24 JULY 2023 The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Maersk’s American division to pay an officer more than $700,000 after it dismissed him for telling the U.S. Coast Guard about alleged deficiencies aboard the boxship Maersk Tennessee (ex name Safmarine Mafadi). On December 29, 2020, after a disagreement with …
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23 JULY 2023 As we enter El Niño, periods of surging temperatures at sea are predicted to grow more frequent and intense. On 4 July 2023, the World Meteorological Organization declared the beginning of an El Niño phase, a climate pattern that drives up temperatures across land and sea. Past weather events provide …
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22 JULY 2023 A German non-profit environmental group is developing a plan to convert an existing bulker into a floating environmental center as part of their system to capture and recycle ocean and on shore plastics. According to the group in addition to the mobile nature of the vessel, it …
Read More »21 JULY 2023 Buffeted by waves as high as 10 meters (32 feet) in China’s Yellow Sea about 30 kilometers off the coast of Shandong province, two circular rafts carrying neat rows of solar panels began generating electricity late last year, a crucial step toward a new breakthrough for clean energy. The experiment by State Power …
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20 JULY 2023 Insurers are reviewing whether to freeze cover for any ships willing to sail to Ukraine after Russia on Monday quit a U.N.-backed deal that allows the export of grain through a wartime Black Sea safe corridor, industry sources said. The agreement, brokered by Turkey last July, aimed to alleviate …
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UN inspectors examine the last ship to exit Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative protocol, July 17 (UN) 19 JULY 2023 On Monday, the Kremlin announced that it would reimpose a “temporarily dangerous” zone for foreign-flag grain bulkers in the northwestern Black Sea. By raising war risk beyond insurable …
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