[ad_1] The 159 crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived at McMurdo Station, Antactica, on January 22 following a 58-day transit from the U.S. The cutter departed her homeport of Seattle on November 26. This year marks the Polar Star’s 23rd...
[ad_1] Vessel traffic on the Rhine was briefly delayed Tuesday after construction workers found a WWII-era bomb near the river's banks. The 1,100 pound American-made bomb was found on the bank of the Rhine in the Deutz business district near Cologne's Hohenzollern Bridge. The city's response...
[ad_1] On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard provided a long-range medevac for a seafarer from the cruise ship Azamara Journey. The crewmember fell ill while the Journey was transiting from Maui to Bora Bora, and the USCG arranged to bring him from the remote island...
[ad_1] A North Wales civil engineering company has started work for the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has commenced construction on onshore works for Dogger Bank Wind Farms near the coastal village of Ulrome, East Riding of Yorkshire. Dogger Bank Wind Farms,...
[ad_1] Age discrimination is no joke, and can affect individuals of all ages in any field of work, says Natalie Shaw, Director of Employment Affairs at the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). “Age discrimination is a form of unfair treatment, and the age gap between employees...
[ad_1] On Friday, Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation upheld the release of a German captain who defied official instructions and docked her ship at Lampedusa to offload rescued migrants. Capt. Carola Rackete, 31, allegedly collided with an Italian police vessel while docking, leading to her arrest. Prosecutors...
[ad_1] Shanghai International Port (Group) has announced that it posted record high container traffic in 2019 with 42 million TEU in throughput. This amount is about four percent higher than last year, and it is enough to maintain Shanghai's status as the world's busiest container...
[ad_1] A study led by the University of Southampton has mapped several sites in Europe containing gas hydrate including areas off the west coast of Greenland, around Svalbard, off central Norway and west of Ireland. Vast amounts of natural gas are stored in an ice-like form...
[ad_1] The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 69 production licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) to 28 oil companies. 33 of the licenses are located in the North Sea, 23 in the Norwegian Sea and 13 in the Barents Sea. The licenses cover...
[ad_1] Global economic growth is forecast to increase to 2.5 percent in 2020, the World Bank says in its January 2020 Global Economic Prospects. Growth among advanced economies as a group is anticipated to slip to 1.4 percent in 2020 in part due to continued softness...
