08 DEC 2025 Continuing to look to the future with remote ship management, shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries and Evergreen have opened the first remote monitoring center jointly developed by a shipyard and shipowner. It is the next step in a continuing project between the two companies that anticipates the era …
Read More »DECADE AFTER RANA PLAZA, SAFETY FLAWS PERSIST
08 DEC 2025 Many Clothing Brands Missing from Accord in Bangladesh, Pakistan (New York, April 17, 2023) – Many clothing brands, mostly from the US, have not joined the Accord on Health and Safety in Bangladesh and Pakistan a decade after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh that killed over 1,100 garment workers …
Read More »BELGIUM’S ‘LITTLE EINSTEIN’ EARNS PHD IN QUANTUM PHYSICS AT AGE 15
07 DEC 2025 A fifteen-year-old dubbed “Belgium’s little Einstein” has completed his PhD in quantum physics in what could be record time. According to reporting from the Flemish television network VTM, Laurent Simons defended his thesis this week at the University of Antwerp. Laurent may very well be the youngest …
Read More »AFTER 60 YEARS, DIABETES DRUG FOUND TO UNEXPECTEDLY AFFECT THE BRAIN
06 DEC 2025 Metformin has been prescribed to people with type 2 diabetes to manage blood sugar for more than 60 years, but scientists haven’t been exactly sure how it works. A recent study suggests it works directly in the brain, which could lead to new types of treatment. Researchers …
Read More »BREAKTHROUGH DIABETES TREATMENT MAY DELIVER INSULIN THROUGH A SKIN CREAM
06 DEC 2025 A breakthrough in insulin delivery could one day spell an end to the invasive needles on which many people with diabetes rely. Using mice, minipigs, and lab-grown human skin samples, scientists have demonstrated a topical insulin treatment – an achievement long assumed impossible due to the large size of insulin molecules and their …
Read More »SATELLITE IMAGERY REVOLUTION RESHAPING MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AND GLOBAL SHIPPING
05 DEC 2025 A quiet technological revolution is unfolding high above the world’s oceans, and it could reshape maritime operations, compliance, and security in ways the industry has never experienced. Enhanced Electro-Optical (EO) satellite imagery, long associated with military intelligence and environmental monitoring, has rapidly matured into a commercially accessible, …
Read More »WTO: GLOBAL TRADE MOMENTUM SLIPS AS FRONTLOADING SURGE FADES
04 DEC 2025 The world’s seaborne trade flows are showing signs of slowing after frontloading imports drove a strong first half of 2025, according to the World Trade Organization’s latest Goods Trade Barometer, which points to slower but still above-trend growth heading into the year’s final quarter. The WTO’s composite …
Read More »COLLABORATION ACROSS THE TRANSPORT TRINITY: UNLOCKING SHARED VALUE
04 DEC 2025 Executive Teaser Transport reliability will emerge when the transport trinity – cargo owners, transport operators, and nodes – acts as one operating unit. By managing time, risk, and asset integrity as shared assets, and acting on five trustworthy signals, namely time window, connection risk, readiness, emissions, and …
Read More »ELECTRIC CONTAINERSHIPS WON’T WORK BUT A FLEET OF AUXILIARY BATTERY SHIPS COULD CLEAN UP SHIPPING
03 DEC 2025 Shipping moves 90% of global trade and produces nearly 3% of global emissions. The sector has proved challenging to clean up, as cargo ships can travel for weeks between ports and typically rely on cheap, energy-dense and extremely polluting heavy fuel oil. Earlier this year, international efforts …
Read More »FROM ALTERNATIVE TO ANCHOR: CHARTING THE LNG SURGE IN GLOBAL SHIPPING
02 DEC 2025 In a seismic era for shipping and global sustainability efforts, the perception of LNG as a marine fuel has shifted dramatically in recent years. Once seen as one of many ‘alternatives’ in the future fuels bucket, LNG together with liquefied biomethane (Bio-LNG/LBM/RNG) are firmly becoming mainstream options …
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