14 MAY 2025 Worn-out mooring lines that were not replaced on time are being called the reason a US-flagged cargo RoRo broke free from its dock and out-of-control hit a pier and dry dock at the Port of Bremerhaven in Germany. Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) issued …
Read More »ROBBERIES CONTINUE IN SINGAPORE STRAIT WITH SIX SHIPS HIT IN MAY
13 MAY 2025 ReCAAP (Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia) is sounding the alarm as the robbery spree in the area around the Singapore Strait continues. The organization, which marked 20 years, is expressing concern and warning of the possibility of further incidents. …
Read More »CAPTAIN APPEARS IN HONG KONG COURT ON CHARGES FROM 2023 PIPELINE BREAK
12 MAY 2025 In what appears to be a surprise development in the two-year-old case related to the damage of a gas pipeline in the Baltic, China on Thursday charged the captain of the containership suspected in the incident with a criminal charge related to the incident. The South China …
Read More »AGING VESSELS, MANNING, AND TRAINING ISSUES AFFECT SEAFARERS’ HAPPINESS
11 MAY 2025 While crew satisfaction has stabilized, the latest edition of the Seafarer Happiness Index highlights the strains from aging vessels, safe manning issues, and a lack of training among the key concerns of seafarers. The quarterly survey run by The Mission to Seafarers, in collaboration with Idwal and …
Read More »MEN TEND TO FALL IN LOVE FASTER THAN WOMEN, NEW STUDY SHOWS
13 MAY 2025 It sets your heart racing, it puts butterflies in your stomach, and is a non-stop distraction for your mind – but that feeling we call love is something men fall into more quickly than women, according to new research. A team of researchers in Australia and New …
Read More »SOME PROFESSIONS HAVE MUCH LOWER RATES OF SUICIDE. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM?
12 MAY 2025 One reason teachers have a low suicide rate may be that they find meaning in their jobs. (StockPlanets/Getty Images) Where you work affects your risk of dying by suicide. For example, loggers, musicians and workers in the oil and gas industries have much higher rates of suicide …
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