Drones That Use Drop Liquids On Wildfires

Researchers performed calculations to determine how many drones would be needed for attacking a wildfire. The person who was awarded a patent in 2017 for describing a system of drones that could be...

MIT Geophysicist Warns Oceans Are On The Brink

Earth’s skin already bears the scars of the climate crisis. There have been many disruptions to the carbon cycle in the past that were significant for the climate but did not result in...

Lack Of Remote Emergency Cut-off Valves Cause Fire Onboard

Failure of a diesel generator caused an engine room fire aboard a commercial fishing vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s Marine Accident Brief 21/19, released. Incident  On December 1,...

How Much Antibody is Enough To Neutralize Omicron?

The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a "very high" global risk, with some evidence that it evades vaccine protection but clinical data on its severity is limited, reports Reuters. More...

World’s First Omicron Death Recorded

First patient dies of Omicron in UK - Johnson New COVID variant doubling every 2-3 days, minister says Get a booster as two vaccines not enough, Britain says Johnson's poll ratings sink -...

Korea Shipbuilding Turns Hydrogen Leaks To Power Source

South Korea Shipbuilding converts the vaporized hydrogen from liquid hydrogen into energy, reports the Korea Herald. Liquid hydrogen Chill hydrogen to liquid at minus 253 degrees Celsius and the volume shrinks to one-eight-hundredth of its size....

What Made Reinforced Ships Go Extinct?

Construction of reinforced concrete ships was not a great idea, reports d1softballnews. Ships made of reinforced concrete Not far from the coast of Powell River, a Canadian city overlooking the Malaspina Strait in the British Columbia...

Bad Weather Forces Backlog of Boxships To Move Further Out To Sea

Winter weather is causing the backlog of ships at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to move further offshore. The ships waiting to dock off California's coast are complying with a...

How is Amazon Beating the Logistics Dilemma

Amazon, beset by a number of logistical challenges, is taking matters into its own hands by chartering its own ships and planes. The initiative is to avoid bottlenecks in delivery networks as the world...

Bunker One Partnership Adds HSFO Supply In Prime Location

Deliveries are made by the bunker barges MT Red Sea 1 and MT Ver. The partnership between Bunker One and Red Sea Bunkering has added HSFO supply to its offering in Djibouti. A Ship and Bunker news source says...