02 DEC 2023 Why trade is shifting to the US East Coast Ports via the Suez Canal The tectonic plates of world trade are shifting. Southeast Asia’s replacement of China as the world’s manufacturing powerhouse has enormous implications for international shipping routes, ports, and supply chains – particularly in the …
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01 DEC 2023 The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued a damming report today investigating the 2021 grounding of a cargo vessel on the west coast of Scotland. They identify issues including the fact that the watch officer was likely drunk and sleeping when the vessel grounded as well …
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30 NOV 2023 In the vast expanse of the world’s oceans, a transformation is underway. The international shipping sector, made up of thousands of massive cargo ships laden with many of the goods we buy, emits carbon dioxide (CO?) roughly equivalent to the entire country of Germany. Our research emphasises the need for …
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29 NOV 2023 A container ship owned by a prominent Israeli-owned shipping company has been attacked by an Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean, an American defense official has confirmed to AP News. A “suicide” Shahed-136 attack drone struck the 15,000-TEU CMA CGM SYMI on Friday, the official said. The …
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28 NOV 2023 A groundbreaking new study conducted by the University of Southampton is shedding light on the connection between energy efficiency and the reduction underwater noise reduction (URN) in the maritime industry. The study, commissioned by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), highlights the significant impact that implementing energy efficiency strategies …
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27 NOV 2023 China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), a subsidiary of China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has placed an order for the first dual-fuel methanol engine in the VLCC segment. The MAN B&W 7G80ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) main engine will be built by CSE (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Diesel …
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26 NOV 2023 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a virtual public board meeting next month to determine the probable cause of a crude oil release that occurred after anchor strikes on an underwater pipeline in San Pedro Bay near Huntington Beach, California. On October 1, 2021, crude oil began …
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25 NOV 2023 In the early morning hours of March 8, 2021, a small inflatable boat powered by an outboard motor covertly made its way into the port of Montevideo to unload a dying deckhand, and then sped away. The deckhand, a slight 20-year-old Indonesian named Daniel Aritonang, had been …
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24 NOV 2023 The general consensus is that the constant bombardment of information and distraction that comes with modern living means that our attention spans aren’t what they used to be. A new study suggests we might be coping rather well; our concentration performance is better today than it was prior to the rise …
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23 NOV 2023 It’s double trouble, with a unique twist: A 32-year-old woman from Alabama who was born with two uteruses is now pregnant in both. Kelsey Hatcher, who is documenting her story on her Instagram account “doubleuhatchlings,” knew from the age of 17 she has “uterus didelphys,” a rare …
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