21 MAY 2023 Kyiv would consider allowing Russian ammonia to transit its territory for export on condition the newly-renewed Black Sea grain deal is expanded to include more Ukrainian ports and a wider range of commodities, a government source told Reuters. The comments are the first time Kyiv has publicly …
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19 MAY 2023 The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has today commemorated its second International Day for Women in Maritime. The day, marked on May 18, serves to underscore the crucial role of collaboration and networking in achieving gender equality in the maritime sector. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim emphasized the role …
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24 MAY 2023 As winter approaches, many parents will be bracing for the cold and flu season. Young children typically get at least six colds a year. In previous generations, parents might have reached for the cough syrup to relieve a dry or chesty cough. But we now know cough syrups aren’t …
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23 MAY 2023 BIMCO is forecasting that as emission regulations tighten on the shipping industry the rate of ships sold for scrap is likely to more than double in the coming decade. The trade group says while reducing carbon emissions out of the smokestack will be a motivation along with …
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22 MAY 2023 As the latest batch of environmental regulations come into force, the pressure’s on for ship owners and operators to reduce emissions. From clean fuels to innovative emissions reductions technologies, the maritime industry is finding new ways to lower CO2 outputs and decarbonize the shipping sector. A proven …
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21 MAY 2023 New Zealand ro/pax ferry operator KiwiRail will be the first passenger vessel owner to install and use a new form of lifesaving device, the Viking LifeCraft. KiwiRail carries about 800,000 passengers per year across the Cook Strait between New Zealand’s North Island and South Island. It is …
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20 MAY 2023 Last summer, we travelled to the remote Arctic Hausgarten observatory area in the eastern Fram Strait (west of Svalbard, Norway) on a research ship. The samples we collected there included ice cores, sea water and ice algae from large packs of floating ice called ice floes. These form …
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19 MAY 2023 From January 1, 2023, the IMO’s new Carbon Intensity Calculator (CII) Regulation requires all ships over 5,000 gross tonnage to calculate and report their carbon emissions. The aim is to reduce shipping’s carbon footprint. BASS Software has over 25 years’ experience developing best-in-class maritime ERP software. The company’s end-to-end BASSnet software suite enables …
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18 MAY 2023 Deep sleep could be key to forestalling slow declines in brain health that may one day lead to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Based on their investigation involving 62 older, cognitively healthy adults, researchers from the University of California (UC) Berkeley, Stanford University, and UC Irvine …
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17 MAY 2023 A Norwegian naval officer was found guilty on Monday and sentenced to a two-month suspended jail sentence for negligence leading up to the 2018 collision between a warship he navigated and an oil tanker in which the military vessel sank. Building a replacement for the lost Helge Ingstad frigate would have …
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