10 OCT 2022 Largely unappreciated and undervalued, seafarers today are at last being recognized for the critical role they play in the global economy. Keeping them healthy is job one. Professional mariners have long been documented as exemplars of a life filled with stress, anxiety and loneliness. Spending months at …
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09 OCT 2022 While forced labor exists throughout the world, one place where it’s especially pervasive is the South China Sea, and especially in the Thai fishing fleet. Partly this is because in a typical year, this country’s fishing industry is short about fifty thousand mariners, according to the UN …
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08 OCT 2022 A three-year-long study has tracked dozens of patients with an ultra-rare disorder that gradually turns muscle, tendons, and ligaments to bone. The lifelong, irreversible condition is known as fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). While estimates on its prevalence vary, confirmed cases occur in roughly one out of every 1 …
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A 3D map of one of the hidden valleys, also known as a tunnel valley, under the seafloor in the North Sea. (James Kirkham) 07 OCT 2022 Hidden valleys buried beneath the ocean bottom in the North Sea were rapidly carved out during the “death throes” of an ancient ice sheet …
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06 OCT 2022 The shipping industry is setting its sights on efficiency. Thanks to internal corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and external pressures from regulatory agencies, fleet operators are starting to take steps to reduce fuel consumption, improve reporting, and transform voyages to meet the decarbonization goals set forth by …
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05 OCT 2022 Few observers have had a better perch to watch the pandemic slowly clog — and now free up — one of the biggest arteries of global trade than Captain J. Kipling “Kip” Louttit. Two years ago this week, as fully loaded container ships congregated off the coast of …
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