10 AUG 2021 Faced with higher operating costs and stricter demands for efficiency and environmental performance, the shipping industry is constantly looking for improved designs. The goal is to improve operations while also maximizing every usable space for cargo. In the competition for improved efficiency, Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding unveiled a …
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09 AUG 2021 Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth’s rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days gotten progressively longer as a result. While Earth’s slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it’s enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those changes, new …
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08 AUG 2021 The Middle East is one of the driest regions in the world. The scarcity of water has often been touted as a source of national and interstate disputes in the area. Some scholars have predicted for some time the possibility of deadly national altercations and regional clashes …
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07 AUG 2021 Western security officials claim that evidence strongly suggests that Iran was behind the attack on a Japanese-owned, UK-managed tanker off Oman last week, and the U.S. and Israel have promised to take action in response. Two seafarers were killed in the attack on the Israeli-linked tanker Mercer Street, …
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06 AUG 2021 Humans have a deep and complex relationship with the sea. It provides food and essential nutrients, medicine and renewable energy. People swim, surf and scuba dive in this “blue gym.” It’s even an important part of therapeutic recreation, like surf therapy for war veterans and children with autism. Economies are also bound to the ocean. Fishing, tourism, marine transportation, and shipping bring …
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05 AUG 2021 With hopes pinned on mass vaccination programs seeing an eventual end to the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens around the world are lining up for a jab. So far, efforts to curb the outbreak by spreading immunity this way seem to be working – but according to new research, right now …
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04 AUG 2021 U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered a Panama-flagged bulk carrier to immediately depart U.S. waters earlier this month after the discovery of invasive insects on board. CBP says the M/V Pan Jasmine arrived at an anchorage down river from New Orleans on July 17th, arriving from Paradip, …
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03 AUG 2021 Late today, the U.S. Navy confirmed that charges have been filed against a sailor for potentially setting the fire in July 2020 that destroyed the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard while it was docked at Naval Base San Diego. The Navy reports that the investigation is …
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02 AUG 2021 The Mission to Seafarers’ survey-based Seafarer Happiness Index dropped significantly in the second quarter, with uncertainty over crew change and shore leave driving the index to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic. “The data fell in every category, and there were clear indications that …
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01 AUG 2021 The container ship Ever Given has arrived in Rotterdam, ending the four-month saga of detention and litigation that followed her grounding in the Suez Canal on March 23. The vessel arrived at the ECT Delta terminal at Rotterdam early Thursday and will be in port until Tuesday. …
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