Shipping has to brace itself for a Cyber Security Threat, in forms of new conventions, regulations, checks and inevitable money spending, as if there aren’t more than enough spendings, already. That is to say, that I estimate the threat ... continue reading
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Thailand to buy Chinese submarines Thailand signed an agreement on Friday to import Chinese-made attack submarines. China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, one of the Chinese Navy's biggest contractors, announced on its website on Monday that the agreement to export the ... continue reading
in Opinion 90569Public interest in Kra Canal project goes in tides, and as of recent, it’s on the rise again. Project has a long history going centuries back, there’s no need in trying to retell it one more time. Kra ... continue reading
in Opinion 8428Russian Research Institute of Arctic and Antarctic forecasts Arctic temperature decrease cycle beginning 2020, decrease will last until 2030-2040, causing ice cover growth. During last decade average temperature in Arctic rose some 3C degrees, which is explained by 60-year cyclic ... continue reading
in Opinion 2372Media alerted us on a new threat brought by ships’ emissions. Particles in those emissions are responsible for an increase in lightning, according to a team of researchers from the University of Washington. Curious study, this one. Extract from Geophysical ... continue reading
in Opinion 2130How else to explain spoofing in Russian waters? GPS spoofing is attracting more and more attention, as more and more people in industry are becoming aware of this new threat to shipping safety. One of the latest articles on spoofing ... continue reading
in Opinion 4302Hurricane IRMA is weakening with each passing hour, and some provisional results of its’ impact on regional shipping can already be summed up. Strange thing is, there are no results to record, except mass delays, with waiting vessels on high ... continue reading
in Opinion 2811Bulk carrier COPAN arrived at Mariupol port, Ukraine, Azov sea, on Aug 30 and left on Sep 1, transiting Kerch Strait, both ways after the railway arch of Kerch Strait Bridge was installed. In order to pass under the arch ... continue reading
in Opinion 5803As of evening Aug 16, ultra large container ship CSCL JUPITER is berthed at European Container Terminal, Antwerp, and for all intents and purposes, she’s to remain at port for a long time, maybe offloaded and dry-docked. Logic question ... continue reading
in Opinion 10454Media, politicians and NGOs lashed out at a hapless “fascist” C-Star ship, chartered by “far-right” organization “Generation Identity group”, to monitor NGOs and their activities in rescuing migrants, amid growing mass resentment against illegal migration. Pro-migrant activists and NGOs oppose ... continue reading
in Opinion 1746General cargo vessel ANDA sank in Black sea in the morning July 29 some 25 nm off Crimean coast, near the main Russian Black sea Naval Base, Sevastopol, full of Russian Navy ships, busying themselves with preparations for annual Naval ... continue reading
in Opinion 2242Russian court recovers $50 mln from foreign companies in port accident case 10/07/2017 MOSCOW, July 10 (RAPSI) – The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has recovered about 3 billion rubles (about $50 million) from Pontoporos Special ... continue reading
in Opinion 7978General cargo vessel ACT was approached by Greek Coast Guard ship northeast of Rhodes port, Rhodes island, Greece, and ordered to proceed to Triandas Bay, Rhodes, for a check, in the afternoon July 3. Greek authorities, prior to this attempted ... continue reading
in Opinion 2536there seems to be no mystery Speculations on USS FITZGERALD vs. ACX CRYSTAL collision developed into conspiracy theories, based on if not doubtful expertise, then at least, incorrectly stated – I refer to Steffan Watkins, an information technology security consultant who ... continue reading
in Opinion 59602During less than two month period, two major accidents occurred, under similar circumstances, involving merchant ships and Navy ships. With things as they are, such accidents are a question of simple statistics, i.e. they’re bound to happen. Understandably ... continue reading
in Opinion 8722Russian Navy came up with a new version of its’ spy ship LIMAN disaster, accusing Lebanese livestock carrier YOUZARSIF H as a sole and main culprit in an accident, and demanding the seizure of YOUZARSIF H. An article in Nezavisimaya ... continue reading
in Opinion 3682More people could survive STELLAR DAISY disaster, be Navies timely deployed. That’s what maritime organizations should think and say about, not “disaster cause” senseless speculations. ... ... Several conclusions are to be drawn from the above information: - there is a high ... continue reading
in Opinion 3362As I see it, the main cause of STELLAR DAISY disaster is on the verge of being found, thanks to SPLASH24/7 probe into the tragedy. Everything points at shipowner, Polaris Shipping, and initially, bad idea of converting tankers into ... continue reading
in Opinion 614615 March decision of Odessa District Court to confiscate general cargo vessel SKY MOON (IMO 7525334) and her $650,000 worth cargo of soda, for multiply violations of Crimean shipping sanctions by calling Crimean ports, sent Russian media into a ... continue reading
in Opinion 4242Hijack of tanker ARIS 13 doesn’t fit into well-known Somali piracy scheme, practiced during Somali piracy boom. First, the place hijackers took the tanker to, after hijack, is most unsuitable for the purpose of keeping vessel and crew captive ... continue reading
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