30 JULY 2019 Fluxys’ Zeebrugge LNG terminal has reached a milestone with the Al Dafna LNG carrier docking – the first call of a Q-Max vessel, the largest LNG carriers in service. A full Q-Max cargo serves the yearly need of over 75,000 households heating with gas. LNG carriers of all types …
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29 JULY 2019 The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has issued a poster (below) reminding seafarers of the dangers of entering enclosed spaces. The RMI Maritime Administrator recently received a report of an enclosed space entry incident on an RMI-registered bulk carrier that resulted in the deaths of two …
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28 JULY 2019 A joint operation between Sea Shepherd and the Gabonese government has resulted in the arrest of the Haixin 27. Armed Gabonese marines boarded the Chinese-flagged Haixin 27 as she crossed into Gabonese waters from neighboring Republic of Congo. Gabonese fisheries enforcement officers uncovered that the fish hold was full …
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27 JUL 2019 It may sound strange at first, but a team of researchers in Australia has come up with a method to predict your personality traits using just the accelerometer in your phone. Well, that and your call and messaging activity logs. Also, the system works for some traits …
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A British Royal Navy patrol vessel guards the oil supertanker Grace 1, suspected of carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, as it sits anchored in waters of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, July 4, 2019. 26 JULY 2019 Confronting the first crisis of his premiership, Boris Johnson must decide …
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25 JULY 2019 The most perplexing question following Iran’s capture of the MV Stena Impero on Friday is why the British were unable to foresee this action as a natural response to Britain’s earlier seizure of the Iranian-flagged tanker Grace 1 in Gibraltar and make appropriate preparations. The Grace 1 was impounded earlier this month as …
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