[Watch] The Platform Promoting Europe’s Best Innovation And Research

RedZinc is a specialist in video telemedicine. Its software and wearable cameras enable medics to connect remotely with both patients and each other in real-time. Business Planet heads to Ireland to take a look...

China’s Covid Lockdown Could Have Economic Costs To The World

Chinese state media attributed the latest resurgence in infections to the highly transmissible delta variant, China has tightened Covid-19 measures to combat an uptick in daily cases says, CNBC.  Chinese economy Vs Global economy "Any disruptions...

The World Is Nowhere Near The End Of The Covid Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic is not coming to an end soon, said Larry Brilliant, a top epidemiologist. Brilliant, part of the World Health Organization team that helped eradicate smallpox, said the delta variant of...

[Infographic] Incidents Against Ships In The Singapore Strait

  Singapore’s Information Fusion Centre (IFC) published its latest infographic, providing an overview of incidents against ships in the Singapore Strait as of 4 August 2021. The update informs of two new incidents in...

Unique Properties of Hydrogen

Experience of working with natural gas can be very useful for starting hydrogen operations in shipping.  Difference  But there are considerable differences between these different fuel types, and on-board configurations that work for natural gas may...

Ways AI Can Mitigate Shipping Crisis Across the World

  With the fourth quarter now upon us, every industry faces a challenge in managing a holiday production calendar that will deliver the goods. The key for startups looking to defend the quarter from disruptions...

Safety Aspects of Handling, Storage & Bunkering Hydrogen

Testing and modelling needs to be fine-tuned to hydrogen’s unique properties and safety considerations. There are uncertainties about the behaviour of cryogenic hydrogen (LH2), as well as thresholds when detonations occur.  Experiment  “Experiments on cryogenic (liquid)...

IMO Agrees Unified Interpretation on Limitation of Liability

At its meeting held from 26 to 30 July 2021, the Legal Committee (LEG) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed on a unified interpretation of the test for breaking a shipowner’s right to...

[Watch] 20 Tons of Narcotics Trafficking, Crew Arrested

Freighter carrying 20 tons of hashish intercepted, all crew arrested, says a news article published in Maritime Bulletin by Mikhail Voytenko. Spanish joint forces of police and customs in action General cargo ship NATALIA was intercepted...

[FAQ] What To Do During a Pirate Attack?

Pirates and hijackers have threatened the seas as long as there have been seafarers and ocean-going merchants. Piracy and hijacking is no less of a threat in the modern day, and although the means and...