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The fatal capsizing of the cement carrier Cemfjord off the north of Scotland in January 2015 was almost certainly due poor passage planning and a resulting decision not to seek shelter according the UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB).

Reza BALUCHI has been rescued fronm the Atlantic inside a floating orb while trying to make it to Bermuda for a second time.

Microsoft Surface Studio is the company's first desktop PC. It is easily the most attention-grabbing new PC design of the year, even if most of its individual ideas like - external control knobs, tabletop PCs - have been seen before in different contexts. The new Studio and Surface Dial provided a stark, inventive contrast, especially for graphic designers, artists and video editors who scooped up new Macs without question in years past.

On April 15, a century have passed since the Titanic foundered during its maiden voyage. Since then there has been a widespread belief that in a disaster, women and children will be saved first. Based on analyses of 18 of the most notable shipwrecks from the 19th century until today, researchers from Uppsala University conclude that this is a myth.

One hundred and two incidents of piracy and armed robbery have been reported for the first quarter of 2012, with dangerously increasing numbers in West African waters, according to figures released today in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) global piracy report.

Hearts have been in mouths today as five multimillion dollar Volvo Open 70s were hoisted 40 feet in the air and onto a ship that is expected to begin transporting them to the start of the second stage of Leg 2 tomorrow.

A proposal to include seafarers within the scope of five EU labour law Directives has been presented by the European Commission. The proposal would give them the same information and consultation rights in all 28 EU Member States as on-shore workers in cases of collective redundancies and transfers of undertakings. They would also have the right to participate in European Works Councils. The proposal will now go to EU's Council of Ministers and the European Parliament for approval.

A highly-anticipated feasibility study of the proposed US$50 billion Nicaragua Canal project has been delivered.

A Norwegian-flagged ship that was held in Kenya for more than a week over undeclared weapons belonging to the United Nations has been released, the owners of the vessel said.

Just a few weeks after the Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force, Rear Admiral Bob TARRANT, issued another warning about the on-going piracy threat, there have been two more piracy related incidents off the Somali coast.

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Up to 200 bodies have been discovered floating off the coast of one of Libya's main people-smuggling hubs on Thursday.

At least 13 people have drowned after a small wooden boat, believed to have been carrying about 70 Indonesian migrants, sank in the Malacca Strait early Thursday, Malaysian officials said.

A new inter-agency platform for information sharing on migrant smuggling by sea has been launched today (6 July) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in order to better understand unsafe mixed migration by sea.

Sixty-one bodies have been recovered from an overloaded wooden boat which sank off Malaysia carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants, maritime officials said on Monday.

There have been numerous projections regarding the Panama Canal expansion's impact on the shipping industry. The rosiest projections envision substantially greater volumes of container cargo entering the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean trade.

In the face of stern actions from the administration, notorious pirate groups of the Sundarbans have reorganised in smaller factions with the support of local fish traders. Fishermen, who are still facing torture and abduction by pirates, alleged that the local fish traders had been helping the bandit groups survive.

A ship with 3,500 metric tonnes of marine fuel oil that was reported missing in the Malacca Strait off Malaysia on Saturday, has been found in Indonesian waters without its cargo, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said.

Decoding Spices in the 21st Century Learn this and more by being a part of this initiative, the All India Spices Exporters Forum (AISEF) and the entire Spices Fraternity of India invite you to the first ever International Spice Conference 2016 . AISEF has been working tirelessly in improving the Indian spice industry for the last 25 years. The ISC 2016 will also be a celebration of the 25 years it has devoted and contributed to the industry. http://www.internationalspiceconference.com/overseas-dele-reg.html

It is not necessary for an effective anti-fouling coating to release toxins into the environment. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have shown that it is instead possible to mix into the coating molecules on which the adult barnacles cannot grow. The result has been published in the scientific journal Biofouling.