21 MAR 2021 Around 6,200 years ago, 41 people in what is now Croatia were killed and buried in a mass grave, and members of their own community may have murdered them, according to new analysis of the remains. Adult men and women were among the dead, but ages in the …
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20 MAR 2021 Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has become the latest to unveil a radical new ship design that the company says challenges conventional thinking around efficiency and carbon-reduction in shipping. The newly introduced hybrid bulk carrier concept InfinityMAX will be powered by hydrogen and is designed to carry …
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19 MAR 2021 Qatar Petroleum along with several leading international LNG companies is launching an effort to develop a new generation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers that incorporate new cargo containment systems. According to the companies, LNG cargo containment systems are highly specialized and have experienced few improvements over …
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18 MAR 2021 On behalf of the Getting to Zero Coalition, researchers with COP26 Climate Champions and University College London have calculated clear guidelines for what the industry will need to accomplish in order to meet the Paris Accord goal of 100 percent decarbonization by 2050. “The adoption of zero …
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17 MAR 2021 Sharron Robinson, a former U.S. mariner, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with a large-scale exam-fixing scheme for merchant mariner licensing. Robinson admitted that she acted as an intermediary between a Coast Guard exam center employee, Beverly McCrary, and multiple merchant …
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16 MAR 2021 After encountering trouble with chain breakage on the third cut, salvors have commenced operations on the fourth cut through the hull of the grounded ro/ro Golden Ray. After a challenging month-long effort on the third cut, salvors were forced to stop work and shift to the fourth cut …
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