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27 FEB 2023 Elon Musk wants to put a computer chip in your brain. Well, maybe not in your brain, but in the brain of some human somewhere. Musk’s neurotech startup, Neuralink, has been working toward implanting its skull-embedded brain chip in a human since it was founded in 2016. After …

26 FEB 2023 While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, is Earth’s history. Our history. Research shows there are little-known chapters in that history, deep within Earth’s past. In fact, Earth’s inner core appears …

25 FEB 2023   The future of the world’s oceans will be at stake starting Monday when UN member states meet for ostensibly the final round of negotiations that will decide the fate of a treaty aimed at protecting the world’s oceans. After failure to conclude a legally binding agreement …

24 FEB 2023  In an effort to spur the development of commercial green maritime technologies, the UK government announced the awarding of an additional $73 million in grants going to 10 projects as part of the government’s ongoing Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC). The projects selected range from a hydrofoil …

23 FEB 2023 Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) announced today that its nine ocean carrier members have committed to the adoption of an electronic bill of lading (eBL). Switching away from the transfer of physical paper bills of lading could save $6.5 billion in direct costs and enable $30-40 billion …

22 FEB 2023  A ‘port of refuge’ is a maritime safety principle as old as seafaring itself. Without it, a marine casualty can turn into a much larger problem, as illustrated by the notorious case of the tanker Prestige. On November 13, 2002, the Prestige was navigating the Bay of Biscay carrying 77,000 …

21 FEB 2023 At least one ship carrying Australian coal that was destined for China has been diverted due to uncertainty around Chinese customs policies following the easing of a ban on imports from Australia, according to traders and shiptracking data. The BBC Maryland, hauling about 12,000 tonnes of thermal coal from Australia’s …

20 FEB 2023  As Europe resorts to desperate measures to contain a growing immigration crisis, the UN has condemned a move by Italy to enact stringent laws against NGOs and humanitarian groups involved in search and rescue (SAR) missions in the central Mediterranean. Italy has moved to impose stricter conditions …

20 FEB 2023 International marine fuels group Baseblue, created through the merger of three bunker players, aims to hone in on greenshipping as part of the growing push to decarbonise the industry, executives said on Tuesday. Shipping, which transports around 90% of world trade and accounts for nearly 3% of the …

19 FEB 2023  The UK’s Commercial Rib Charter, which bills itself as Europe’s largest Rib operator, is commissioning a unique crew transfer vessel designed to meet the challenges at the Scroby Sands RWE Wind Farm, a nearshore installation less than two miles from the UK coast. The vessel, named CRC Walrus, …