28 JAN 2025 Our body isn’t just human — it’s home to trillions of microorganisms found in or on us. In fact, there are more microbes in our gut than there are stars in the Milky Way. These microbes are essential for human health, but scientists are still figuring out …
Read More »CRIME WAVE CONTINUES NEAR SINGAPORE WITH MORE VESSELS BOARDED
27 JAN 2025 Security consultants and the monitoring operation ReCAAP are warning of increased activity in the region around the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. It continues the trend which saw 62 vessels boarded and robbed while underway in the region in 2024. Since the start of the year, ReCAAP …
Read More »EXPERT EXPLAINS WHY A GLASS OF MILK EACH DAY COULD SLASH CANCER RISK
26 JAN 2025 A glass of milk a day could help keep bowel cancer away – or so finds a study by Oxford University and Cancer Research UK. The research suggests that increasing daily milk intake by as little as one glass could have a significant impact on lowering the …
Read More »GALAXY LEADER CREW RELEASED AFTER 14 MONTHS CAPTIVITY BY HOUTHIS
25 JAN 2025 The governing body of the Houthi movement released a statement first reported by Al Masirah TV confirming the crew of the car carrier Galaxy Leader has been released. The crew was held for nearly 14 months by the Houthis which said it was “part of the battle …
Read More »BASSNET WEB 3.0 LAUNCH MODERNIZES SHIP MANAGEMENT
24 JAN 2025 BASS Software has launched BASSnet Web 3.0, the cutting-edge web solution designed to transform ship management operations. By transitioning to a scalable, web service and cloud-based web architecture, BASSnet Web paves the way for unmatched operational efficiency and modernization. “BASSnet Web 3.0 represents the future of ship …
Read More »MARITIME’S NUCLEAR “TOMORROWLAND”
23 JAN 2025 “Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.” – Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (Father of the U.S. Nuclear Navy) Imagine a world where the oceans are plied by vast, gleaming ships that leave no trace of pollution in their wake. …
Read More »CARRIERS ADOPT NEW STANDARD TO PREVENT DEADLY CHARCOAL FIRES
22 JAN 2025 The shipping industry is taking proactive steps to implement improved safety measures for transporting charcoal, ahead of mandatory IMO regulations in 2026. Experts have long warned that misdeclared, poorly handled, and poorly packed dangerous goods are one of the largest dangers for cargo fires and the industry …
Read More »TRUMP VOWS PANAMA CANAL ‘TAKEBACK’ IN BOLD INAUGURAL THREAT
21 JAN 2025 Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of “Manifest Destiny” in laying out plans for space exploration. Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to re-impose …
Read More »DRINKING MORE GREEN TEA EACH DAY CUTS RISK OF DEMENTIA BRAIN LESIONS
21 JAN 2024 A new study links drinking green tea with having fewer white matter lesions in the brains of Japanese seniors, potentially providing a level of protection against dementia. Researchers from institutions across Japan teamed up to analyse data on 8,766 volunteers over the age of 65, collected as …
Read More »2024 DECLARED HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD AS WORLD EXCEEDS 1.5°C Environment13 January 2025
20 JAN 2025 The year 2024 was the world’s warmest on record globally, and the first calendar year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial levels. The official declaration was made on Friday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union’s Earth observation program. It comes as …
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