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Security threat mitigation at sea: The role of ship security officers in combating stowaways, others through strategic international cooperation
Maritime security is vital for global trade, ensuring the safety of ships, cargo, and crew members. Over time, the threats at ...
What does it take to find a shipwreck – and can you keep the treasure?
There are 8000 shipwrecks off Australia alone, many more still to be found. Yet stunning discoveries still happen. What does ...
TradeWinds2d
State of independence: How Singapore grew into a global maritime powerhouse
Singapore will mark 60 years of independence on 9 August, a journey that has transformed it from a colonial trading port into ...
FreightWaves4d
Fear of more tariffs prolongs retail pull-forward
Major shipper industry groups, like the National Retail Federation, and major carriers, such as Class I railroad Union Pacific, say they have seen a significant pull-forward of imports to avoid rising ...
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68 popular bridges may not meet modern safety requirements
Following the tragic Key Bridge incident on March 26, 2024, the National Transportation Safety Board has been investigating the safety of some of the biggest structures of this kind. The board has ...
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Sharks on the line: Part 1 - On the menu
Sharks worldwide are imperiled by overfishing. Yet experts disagree on whether policies in Florida and the U.S. aimed at protecting sharks have in fact done the opposite. In Part I of this three-part ...
Euro2day4d
Geopolitics cast shadow over New Silk Road
Each of the four to five trains from China that arrive in Duisburg weekly carries 40-50 40-foot containers. Modern cargo ships carry thousands. >But the rail volumes between Europe and China have ...
Trump wants to build more ships in the United States. It’s not so simple.
President Donald Trump appears set to broaden his attack on global economic integration by imposing new multimillion-dollar ...
New container services headed to SC Ports as Charleston cargo, economy grows
The S.C. State Ports Authority said this week that it will host 29 weekly container ship visits starting this spring — up ...
Marine Link5d
Multi-Purpose Cargo Ships And Their Future Markets
The multi-purpose fleet of single and 'tweendeck general cargo ships is surprisingly large — numbering nearly 17,000 vessels totaling about 80 million dwt — and is estimated to carry more than ...
London Evening Standard6d
‘Heroic’ crew of North Sea crash ship triggered crucial fire-fighting system
“The third-party salvage team has confirmed that damage resulting from the container ship Solong striking the Stena Immaculate was limited to one cargo tank containing Jet-A1 fuel and one ballas ...
Upstream4d
Russian LNG cargo discharges in China as non-sanctioned vessel takes long-haul route
A Russian liquefied natural gas cargo has been discharged in China after it was loaded in a ship-to-ship transfer operation in the Barents Sea. Kpler data shows the ice-strengthened North Moon is ...