26 NOV 2020 With just over five weeks left until the end of the Brexit transition period, fear is continuing to rise that the UK ports, terminals, and the services that support the operations are not ready. Increasingly there are predictions of the consequences ranging from delays and backlogs to …
Read More »OIL TANKER HIT BY BLAST AT SAUDI TERMINAL IN RED SEA
25 NOV 2020 An explosion damaged a Greek-managed tanker at a Saudi Arabian terminal on the Red Sea just north of the Yemeni border, the ship’s manager said on Wednesday, in an attack confirmed by Saudi Arabia. In a statement published by state media, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis …
Read More »IMO TO CONSIDER INDUSTRY CALL FOR $5B R&D DECARBONIZATION PROGRAM
24 NOV 2020 Among the decisions at last week’s International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75) was an agreement to give further consideration to the proposal of the major shipping organizations to launch a research and development initiative funded by the industry and administered by the IMO. The …
Read More »SURGE IN GREENHOUSE GASES SUSTAINED DESPITE COVID LOCKDOWNS
23 NOV 2020 Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop in emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday, warning against complacency. Many scientists expect the biggest annual fall in carbon emissions in generations …
Read More »US NAVY THANKS MERCHANT MARINERS ON YOUTUBE
20 NOV 2020 Just days after Veterans day (11TH NOV) the US Navy released this video via YouTube and all its social media channels thanking US Merchant Mariners for their service to the nation. “Merchant Mariners have been essential to American economic prosperity since the founding of our nation.” the …
Read More »GREENLAND IS MELTING, AND A NEW MODEL SUGGESTS WE’VE GREATLY UNDERESTIMATED ITS IMPACT
22 NOV 2020 Greenland is the largest island in the world and on it rests the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere. If all that ice melted, the sea would rise by more than 7 metres. But that’s not going to happen, is it? Well, not any time soon, but …
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