16 MAY 2019 When you think of meditation you might think about highs of relaxation and calmness, but that’s not always the case: a new study finds that up to a quarter of regular meditators have had bad experiences with the practice. Anxiety, fear, and an altered sense of reality …
Read More »EIGHT PIRATES ARRESTED AFTER TANKER HIJACKING OFF TOGO
16 may 2019 On Monday, the government of Togo announced that its forces had thwarted a maritime hijacking in progress in the Gulf of Guinea. On Sunday night, eight armed pirates used a rented canoe to board the Togolese-flagged product tanker Djetona 1 at anchorage off the port of Lome, according to …
Read More »CONCERNED ABOUT THE WHATSAPP HACK? HERE’S HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR APP IS UPDATED
15 MAY 2019 Global messaging app WhatsApp, which boasts over 1 billion users, was targeted by hackers last month in a breach that saw mobile devices attacked through the voice-calling functionality of the app. The security flaw potentially gave hackers access to private messages, location data and other personal user information. While …
Read More »WTO AND SHIPPING INDUSTRY CONCERNED ABOUT TRADE WAR
A delegation from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, expressed concern over recent increases in protectionist measures including the decision by the U.S. to increase tariffs on Chinese goods. …
Read More »WORLD’S FIRST FLOATING FARM NOW HAS COWS
15 may 2019 32 cows have taken up residence in the world’s first floating farm in Rotterdam. The cows have a barn with spacious stalls and a “field,” a milk robot that the cows can choose to use, a slurry robot to collect manure, an automatic belt feeder and a …
Read More »SOLOMON TRADER REFLOATED AND REMOVED FROM RENNELL ISLAND
15 may 2019 The bulker Solomon Trader has been refloated from the reef where she went aground February 5 on Rennell Island, according to the Solomon Islands’ National Disaster Office. The Trader called at Rennell Island in early February to take on a load of bauxite ore at Bintan Mining dock, located in Kangava …
Read More »NEW PANAMA CANAL WELCOMES FIRST Q-FLEX LNG CARRIER
The Panama Canal Authority announced Monday that it has successfully handled the first transit of a neopanamax-sized Q-Flex LNG carrier, the Al Safliya. 14 MAY 2019 At 50 meters wide, the Al Safliya is nearly at the maximum allowable width for the expanded canal. One year ago, the Panama Canal Authority increased the width limit from …
Read More »CHINA IMPOSES RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON $60B WORTH OF U.S. GOODS
14 may 2019 On Monday, China announced that it would raise tariffs on $60 billion worth of American exports and the U.S. formally began the process to implement tariffs on an additional $300 billion in Chinese-made goods, raising fears that the trade war between Beijing and Washington could escalate sharply. …
Read More »BWMS CODE TYPE APPROVAL – URGENT!
13 MAY 2019 The year is 2012, and swarms of applications for Basic and Final Approvals of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) are coming to the IMO. At the same time, industry and others have started questioning whether the type approval guidelines (G8) are out of date and unable to …
Read More »SHIP ESCORTING – A CHANGING MISSION
13 MAY 2019 Ships are escorted in several ports around the world, for instance in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Japan. Escorting can be carried out in several ways, with all types of tugs at low speeds and with purpose built tugs at higher speeds. It is mainly the latter …
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