22 JUN 2022 Armed pirates struck another platform operated by Pemex last week, forcing the crew to help them cart off stolen goods before departing again. A group of 10 armed robbers boarded a platform at the Rebombeo pumping complex in the Bay of Campeche last Tuesday evening, workers told …
Read More »GIANT CRUISE SHIP’S MAIDEN VOYAGE MAY BE TO A SCRAPYARD
21 JUN 2022 An unfinished mega-liner that was to be one of the world’s biggest cruise ships by capacity is sitting in a German shipyard, waiting to be scrapped, because bankruptcy administrators can’t find a buyer, according to cruise industry magazine An Bord. The lower hull of a liner known …
Read More »WOMEN OFTEN ‘FEEL THE COLD’ MORE THAN MEN. THIS COULD BE WHY
27 JUN 2022 We all have different preferences for when it’s the right time to bring out the winter blankets. And the thermostat’s setting often forms the basis of office arguments between women and men regarding the “correct” temperature for it to be set. Between the sexes, there are always more similarities than …
Read More »PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENTIST EXPLAINS HOW DRUGS KNOW WHERE TO GO IN THE BODY
26 JUN 2022 When you take aspirin for a headache, how does the aspirin know to travel to your head and alleviate the pain? The short answer is, it doesn’t: Molecules can’t transport themselves through the body, and they don’t have control over where they eventually end up. But researchers …
Read More »RUSSIA OFFERS SAFE PASSAGE TO UKRAINIAN GRAIN SHIPS AS TURKEY FLOATS THE POSSIBILITY OF MINE-FREE CORRIDORS
25 JUN 2022 Russia on Wednesday said it has offered “safe passage” for Ukraine grain shipments from Black Sea ports but is not responsible for establishing the corridors and Turkey suggested that ships could be guided around sea mines. Ukrainian grain shipments have stalled since Russia’s invasion and ports blockade, …
Read More »SURGE IN BOXSHIP ORDERS COULD CREATE CAPACITY SURPLUS AS EARLY AS 2023
24 JUN 2022 Although trade volumes are cooling, the appetite by major ocean carriers for new ship orders continue to soar. Ocean freight consultancy Alphaliner recently estimated that about 900 ships totaling 6.8 million TEU are due to be built in top-tier yards around the world. This orderbook is bigger …
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