21 NOV 2024 Despite transitioning towards a net-zero world over the past decade, demand for oil and gas has grown unabated, encouraging the industry to travel further into remote areas to extract and process natural resources. Behind all those endeavors and sophisticated machinery, it’s easy to overlook the important roles …
Read More »TWO BALTIC SUBSEA CABLES LIKELY SEVERED BY “OUTSIDE FORCES”
19 NOV 2024 Two Baltic subsea cables connecting four different NATO nations have likely been severed, according to officials in Finland and Sweden. The first fiber-optic line in question is the C-Lion1 cable, which runs about 750 miles from Helsinki, Finland to Rostock, Germany. According to Finland’s state telecom company, Cinia, the …
Read More »GREECE ARRESTS MASTER FOR “DRUNKENNESS ON DUTY” AND CAUSING SHIPWRECK
18 NOV 2024 What would otherwise have been a minor ship casualty is now drawing attention after the Hellenic Coast Guard reported today that it has arrested the master of the vessel involved in the incident. The 46-year-old master of a Bahamas-registered cargo ship is being charged with “disturbance of …
Read More »CYBERSECURITY: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE
17 NOV 2024 CyberOwl/HFW Report: Maritime industry pays an average ransom of $3 million in cyberattacks. In the dead of night, a fully laden LNG tanker quietly navigates the narrow channel of a strategic U.S. port. Suddenly, the ship’s GPS blinks and alarms, showing the vessel miles off course. The …
Read More »SINGAPORE ARRAIGNS DECK AND ENGINE OFFICERS ABOARD DREDGER IN JUNE ALLISON
16 NOV 2024 Nearly five months after the Netherlands-flagged hopper dredge hit a bunker tanker causing the worst oil spill in Singapore in a decade, two deck officers and two engineers have been arraigned. Singapore is charging the crewmembers of the Van Oord-operated dredger Vox Maxima with failure to execute …
Read More »STANDING ON ONE LEG CAN REVEAL A HUGE AMOUNT ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
15 NOV 2024 A healthy life is all about balance. If you’re older than 50 and can stand on one leg for at least 30 seconds, scientists say you’re aging really well, even if you sway from side to side. A small new study has found evidence that as a …
Read More »THE COLD SORE VIRUS CAN INFECT YOUR BRAIN. BUT HOW DOES IT GET INSIDE?
14 NOV 2024 We already know that the virus behind cold sores, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), can also infect the brain and the central nervous system, and now a new study sheds more light on how the viral attack spreads out. Led by researchers from the University of …
Read More »RED SEA CRISIS: IMO CHIEF CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION AS HOUTHI ATTACKS THREATEN GLOBAL SHIPPING
12 NOV 2024 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has completed a diplomatic tour of Red Sea countries, addressing the escalating crisis that threatens global trade and seafarer safety. The crisis began nearly a year ago with the hijacking of the MV Galaxy Leader by Houthi forces on November …
Read More »HD HYUNDAI BEGINS AUTONOMOUS DEMONSTRATION WITH LARGER CONTAINERSHIP
11 NOV 2024 South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries today started a demonstration of autonomous operations of a large containership with the systems specifically designed into the vessel. It is part of a government-sponsored program being overseen by Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Ministry of …
Read More »EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS CITE “SEVERE LOSS” AT ONE YEAR MARK FOR HOUTHI ATTACKS
10 NOV 2024 Egyptian officials quantified the severe level of economic damage to the country’s economy as the Houthis closed in on the first anniversary of the launch of their assaults on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Egypt emphasized the impact while it was meeting with the Secretary-General of …
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