the air itself.  Lomartech is partnerhing with Blue Dot Change to develop and test a new, nature-based …

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A SINGLE GENE VARIANT PROTECTS FROM BOTH ALZHEIMER’S AND PARKINSON’S

24 SEPT 2023 A colossal study has revealed a variation of a gene involved in an immune response has been secretly giving protection to the billions who carry it from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Known as DR4, the variant, or allele, is part of a family of genes that normally help our immune system pinpoint and …

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MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS FLASHED IN THE SKY BEFORE MOROCCO’S DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE

23 SEPT 2023 Mysterious lights appear to have been spotted in Morocco before a devastating earthquake hit last week – and scientists still can’t figure out what caused them. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the High Atlas Mountains in Eastern Morocco on Friday. At least 2,900 people have died and about 5,500 are reported injured, …

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FIRST CAPESIZE BULK CARRIER AND NON ICE-CLASS TANKER TRANSIT THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE TO CHINA

22 SEPT 2023 The bulk carrier Gingo has become the first capesize ship to sail the Northern Sea Route, according to Russian media reports. Separately, a non-ice-strengthened tanker is currently conducting a transit—marking another first. The Gingo departed the Port of Murmansk on a 13-day eastbound voyage to China carrying 164,600 metric tons of iron ore …

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SEA ROBBERY IN SINGAPORE STRAIT HAS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

21 SEPT 2023  Since the beginning of 2023, sea robbery in the Singapore Strait has increased at an alarming rate. The 113-km long, 19-km wide strait that connects the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea is one of the world’s busiest commercial waterways through which approximately 1,000 ships pass every day. The strait …

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STICKY CASE OF INDONESIA, SEIZED IRANIAN OIL TANKER, AND LEGAL JURISDICTION

20 SEPT 2023 An intercepted ship-to-ship transfer raises a series of interlinked questions about sanctions, pollution and the reach of international law. The two giant freighters floated “dark” in the open ocean not far from Indonesia. Their positioning transponders switched off, neither tanker displayed a national flag – but one …

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HOW DOES YOUR BODY TURN FOOD INTO FUEL? SCIENTISTS TRACKED INDIVIDUAL ATOMS TO FIND OUT

19 SEPT 2023                                         Inside our bodies at every moment, our cells are orchestrating a complex dance of atoms and molecules that uses energy to create, distribute and deploy the substances on which our lives depend. And it’s not just in our bodies: all animals carry out this dance of metabolism, and it …

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পেশাদাররা কেন বাংলাদেশ ছাড়ছেন?

১৭ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৩, রবিবার সাম্প্রতিক সময়ে, বাংলাদেশের পেশাদারদের মধ্যে একটি উল্লেখযোগ্য প্রবণতা দেখা যাচ্ছে: উচ্চ অধ্যয়ন বা আরো ভাল ক্যারিয়ার গড়ার লক্ষ্যে দেশ ছেড়ে বিদেশে পাড়ি দিচ্ছেন দক্ষ ব্যক্তিরা। দৈনন্দিন এবং পেশাগত জীবনে একাধিক অসুবিধার সম্মুখীন হওয়ার জেরে এই ঘটনাটি বাড়ছে। এই অভিবাসনের পেছনে কারণগুলি কী কী? যারা দেশ ছাড়ছে …

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