U.S. and U.K. Sanctions Force Ships Change To Non-Russian Flags
Many more Russian-flagged vessels than usual switched their flags to other countries in March.
It is possibly to conceal their ties to Moscow and avoid being caught up in sanctions over the invasion...
CCS Licenses To Equinor, Horisont Energi And Vår Energi
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has awarded carbon capture and storage (CCUS) licenses to Equinor, Horisont Energi, and Vår Energi.
CCUS is necessary for achieving the climate goals. Carbon transport and storage...
Transition To Low-Carbon Sources Creates A New Set Of Concerns
The OPEC+ countries held their latest regular monthly meeting, by videoconference as usual, and agreed to increase production by 432,000 barrels per day in May. That is a slightly larger increase than the 400,000...
All You Need To Know About Covid Right Now
Chinese authorities extended a lockdown in Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre's 26 million people on Tuesday after city-wide testing saw new COVID-19 cases surge. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expert...
Gilead’s Remdesivir Fails To Show Benefit
Two drugs that looked like promising treatments for COVID-19 in preliminary studies - remdesivir for hospitalized patients and camostat for patients who are not seriously ill - failed to show a benefit in those...
China To Dominate Critical Fields Warns Schmidt
Eric Schmidt has taken on big challenges before, fighting Microsoft when he led Novell and taking on Brussels when he was CEO at Google. Today, the billionaire is focusing his energy on rousing the...
Crude Price Rises As An Outcome Of Additional Russian Sanctions
ICE Brent rises $1.11/b to $108.64/b
India to continue buying Russian oil
After declining during the week ended April 1, oil prices are gaining again as markets wait on the outcome of the EU...
Omicron Sub-Variant BA.2 Accounts For Three-Fourth Of COVID Variants In U.S.
The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was estimated to account for 72.2% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of April 2, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on...
Could “Robot Ships” Be the Future Of Ship Hull Maintenance?
A Marine Insight article discusses the prospect of robots in ship hull maintenance.
Vessel maintenance is crucial
The maintenance of ocean-going vessels is of prime importance. Cleaning a ship’s hull represents both a logistical challenge and...
Gard Releases New Rules To Protect Endangered Right Whales
Masters and crews operating along the US/Canadian East Coast must maintain a good lookout for right whales and follow the speed restrictions in force at any given time, reads a Gard release.
Protecting the North...