26 FEB 2022 The number of active satellites in the night sky has more than doubled since 2019 – from around 2,200 to 5,000. That is mostly due to Starlink, a SpaceX project aimed at providing internet anywhere in the world through ‘mega-constellations’ of satellites. Since it began, Starlink has …
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25 FEB 2022 Alang is seeing a renewed push to develop ship recycling standards above the requirements of regulators and classification societies.This development stems from ship owners’ own requirements for recycling of their vessels. These ship owners require ClassNK HKC certification as the basic standard and are looking to audit or pre-evaluate …
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21 FEB 2022 Four days after her husband pleaded guilty to one count of espionage for attempting to sell details from the Navy’s latest generation of attack submarines, the Virginia-class, to an unspecified “foreign nation,” his wife has now also pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to communicate Restricted …
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20 FEB 2022 The Portuguese Navy released new photos showing the utter devastation to the car carrier Felicity Ace as the vessel continues to drift in the waters approximately 90 nautical miles south of Horta in the Azores. The fire appears to have spread the length of the 656-foot vessel and while …
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19 FEB 2021 Fire engulfed an Italian-register Ro/Pax ferry sailing in the Ionian Sea in the early hours of Friday, February 18. Reports indicated that more than 270 passengers and crew have been evacuated to the neighboring island of Corfu. A successful rescue effort was undertaken to rescue two truck drivers …
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24 FEB 2022 According to NGO Shipbreaking Platform, injuries and fatalities, exploitation of migrants and environmental pollution continue to characterize the ship dismantling industry in South Asia, which accounted for over two thirds of the tonnage recycled last year. NGO Shipbreaking Platform’s 2021 ship dismantling data shows that a total of …
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