The last four years saw an unprecedented growth of 42.3 per cent shipboard jobs for Indian seafarers.The seafarers employed on ships worldwide increased from 108446 in 2013 to 154349 in 2017.India now provides 9.35 per cent of the global seafarers…
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IMO Held Trade Facilitation Seminar in Djibouti
New requirements for electronic exchange of data for the clearance of ships become effective from 9 April 2019, said International Maritime Organization (IMO)To help prepare for this, a National Seminar on Facilitation of Maritime Traffic was…
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2018 is Record Year for Antwerp Port
With a 6th year record, growth in all cargotypes and a recent wave of investments, 2018 will be a 'grand cru' year for the Port of Antwerp, said an update of the annual figures by the company.According to the final annual figures for 2018, with a growt...
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INVENTION: Pitching a Tent Underwater
Divers are one step closer to being able to camp underwater. A pair of innovators have developed an underwater habitat – a subsea ‘basecamp’ if you will – that provides a portable deep-sea space for divers, a habitat and dedicated life support system ...
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Global Shipping Rates Slump
Freight rates for dry-bulk and container ships, carriers of most of the world's raw materials and finished goods, have plunged over the last six months in the latest sign the global economy is slowing significantly.The Baltic Dry Index, measure…
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Nuclear, climate threats keep Doomsday Clock close to apocalypse
A renewed nuclear arms race, rising greenhouse gas emissions and the emergence of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns have left the modern world as close to annihilation as it was at the height of the Cold War, atomic scientists said on Thursday.
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Nuclear, climate threats keep Doomsday Clock close to apocalypse
A renewed nuclear arms race, rising greenhouse gas emissions and the emergence of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns have left the modern world as close to annihilation as it was at the height of the Cold War, atomic scientists said on Thursday.
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Nuclear, climate threats keep Doomsday Clock close to apocalypse
A renewed nuclear arms race, rising greenhouse gas emissions and the emergence of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns have left the modern world as close to annihilation as it was at the height of the Cold War, atomic scientists said on Thursday.
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Odd duckbilled sea reptile thrived after ancient global calamity
In shallow warm seas about 247 million years ago in what is now China, an oddball marine reptile flourished in the aftermath of Earth's worst mass extinction, possessing a duckbilled snout and unusually small eyes that made it resemble a platypus.
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Odd duckbilled sea reptile thrived after ancient global calamity
In shallow warm seas about 247 million years ago in what is now China, an oddball marine reptile flourished in the aftermath of Earth's worst mass extinction, possessing a duckbilled snout and unusually small eyes that made it resemble a platypus.
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