09 APRIL 2021 One in three people who overcome COVID-19 suffer from a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis six months on, according to the largest study so far published on the mental toll that long-COVID takes on survivors. Authors said the research, printed Wednesday in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, proved that COVID-19 patients were significantly …
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08 APRIL 2021 The Suez Canal Authority is contemplating the possibility of widening the southern section of the waterway, the agency’s chairman told Reuters on Tuesday. The canal is a critical maritime chokepoint, and last month’s boxship grounding showed a unique vulnerability: the 400-meter-long Ever Given straddled the canal’s entire width, halting …
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07 APRIL 2021 The Norwegian Coastal Authority is continuing to monitor the situation with the abandon Dutch heavy-lift vessel adrift in a storm off the coast of Norway. While the situation may have improved, they continued to warn that the ship is in danger of capsizing and causing an environmental …
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11 APRIL 2021 Sembcorp Marine in Singapore recently delivered the first Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) using liquefied natural gas which will be used to uses to provide a cleaner, environmental solution while providing electricity in West Africa. The vessel, known as the Karmol LNGT Africa will be operated by KARMOL, a …
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10 APRIL 2021 The six-day blockage of the Suez Canal by a megaship named Ever Given came to an end on March 29 after salvage teams used dredging and tug boats to heave the vessel back into operation. The capacity of a single vessel to block one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors, creating a …
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09 APRIL 2021 One of the new technologies that is being developed is looking at how unmanned vessels can be used to expand capabilities and increase safety for the operators. A Singapore-based company, Zycraft, announced that it has developed unmanned fireboats. According to the company, the market potential for small …
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