Accurate Safety Inspection Of Ships With Drone Technology

The drones to be used for safety inspections of ships in the future passed the first ‘go-no-go test’ with flying colours. The next step will involve further development for deployment in practice, reports Mirage. More...

Disney Streaming Perfect With Strong Subscribers Despite Pandemic

Strong Disney+ subscriber additions offset theme park, movie weaknesses. Walt Disney Co. posted its first quarterly loss since 2001, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed its theme parks and film productions. WSJ’s R.T. Watson...

[Answer] Why Fishing Boat Captains Like Foil’s Ability To Retract?

It was Canadian whalers, the Norwegians tell us, who first noticed that a dead whale does not bob in the waves. The carcass didn’t pitch or roll, either, and it was somehow “self-propelled” —...

Verifying the Effectiveness of Water Treatment Systems is All Simple & Easy

 Canadian microbiology specialist LuminUltra Technologies unveils the patented GeneCount.It is a new suite of DNA-based monitoring tools for water treatment systems.LuminUltra intends to integrate the DNA technology with its ATP-based monitoring tools.It includes...

Sales of Bunker Strong At The Port Of Singapore

According to an article published in Asia News some 4.26 million metric tonnes (mt) of marine fuel were sold at the Port of Singapore during November – 2.7% up on the 4.15 million mt...

The New Covid Vaccines Raise Hope For Fighting Cancer

The shots from Moderna Inc. and a partnership of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE use genetic material called messenger RNA to effectively transform the body’s own cells into vaccine factories. According to Sahin,...

Cargo Ship Attacked by Pirates for The Third Time

Cargo ship was attacked by pirates at around 0340 UTC Dec 15 in Gulf of Guinea west of Principe, says an article published in FleetMon. What happened It may sound like a bad joke, but ill-fated...

Langh Ship’s Fleet Now 7 With New Feeder Boxship Pair

Finnish owner Langh Ship has expanded its fleet with the acquisition of two 889 teu containerships from Germany’s Leonhardt & Blumberg, reports Splash247. About the vesselsThe two vessels, 2009-built Charlotta (formerly Carat) and 2010-built Christina (formerly Ceres), have been integrated into...

Chowgule Shipyards Delivers its 29th Export Vessel

Chowgule Shipyards, part of the Chowgule Group, has delivered its 29th export vessel and India’s first vessel in the export market since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The general cargo vessel is...

How A Propulsion Retrofit Led to Savings of 800 Litres of Fuel

The installation of controllable pitch propeller (CPP) blades with an innovative design along with a new control system on the MV Henrike led to fuel savings of hundreds of litres a day. The...