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24 FEB 2025 A decade after the European Union first adopted its ship recycling regulation to address concerns over environmental issues, it issued a new evaluation of the regulations highlighting shortcomings. Overall, it concludes the regulation is effective, but finds shipowners continue to “flag hop” incentivized by additional revenue from …

23 FEB 2024  The Yemeni fishing vessel that was seized by pirates a week ago has now been abandoned after the crew was robbed. The EUNAVFOR operation Atalanta that monitors security in the region however is warning after two events in recent weeks that “similar organized piracy incidents might take …

22 FEB 2025    The global maritime industry is creating an avenue for effective transition of the industry into a more sustainably driven maritime environment.  With the just concluded Seatrade Maritime Qatar Conference, maritime leaders considered factors and strategic measures that can be adopted to achieve the 2050 IMO target. The …

21 FEB 2025  Italian authorities are confirming that they have widened the investigation into damage to a Greek-owned tanker offloading last week in a northern Italian port. According to multiple media reports, the investigation is looking at terrorism as details also emerged on two other incidents with tankers in recent …

20 FEB 2025 The internal, infernal machinations of our planet may be way more complex than we suspected. A new, detailed probe of Earth’s heart reveals that the rotating inner core doesn’t just change in rotation speed – it also appears to change in shape, with subtle variations appearing in …

19 FEB 2025 We’ve yet to see a falling piece of space debris strike an airplane, but if it happens, the consequences would almost certainly be catastrophic – and according to a new study, the danger posed to planes is only rising. The researchers behind the study, from the University …