24 MAR 2019 Bad habits are tough to break. Even when they’re truly detrimental to your health, certain activities can be difficult to give up. Whether it’s smoking, regularly indulging in sugary beverages, or binge drinking, there are a handful of practices that experts have linked to an early death. Before …
Read More »FAST FACTS: WHAT ARE THE TRADE WINDS?
24 MAR 2019 The Charles W. Morgan is the last of an American whaling fleet that once numbered more than 2,700 vessels. Ships like the Morgan often used routes defined by the trade winds to navigate the oceans. Early commerce to the Americas relied on the trade winds – the …
Read More »NYK SECURES ‘GREEN LOAN’ FOR SCRUBBER INSTALLS
23 MAR 2019 Japanese transport group NYK has secured a ¥9bn ($81m) syndicated ‘green’ loan, supported by eight domestic financial institutions for the installation of scrubber systems on its vessels. And Hyundai Merchant Marine said it had signed a MoU to establish a ‘win-win fund’ for scrubber installation, with five …
Read More »SHIPPING CONFIDENCE UP DESPITE ONGOING GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY
23 MAR 2019 Confidence in the shipping industry has risen in the last three months despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from leading shipping adviser and accountant BDO. The average confidence level rose to 6.2 out of maximum score of 10.0 this quarter compared to …
Read More »NEW REPORT DETAILS BALLAST WATER SYSTEMS’ OPERATING CHALLENGES
22 MAR 2019 ABS has released a detailed report on a worldwide ship owner workshop series on ballast water treatment systems. Anecdotal reports of BWTS challenges have circulated for some time, but the report provides detailed insight from ship owners about the specific nature of these issues – and the best …
Read More »ROGUE WAVES ARE GETTING MORE EXTREME
23 MAR 2019 Research led by the University of Southampton suggests that rogue waves are occurring less often, but becoming more extreme. Waves are classed as rogue when they are over twice the height of the average sea state around them. From trough to peak, past observations have put some …
Read More »ICS UPDATES FLAG STATE PERFORMANCE TABLE FOR 2019
22 MAR 2019 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published the latest update of its Flag State Performance Table. The annual update, which is also supported by the Asian Ship owners’ Association (ASA) and the European Community Ship owners’ Associations (ECSA), provides an indication of the performance of individual …
Read More »TANKER FIRE KILLS TWO OFF SOUTH KOREA
21 MAR 2019 Early Wednesday (20TH march) morning, a small tanker caught fire off the coast of Odong Island, South Korea, killing two and injuring one. The fire broke out at 0538 hours at a position about two nm to the east of Odong. Four Good Samaritan vessels, a military …
Read More »CONTAINER FEEDER CAPSIZES AT BANDAR ABBAS
20 MAR 2019 On March 19, a container ship capsized at the port of Bandar Abbas, Iran, sending 153 containers into the water. Iranian officials believe that the accident happened due to improper loading. Iranian maritime official Mehdi Haghshenas told state media that the casualty was caused by “poor coordination …
Read More »EASY WAY TO TURN SEAWATER INTO CLEAN HYDROGEN FUEL
19 MAR 2019 A chemical reaction you learned about in middle school could help solve the energy crisis. Running an electrical current through water splits it into oxygen and hydrogen, the latter of which can be used as a reliable, zero-emission fuel source. In the past, the process of purifying …
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