07 APR 2023 Incremental improvements in passenger safety add up to big gains over time. Marine safety improves through innovation and regulation. Early adopters pick up on new solutions while regulators keep the market in compliance with baseline standards. Eventually, the most successful new safety ideas become requirements – like …
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04 APR 2023 The French Navy located the missing product tanker that had been boarded by pirates last weekend but according to reports from the French patrol boat Premier Maitre L’Her which is assisting the tanker, six crewmembers have been kidnaped by the pirates. Security officials are continuing to warn of an …
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03 APR 2023 The European Commission announced today that it will continue to recognize the training and certification system of the Philippines, confirming the nation’s compliance with the requirements of the STWC Convention. The decision has been met with praise from both the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the …
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02 APR 2023 The World Bank projects that trade growth is on track to slow over the decade to come as global economic growth slackens. The lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and rising interest rates have put the brakes on economic activity, and trade …
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27 MAR 2023 The last 16 members of the crew abandon six months ago aboard a Chinese-owned livestock carrier finally left the ship today heading home after their long ordeal. The Federal Court of Australia had placed a priority on the crewmembers and their welfare along with the assistance of …
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26 MAR 2023 On Wednesday, an explosion and fire at the Ineos chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas briefly forced the closure of the Houston Ship Channel to traffic. According to local officials, one person was injured and hospitalized after a fire ignited a “boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion” (BLEVE) at …
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24 MAR 2023 A Ukrainian-crewed bulker has rescued a disabled Russian sailing vessel on the high seas of the Pacific, the sailboat’s skipper told U.S.-funded Russian news outlet Sibir Realii. The inflatable trimaran sailboat Russian Ocean Way has been sailing around the world since mid-2021, and it has completed about 13,000 nm of …
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21 MAR 2023 But first, we need an internet of deep ocean sensors to track the effects. Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. This is the heart of the ocean’s carbon …
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19 MAR 2023 The smoke from recent wildfires is threatening to slow and even reverse the recovery of Earth’s ozone layer – the same one that the world has worked so hard to heal since 1987. The ozone layer is a crucial part of the stratosphere that stops our planet from getting scorched by the Sun’s …
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17 MAR 2023 If you needed another reminder of just how important quality sleep is to our health and well-being, a new study has linked three specific sleep problems with a change in risk of developing dementia. Use of sleep medication and ability to fall asleep quickly (sleep-initiation insomnia) are …
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