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The Millions of Species We Ignore at our Peril

Wastewater, tourism and trade are moving microbes around the globe at an unprecedented scale, a group of international researchers have argued.  An editorial article, published in the journal Scien...

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U.S. Submarines to Use Xbox Technology

The U.S. Navy is starting to use Xbox 360 controllers to operate the periscopes on board its Virginia-class submarines. These submarines don't have the traditional rotating tube periscope that only...

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IMO Issues New Bauxite Warning

The IMO has issued a new warning on the bulk carriage of bauxite. In 2015, the bulk carrier Bulk Jupiter sank while transporting 46,400 tons of bauxite about 150 nautical miles off the coast of Vun...

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Rescuers to be Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

An international group of citizens in Parma, Italy, is preparing to nominate 66 people and organizations involved in migrant rescues in the Mediterranean for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. “The Righte...

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UK Releases Cost-Conscious Naval Shipbuilding Plan

On Wednesday, UK defense secretary Sir Michael Fallon unveiled a new National Shipbuilding Strategy focused on plans for the first batch of the Royal Navy’s Type 31e frigates. A price cap has been set...

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Man the Ships!

(This article was originally was published in the 2017 July/August edition) There are many words for a seafarer, some good, some not. But there can be no doubt that seafarers are society’s first tr...

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Proactive Care

When asked to write an article on medical care my mind quickly went to a memory of my first commercial hitch. An old able-bodied seaman demonstrated to me that WD-40 could be used to treat joint pai...

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The Rafto Legacy

The Rafto Foundation for Human Rights was established in 1987 in memory of Professor Thorolf Rafto (1922-1986), an iconic lecturer in economics at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway....

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Hapag-Lloyd Orders 7,700 New Reefers

Hapag-Lloyd has ordered 7,700 refrigerated containers (reefers), including 7,000 x 40-foot and 700 x 20-foot units.  1,000 of the new containers are equipped with the company's controlled atmospher...

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New Regulation Addresses Unlawful Fishing in Africa

The environmental organization Oceana has released a report claiming unlawful fishing activities authorized by four European countries in the waters of The Gambia and Equatorial Guinea between April 2...