01 JAN 2024 The shipping industry in Denmark, home to some of the world’s largest firms, agreed to double wages for crew sailing through the Red Sea to compensate for the danger posed by the recent attacks. The hazard pay kicks in for the time spent in two defined high-risk …
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06 JAN 2024 Keeping teeth squeaky clean can spare people from contracting pneumonia in hospital, a new analysis of more than 2,700 patients has found, with fewer cases of the common lung infection linked to daily toothbrushing. Selina Ehrenzeller and Michael Klompas, two epidemiologists specializing in infectious disease at Brigham …
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01 JAN 2024 The U.S. Coast Guard reports that the battery fire aboard the bulker Genius Star XI has been extinguished and that the crew are safe, days after the blaze began. The outcome was successful, but the fire illustrated the serious challenges inherent in fighting a cargo fire at …
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31 JAN 2023 As of the last week of 2023, Russian officials were claiming to have reached a record level of cargo moving along the Northern Sea Route while expecting to continue to increase the total to the end of the year. The reports are saying that volumes recovered from …
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31 DEC 2023 Kids who spend five minutes practicing mindfulness before opening a book have a higher chance of improving their reading skills. That’s according to a new US study, thought to be the first of its kind to look at the direct links between mindfulness and academic capabilities in …
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31 DEC 2023 Nearly six weeks after 25 seafarers were detained when heavily armed Houthi rebels stormed their vessel, the car carrier Galaxy Leader (17,000 dwt), there are hopeful signs of progress for the release of the crew. The ship’s registered owner Galaxy Maritime made its first public statement in …
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