A high-profile corner of the container-ship charter market has taken “a dive,” according to Alphaliner. Small and medium-size vessels taken for short, multimonth rentals at mind-bogglingly high rates. There is a connection between...

Emma Baumert admits that when she first put on the high-tech headband she felt silly.  As a stressed brain gives off more waves or signals, due to increased electrical activity, the idea is,...

The horrific experiences of sexual assault endured on board a vessel while attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Women made up just 1.28% of the overall global seafaring workforce, and just 0.73% of...

With stock market-listed ocean carriers reporting even better-than-expected profits for the third quarter, their executive boards are being forced yet again to upgrade full-year earnings forecasts, reports The LoadStar. Increase in profits A third of the...

  Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, on Tuesday announced it will be putting an end to its face recognition system. The company said it will delete more than 1 billion people’s individual...

The highly contagious Alpha variant was first detected there, and the country then reported high caseloads of the more-contagious Delta strain. The United Kingdom was hit by three million infections between July and...

UK approval for molnupiravir comes ahead of U.S. decision UK and NHS to confirm deployment plans in due course UK secured just under half a million courses last month Drug will be given...

Survitec has completed the acquisition of Blue Anchor Fire & Safety Ltd, one of Scotland’s leading providers of survival solutions providers to the fisheries, maritime. The company has achieved year-on-year growth since it...

Mitsui OSK Lines has announced an agreement on the joint development of a large-size ammonia carrier—also powered by ammonia fuel—with Namura Shipbuilding and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding. MOL is determined to start operating net zero...

Global Energy Ventures (GEV) has secured ABS approval for compressed hydrogen carrier design with a 430-tonne cargo capacity. ABS granted the AiP following a review of GEV’s design in accordance with the ABS...