First Ocean Plastic Garbage Collector to Be Deployed in 2016
The world’s first system to passively clean up plastic pollution from the world’s oceans is to be deployed in 2016, Boyan Slat, 20-year old founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup announced at … Read more
Interview with MOAS: We Need Funding for Life-Saving Drones
The Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) was born from one family’s need to reach out to people in distress and make a difference…. Read more
OBP: Pirate Boarding in Southeast Asia Successful in 90 Pct of Cases
More than 90% of the reported attacks in Southeast Asia resulted in pirates successfully boarding target vessels, according to the latest analysis of pirate attacks in Southeast Asia carried… Read more
Flooding of Panama Canal’s New Locks Kicks Off
The Panama Canal has taken another important step toward the completion of the Expansion Program as it begins to fill the lower chamber of its new Atlantic locks…. Read more
LPG Tanker Disappears off Vietnam
An LPG tanker disappeared in the South China Sea after issuing a distress signal some 200 miles off Vietnam on June 10, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency reports…. Read more World Maritime News Staff