UAE Navy boats next to Al Marzoqah Saudi Arabia tanker are seen off the Port of Fujairah, UAE May ,13, 2019. 24 MAY 2019 The United States announced on Friday the deployment of 1,500 troops to the Middle East, describing it as an effort to bolster defenses against Iran as …
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Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, sits in the Sembcorp Marine shipyard in Singapore, May 23, 2019. SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) – 23 MAY 2019 Dutch firm Heerema Marine Contractors and Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine, on Thursday, showed off the world’s largest crane vessel that can be …
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22 MAY 2019 In 1988 the IMO made “Seaspeak” the international language of the sea. English is the principle language base of Seaspeak because it was the most common language spoken at sea in 1988. English is also the international language in civil aviation. There are numerous factors that led …
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21 MAY 2019 There’s no doubt we have too much plastic in our oceans, and it’s all our fault. But an unexpected source of support might help us to solve this terrible environmental problem: marine microbes that eat plastic, breaking the ubiquitous waste material down. In new research, an international team of …
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20 may 2019 The search for a Maersk container ship officer who went overboard last weekend was unsuccessful and has been called off, according to Maersk Line. At about 0930 on Sunday morning, the sub-Panamax container ship Maersk Patras reported that the second officer had gone overboard in the Saint Lawrence River, …
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19 may 2019 NOAA’s High Seas Forecasts are weather forecasts and data transmitted around the world in real- and near-real-time. The National Weather Service provides High Seas forecasts for large areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, U.S. coastal areas and the Great Lakes. Seafaring can be very dangerous for …
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