COVID19 ‘Purpose Driven Digital’ Technology Services Is the New Normal

Microsoft Inspire aims to an all-digital format to maintain social distancing. This new format requires an evolution in how we engage with our...

Metal Eating Bacteria Accidentally Discovered by Microbiologists

A new kind of bacteria that eats metal is discovered by scientists after suspecting the existence for more than a hundred years but...

Bring Home Crews Struggle Continue Despite Pledges by Countries

The struggle to bring home crews amid coronavirus chaos continues despite efforts to ease transit restrictions for seafarers, reports Reuters. Struggle continues Industry officials say that...

Historic First Mission To Mars Launched

United Arab Emirates' historic first mission to Mars is underway. The Hope probe launched on an H2-A rocket from Tanegashima spaceport. Hope's arrival...

Copenhagen Conference 2020 – Smart Maritime Network

SMN plans to announce a roadmap for the reintroduction of the 2020 conference series. The conference will address the twin forces of digitalization...

MSC Launches New South-east Asia Loop ‘Seahorse’

MSC has become the latest shipping line to revamp its intra-Asia service offering. MSC has updated four existing intra-Asia services. It is launching...

Capsize Market Tumbles Following Poor Demand

Pacific Capesize rates plunge sharply in July amid excess vessel supply due to lack of demand. Sharp fall in Capesize time charter equivalent...

Exemption To Self-Isolation for New Crew Puts Sailors’ Lives at Risk

In St.John's, sailors aboard an offshore supply vessel are panicked about their safety following the approval to four American technicians to join the...

A New ECU Research Untangles the ‘Blackbeard Lore’

It’s been speculated that Blackbeard intentionally ran his flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, aground near Beaufort in 1718. Now, more than 300 years...

‘Black Fish’ That Blends In Sea – A ‘Deep Sea’ Mystery

Some species of deep-sea fish have evolved blacker-than-black skin to protect them from being eaten – or to help them sneak up on...