24 AUG 2024 Thanks to a quirk known as unconscious selective attention, your brain has learned to ignore your nose. A prominent feature that’s positioned closely to the eyes, the schnoz could get in the way of our vision – but the nervous system cleverly filters it out. You can …
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SOUNION TANKER ABLAZE CAUSING POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
24 AUG 2024 The Houthis militants released video late on Friday showing explosions aboard the laden Greek tanker Sounion setting the stage for what experts believe will be one of the world’s worst environmental disasters. The vessel is fully laden with approximately 150,000 tonnes (more than 900,000 barrels) of crude …
Read More »FIRST ROTOR SAILS RETROFITTED TO MOL CAPESIZE BULKER OPERATING FOR VALE
23 AUG 2024 The bulker segment continues to be at the forefront of the deployment of wind-assisted propulsion with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Brazilian mining giant Vale reporting the first retrofit of rotor sails to a capesize bulker. It adds wind-assisted propulsion to another category of ships in the segment …
Read More »CMA CGM VESSEL ON MV LOSSES 99 CONTAINERS DURING STORM OFF SOUTH AFRICA
22 AUG 2024 CMA CGM’s brand new containership has lost up to 99 boxes overboard in a storm off South Africa (Hudong-Zhonghua) For the second time in approximately a month, one of CMA CGM’s large containerships, the newly inaugurated CMA CMG Belem (13,000 TEU) has lost boxes overboard in storms …
Read More »DALI COMPLETES OFFLOADING CONTAINERS AS SALVAGE OPERATION CONTINUES
21 AUG 2024 Nearly five months after the fatal allision of the containership Dali with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, offloading of the vessel has been completed in Norfolk, Virginia. TV station WTKR in Norfolk caught pictures of the vessel in recent days with its decks cleared of containers. The …
Read More »HIGH-TECH SAILING SHIP STARTS MAIDEN VOYAGE WITH 1,000 TONNES OF CARGO
20 AUG 2024 Anemos, a one-of-a-kind sail cargo ship operated by French carrier TOWT, has departed on her maiden transatlantic voyage from Le Havre to New York with 1,000 tonnes of cargo. As of this weekend, the vessel was making good time with favorable winds, the line said. Compared to …
Read More »STUDY FINDS HUMANS AGE FASTER AT 2 SHARP PEAKS – HERE’S WHEN TO EXPECT THEM
20 AUG 2024 The progress of a human being through life might be thought of as a mostly gradual succession of changes from the ovum to the grave. But if you wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and wonder when you suddenly grew so much older, you may …
Read More »COLOR OF YOUR TONGUE REVEALS A LOT ABOUT YOUR STATE OF HEALTH
19 AUG 2024 One of my grandmother’s favourite things to cook was cold pressed ox tongue, though it’s a tradition that I don’t really feel the need to continue. Have you ever seen one? Not only is it colossal, but requires a lot of faff in scrubbing, cooking and pressing, …
Read More »NOVATEK SET TO DOCK SECOND LNG UNIT AT SANCTIONED ARCTIC PLANT
18 AUG 2024 Russian gas producer Novatek PJSC seems to be pushing ahead with an expansion project at its Arctic LNG 2 plant despite Western energy sanctions. A small fleet of tug vessels towing a second production train has approached the site of the plant on Saturday, according to ship-tracking …
Read More »UKRAINE GRAIN TRADER SAYS TOO RISKY TO RELY ON BLACK SEA PORTS
17 AUG 2024 Ukraine’s crucial Black Sea grain ports are again shipping out hefty amounts, but one major trader plans to keep exporting large volumes via much more expensive river routes. Despite river cargoes barely turning a profit for Nibulon SA, its chief executive officer says it’s important to have a …
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