15 MAR 2023 A Saudi Arabian startup has set out to raise $300 million to invest in a new recycling facility that will be located in the commercial port of Al Jubail. Wreckdock Vessel Recycling announced that it intends to attract external capital through a share issue to invest in …
Read More »ADVANCING IN REVERSE
14 MAR 2023 Will the vision of a decarbonized, renewable future for Europe ever be realized? Russian pipeline gas is out; so is coal. Yet Europe is still managing to win the energy war and keep warm. As the saying goes: “We’re not retreating, we’re advancing in reverse.” The transition …
Read More »RECORD-SETTING CYCLONE FREDDY MAKES THIRD LANDFALL
13 MAR 2023 Over the weekend, Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its third and final landfall in central Mozambique. This is the cyclone’s third landfall in the area: it arrived on the east coast of Madagascar on February 21 and transited over the southern coast of Mozambique three days later. The first …
Read More »PHILIPPINES ENACTS LAW TO CURB SEAFARER EXPLOITATION
12 MAR 2023 The Philippines’ House of Representatives this week overwhelmingly voted for a new bill seeking to protect the rights and interests of Filipino seafarers. The law called Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers sets out labor protection terms for seafarers before, during, and after employment, especially in the event …
Read More »FIRST AUTOMATED HIGH-BAY STORAGE SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED AT KOREAN PORT
11 MAR 2023 The first commercial installation of an automated high-bay storage system for containers is planned at the Busan New Port in South Korea. The storage system which is designed to increase productivity at the port will be integrated along with the existing truck operations as a retrofit on …
Read More »FEAR AND DISGUST COULD BE MAKING YOUR STOMACH ACID MORE POTENT
11 MAR 2023 Somewhere in the darkness, something moves. Your heart beats a quick percussion inside your chest. Panic rises. It’s hard to think straight. And deep inside your gut, there’s a queasy feeling that something terrible is about to happen. According to a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study led by researchers from …
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