11 0CT 2024 A French court on Thursday, October 10, acquitted the master of a Russian-owned Ro-Ro cargo carrier who was charged with violating EU sanctions shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine. French customs authorities alleged that the master was aware of the ownership questions of the …
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NORWAY ARRESTS SHIP’S OFFICER FOR FLYING DRONE AS IT TIGHTENS PORT SECURITY
07 OCT 2024 Norway is taking further steps to tighten security in its ports as it fears efforts by Russians and others at spying. During the summer, Norway enacted new rules to limit port access and now Gard is reporting a recent incident with a ship’s officer flying a drone. …
Read More »NEW ZEALAND NAVY SURVEY VESSEL RUNS AGROUND AND SINKS OFF SAMOA
06 OCT 2024 A Royal New Zealand Navy research vessel has sunk after running aground off the coast of Samoa, the NZ Defence Force said in a statement Sunday. It was the first vessel that the service has lost at sea since the Second World War. On Saturday evening, the …
Read More »POOR COMMUNICATION BLAMED FOR BULKER ACCIDENT IN NEW ZEALAND
04 OCT 2024 Lack of proper communication caused a crew member to be seriously injured while preparing securing gear to load a cargo of logs on bulk carrier Poavosa Brave outside Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand in June 2023, the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) determined. TAIC released its …
Read More »DNV’S KNUT ØRBECK-NILSSEN ON EFFICIENCY AND CARBON CAPTURE
03 OCT 2024 Leading class society DNV believes that green fuels will be costly and scarce for the rest of the decade, making efficiency the most important near-term element of the green transition. To find out more about what shipowners are doing to decarbonize with the resources they have today, TME …
Read More »AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WANTS SHIP LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES FOR ISRAEL STOPPED
02 OCT 2024 The human rights organization Amnesty International is calling for a small cargo ship to be blocked from entering ports in Europe due to the belief the vessel is transporting explosives bound for Israel. The group says that permitting the vessel to transport these materials violates international regulations. …
Read More »OVERLOOKED WEATHER PHENOMENON PRODUCES GAMMA RAYS IN OUR ATMOSPHERE
02 OCT 2024 The electrical effects of a thunderstorm are not confined just to high up in the atmosphere. Close to the ground, Earth’s atmosphere hums with intense electric fields that accelerate particles, flinging electrons in ways that force atoms to glow with gamma rays. From atop a mountain in …
Read More »SEAFARERS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN TURKEY: ITF CONDEMNS ‘OUTRAGEOUS’ DRUG CASE VERDICT
01 OCT 2024 Two seafarers have been sentenced to 30 years in prison in Turkey, sparking outrage from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). The decision, which came after drugs were discovered on their vessel in the Black Sea port of Ere?li last October, has been met with strong condemnation …
Read More »CAPTAIN RECEIVES EIGHT-MONTH U.S. PRISON TERM FOR MARPOL VIOLATION
01 OCT 2024 The master of a product tanker who committed a MARPOL violation and then attempted to conceal information from the U.S. Coast Guard was recently sentenced to eight months in a U.S. prison by a federal court in New Orleans. Yesterday, the court completed the case accepting a …
Read More »EXPERTS REVEAL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PSYCHOPATH AND A SOCIOPATH
30 SEPT 2024 Articles about badly behaved people and how to spot them are common. You don’t have to Google or scroll too much to find headlines such as 7 signs your boss is a psychopath or How to avoid the sociopath next door. You’ll often see the terms psychopath …
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