31 MARCH 2021 Marking one year since the declaration of the global pandemic, the IMO is highlighting that the crew change crisis caused by COVID-19 restrictions continues to create challenges, and despite some improvement, they warn that now is not the time for complacency. Seafarers are continuing to provide vital …
Read More »INDIA QUIETLY COMMISSIONS ITS FIRST BALLISTIC MISSILE TRACKING VESSEL
30 MAR 2021 Joining an elite club of nations with access to nuclear missile tracking vessels, the Indian Navy secretly commissioned the highly secretive Ocean Surveillance Ship, bestowing it with the coden ame VC-1118. Reports suggest that this move will boost India’s ballistic missile defense system as well as systematically …
Read More »AMAZON MAY NOW ACTUALLY BE MAKING CLIMATE CHANGE WORSE, SCIENTISTS WARN
29 MAR 2021 It’s no secret that the world’s largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon, is under immense pressure, nearing an ecological tipping point and at risk of collapsing. But the situation is much worse than perhaps we realize, according to new research that suggests the Amazon’s bleak future has arrived in …
Read More »GROUNDED MEGA SHIP IN SUEZ CANAL PARALYZES TRADE FOR SECOND DAY
24 MAR 2021 Tugs and diggers have so far failed to dislodge a massive container ship stuck in the Suez Canal on Wednesday, increasing the chances of prolonged delays in what is arguably the world’s most important waterway. Work to re-float the ship was suspended until Thursday (25th March) morning …
Read More »OUTBREAK OF MYSTERIOUS PARALYZING CONDITION SQUASHED BY COVID–19 PANDEMIC
28 MAR 2021 The grim pall of the COVID-19 pandemic ensures that 2020 will go down as an infamous year in the history of human disease. But this dark chapter held some surprises we can be thankful for, too. In a new study, researchers found that a predicted 2020 outbreak of a mysterious paralyzing …
Read More »DESPITE PROGRESS, WOMEN STILL UNDERREPRESENTED IN MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE -SURVEY
27 MAR 2021 The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) has released the results of the first survey to examine the representation of women across the maritime search and rescue (SAR) sector. The #WomenInSAR survey, which was supported by Trinity House, attracted more than 1,600 participants from women and men in …
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