A Ray Of Hope To Eradicate “COVID- Scale” Pandemics in The Future
As researchers scrambled this week to learn more about Omicron, the latest SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant of concern, world leaders met to negotiate a way of ensuring that a crisis on the scale of the...
Are ‘Double Vaccinated’ Safe from Omicron?
More than half of those infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant in England were double jabbed, health officials have said, as the number of cases detected in the UK continues to rise sharply, reports...
TEN Proclaims To Extend Long Term Charters
TEN Ltd Announces Long-term Charter Extensions for Aframax Tankers, reports Global Newswire.
Long term charters
TEN Ltd (“TEN” or the “Company”) (NYSE:TNP) today announced the charter extension for two aframax tankers for a combined period of...
[Watch] Cargo Ship Catches Fire
A bulk carrier transporting fertilizer caught fire while docked at the port of Cilacap, on the southern coast of the island of Central Java, reports Maritime Executive.
What happened?
Indonesia’s national security and rescue agency Basarnas...
Japanese Shipping Giant Agrees To Jointly Investigate Offshore Floating Wind
Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has agreed with Edinburgh-based developer Flotation Energy to jointly evaluate floating offshore wind opportunities in Japan, which has set a 45 GW offshore wind by 2040.
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Will Immunization Protect Against Serious Illness?
The Omicron variant of Covid-19 appears to be reinfecting people at three times the rate of previous strains, experts in South Africa have said, as public health officials and scientists from around the...
Panama Canal To Charge GHG Emission Fee!
Panama Canal announces greenhouse gas emissions fee, reports Splash247.
About the emission fee
Speaking this week at the AAPA Latino conference in Colombia, Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales announced the authority’s plan to implement a...
What It Will Take To Make the World’s Ships Run On Time?
A recently published news article by James Stavridis, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist reveals about what it will take to make the world's ships run on time.
He is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former...
Artec Vida Launches A New Feeder Vessel Design
Small UK-based engineering firm Artec Vida has launched a feeder vessel design it believes will revolutionise the shortsea feeder market.
It would reduce vessel emissions by up to 85%, according to CEO Graham...
ABS Awards Sustainability Notations To Harvey Gulf OSVs
ABS has awarded the SUSTAIN-1 notation to two Harvey Gulf International Marine offshore support vessels.
The notation recognizes how the vessels’ design and operation is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).
A pair...