LNG shipping stocks: Mixed week; even so, the UP Index moved up
The UP World LNG Shipping Index, the world’s only stock index focused on LNG shipping companies, gained 3.33% last week. U.S. stocks represented by the S&P 500 Index gained 6.16%, says an article published...
Could A Cyberattack Trigger A World War?
President Joe Biden issued an urgent and ominous warning to American individuals and businesses Monday, when he said "evolving intelligence" suggests Russia might be planning cyberattacks against the US, reports CNN.
Many warnings of a...
Covid-19 Concerns Ramp Up Progress On Other Chronic Diseases
As COVID-19 infection rates fall, doctors and patients are sifting through the wreckage of symptoms left behind.The complex and confounding nature of
chronic illness is all too familiar to poet and author...
Material Selection Role In Determining Lifetime Of BWTS
Material selection plays an important role in determining the reliability and lifetime of a UV BWTS.
The corrosion resistance to localised corrosion in seawater systems increases with increasing content of chromium, molybdenum and...
Shipowners Pay Average US$3M Ransom In Cyberattacks
New research has found that where cyber attacks in the maritime industry lead to a ransom payment.
Other key findings include the statistics that two-thirds of industry professionals do not know whether their...
Ant Makes A Strategic Investment In A Technology News Site
Ant invested in tech news platform 36Kr in 2015 and held a 15.1% stake in the company, 36Kr’s filing shows.
On Friday, shares of 36Kr closed at US$0.64, down over 90% since it...
How Bionic Eyes Left Patients In The Dark
An implanted electrode array behind the retina receives the stimulation patterns from the user's glasses and stimulates the eye.
Those of us with this implant are figuratively and literally in the dark.
Instead,...
Chinese Customers Interested In Low-Cost Russian Urals Crude Cargoes
Indian refineries were reported to have taken the crudes that sources with Chinese state-owned trading firms.
Unipec is the trading arm of Sinopec, which is a leading Urals buyer in China.
China is...
FSL Files A Lawsuit Against A Charterer
However, the deal fell through due to delivery schedule delays caused by a customs probe into cargo specifications.
FSL said that the investigations are still ongoing and the vessel is still held by...
South Korean Shipbuilders Are Turning To Robots
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. recently introduced robots at its shipyard in Geoje Island to cut steel materials and weld them into blocks.
The robots have reportedly raised overall productivity by 40%.
The company...