07 JAN 2021 The salvage team working at the wreck site of the Golden Ray completed the removal of the stern section, known as Section Eight, of the vessel on Tuesday morning. The team had completed on January 2 the cutting of the second section of the wreck and proceeded to …
Read More »INDIA PROPOSES CREW CHANGE AT SEA FOR SHIPS STRANDED OFF CHINA
06 JAN 2021 Indian authorities proposed to their Chinese counterparts facilitating a crew change at sea for the crew members stranded aboard the vessels anchored for months off the Chinese coast. Responding to media questions in a written statement, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said that the cases of the …
Read More »SALVORS COMPLETE SECOND CUT THROUGH THE HULL OF THE GOLDEN RAY
05 JAN 2021 Late Saturday night, salvors completed cutting operations to remove the stern of the grounded ro/ro Golden Ray. On Monday, a deck barge will be moved into position to load out the stern, once lifting preparations are complete. The barge will be towed to a nearby terminal for …
Read More »WINTER MEGA-STORM HITS ALEUTIAN CHAIN, SETTING RECORD FOR N. PACIFIC
04 JAN 2021 On New Year’s Eve, the far western reaches of the Aleutian Islands were rocked by the most powerful storm ever recorded in the North Pacific – the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane if it had occurred in the tropics. Two days in advance, the National Weather …
Read More »THE COST OF VISITING EARTH MAY BE TOO ASTRONOMICAL FOR ALIENS
05 JAN 2021 In 1950, Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi sat down to lunch with some of his colleagues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he had worked five years prior as part of the Manhattan Project. According to various accounts, the conversation turned to aliens and the recent spate of UFOs. Into …
Read More »A NEW THERAPY TO PREVENT PEOPLE WITH SARS-COV-2 FROM GETTING SICK JUST STARTED TRIALS
06 JAN 2021 Scientists in the UK have just recruited the first participants in the world to be part of a new long-acting antibody study. If the treatment is effective, it could give those who have already been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 protection from developing COVID-19. “We know that this antibody combination can neutralise …
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