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ABS TEAMS WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS TO IMPROVE CONTAINERSHIP SAFETY

19 APR 2019 Classification society ABS announced Thursday it is teaming up with members of the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS)  to develop actionable recommendations to help mitigate risks posed from the stowage of dangerous goods on containerships. Established in 2011, CINS is a shipping line initiative meant to increase safety in …

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AUSTRALIA FUNDS WORLD-FIRST OFFSHORE BLUE ECONOMY PLATFORM

17 APR 2019 The Australian government is providing A$329 million ($236 million) for research into Australia’s blue economy. The University of Tasmania will lead the largest-ever Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), the Launceston-based Blue Economy CRC, bringing together expertise in seafood, renewable energy and offshore engineering. The 10-year collaboration will involve …

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TURMERIC’S AMAZING HEALTH BENEFITS SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. BUT THE RESEARCH LOOKS GOOD!

16 APR 2019 Doctors are increasingly embracing the idea that the food we eat may be as good as any disease-fighting, immunity-boosting drug. This isn’t a new strategy. The cancer researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee recently told Business Insider that “for centuries, diet was the only kind of medicine.” Lately, Mukherjee and other doctors …

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