Global Marine Biotechnology Market was Worth US$ 1.2 Bn in 2021 and is Expected to Reach CAGR of 7% over the forecast period

Most of the answers for our questions lie in the nature.  As all living creatures exists in one eco system, they are completely dependent on each other and this remains true in the case of marine life. The ocean is full of possibilities and yet the humans are unable to tap its full potential...

MOL Tankers Turned 50

The ocean shipping sector began to detect a trend toward specialisation in the 1960s, which resulted in boats committing themselves to hauling particular types of cargo. This trend was first observed in the shipping business. This pattern is still typical in today's society. During the same t...

Keppel and SembCorp Marine are merging to form the world's largest oil-rig builder

Keppel Corp. and Sembcorp Marine, both controlled by Singapore's state-linked investment firm Temasek, have agreed to merge to form the world's largest oil rig builder.

The deal was completed nearly a year after the Singapore-listed companies stated in June 2021 that they were d...

Singapore Authorities Have Concluded the “Marmoris” Investigations, Stolen LS MGO Have Been Returned to Triton Bunkering Services

Singaporean authorities have returned 68 metric tonnes of low Sulphur marine gas oil (LS MGO), that was stolen recently, to the Triton Bunkering Services Private Limiter, a Singaporean bunker supplier, after investigations revealed that former crew members of the Singaporean bunker tanker, Marmar...

Thailand’s Oil Spill to Impact Corals for a Year

Marine Scientists believe that the oil spill in the Rayong province of Thailand might take a year or even more for impacts that manifest on the corals in the surrounding area.

The research team of the Marine Resources Research Institute at the Chulalongkorn University has been sending d...

US General in UAE Decides to Bolster Defenses After Houthi Attacks

The Marine General of the United States, Frank McKenzie. Arrived in the UAE on Sunday to have talks on bolstering the defenses of the Gulf state after Houthi fighters in Yemen launched a series of missile attacks on the country because of its involvement in the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen.

The Louvre Museum in France to Take Marine Le Pen to Court

The Louvre Museum in France might be taking legal action against the country’s far-right politician, Marine Le Pen, for shooting a video for her presidential election campaign without permission with the museum as its backdrop.

On 15th January, the three-and-a-half-minute clip of ...

New measures introduced in Singapore to ease manpower challenges 

The Ministry of Manpower has announced new measures on October 30 in order to ease the manpower challenges in the marine shipyard, construction and process sectors in Singapore.

Highlights

• New measures have been introduced to ease the manpower cha...

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SECTION OF MARINE CORPS AIRFIELD BEGINS IN JAPAN

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• The construction of new section of Marine Corps airfield has begun in Japan.
• 830 colonies of endangered coral have been relocated off the coast of Okinawa before construction.
• The coral was in a construction zone N2. Now it has b...

Copenhagen chlorine leak killed 96000 farmed salmon

A leak in a nearby tank sent about 4,000 gallons of chlorine into a fjord in Arctic Norway is believed to be the reason for the death of about 96,000 farmed salmon. As informed by a spokesman for the salmon farming company, Grieg Seafood, Roger Pedersen, the leak might have occurred at one of its...

AUSTRALIA: MARITIME RESCUE NEW SOUTH WALES IMPLEMENTS NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Highlights:

• The Marine Rescue New South Wales (NSW) of Australia is going to implement technology for the emergency response
• The Marine Rescue organization is going to upgrade its control center technology to Frequentis integrated maritime control cen...

JAPAN GSDF TO CONDUCT DRILLS WITH ALL ITS UNITS FOR THE 1st TIME

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• Japan GSDF to conduct drills with all its units for the 1st time.
• The nationwide exercises will be the first in about 30 years.
• Japan GSDF has around 140,000 personnel.
• With the nationwide drill, the GSDF aims ...

JAPAN SDF PERSONNEL IN EAST AFRICA TESTS COVID-19 POSITIVE

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• Japan SDF personnel in East Africa tests COVID-19 positive.
• 21 Japan SDF personnel at base operation in Dijibouti had attended an event leading to the infection.
• The Japan SDF base in Dijibouti has an administrative secti...

JAPAN’S GSDF, U.S. MARINE CORPS & FRENCH ARMY TO HOLD JOINT DRILL

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• Japan GSDF, U.S Marine Corps & French Army to hold joint drill.
• The joint drill will be held at a training ground in southwestern Japan, likely around May.
• This is said to be the first large-scale exercise that Japan ...

S. KOREAN SHIPBUILDERS HAVE INCREASED ORDER TARGETS BY 40% IN 2021

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• S. Korean shipbuilders have increased order targets by 40% in 2021.
• KSOE set an annual combined order target of its three units at US$14.9 billion in 2021.
• Samsung Heavy Industries Co. aims to win new orders worth $7.8 bi...

SINGAPORE TO FOCUS ON AIR AND MARINE WORKERS FOR IMMUNIZATIONS OF CORONAVIRUS

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• Plans to give COVID-19 immunizations to 37,000 forefront laborers in the aviation industry and oceanic region commenced on Monday, with inoculation places for the two ventures coming into going all out

During a visit to one of the im...

S. KOREA NAVY AND THE COAST GUARD STAGED ANNUAL MILITARY EXERCISE IN DOKDO

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• S. Korea Navy and the Coast Guard staged annual military exercise in Dokdo.
•  The annual military drill took place on Dec.4 and was held on a smaller scale.
• The S. Korean Air Force and the Marines did not take part in...

MOTHERS URGE TO BAN U.S MILITARY AIRCRAFTS FLYING OVER DAYCARE CENTER IN OKINAWA

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• Mothers urge to ban U.S military aircraft flying over daycare center in Okinawa.
• The group of mothers visited the Okinawa Defense Bureau to discuss the issue.
• The mothers are said to have complained about the problem for ...

HMM DELIBERATING TO CONSOLIDATE TERMINAL FOOTHOLD AT PORT OF LONG BEACH

• HMM (formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine) is planning to extend its terminal foothold at the Port of Long Beach on the west coast of the United States.
• The decision was reputedly based on the need to expand infrastructure at the port, a vital access to the United States

ABU DHABI TO CLEAR WAY FOR WASTE FROM THE CITY BY ITS UNIQUE VESSEL WAY

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• Abu Dhabi has ventured into extricating solid waste from Dalma Island in Al Dhafra Region to Ruwais landfill

The first of its kind marine waste vessel in Abu Dhabi with the ability to move 200 tons of garbage for each week has been d...