Acts of piracy on the world's seas have surged this year, according to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB). It pointed to the waters between Singapore and Indonesia in particular.
https://www.dw.com/en/piracy-on-the-rise-across-the-world-maritime-watchdog/a-72249554
Deutsche Welle · Piracy on the rise across the world — maritime watchdog
Le colossal chantier naval de Changxing, symbole d’une domination industrielle chinoise dans le viseur de Donald Trump
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/04/15/la-montee-en-puissance-des-chantiers-navals-chinois-nouvel-irritant-pour-trump_6596320_3234.html #maritime
in a few hours it will be the 113th anniversary of the sinking of the #Titanic
Alas, I don't have the wreck ready yet, but here's a view of the forecastle (WIP, no textures)
Hey #history and #maritime and #shipping expert people:
Here's a dataset about #whaling with some variables I don't understand (neither do the students using it for an intro #statistics project). If you have any insight into what these variables/terms mean, will you share that?
- Number of whales struck (does this mean "harpooned," maybe?)
- Number of whales tried out (no idea)
The data are here:
whalinghistory.orgCoML Whales encountered and captured – Whaling History
New #job Heritage Trainee at Thames Festival Trust #London
Apply by Mon 5 May 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/heritag...
#GEMJobs #HeritageJobs #Maritime #History #Heritage #GEM
Heritage Trainee - GEM
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#Alimentation : La #pêche #maritime belge en baisse pour la deuxième année de suite
En 2024, 11.423 tonnes de poissons ont été vendues dans les ports belges, contre 12.302 tonnes en 2023. Selon les nouvelles données de Statbel, l'office belge de statistique, cela représente une baisse de 7,1%. Ces quantités débarquées par les navires belges ont représenté un chiffre d’affaires de 69,02 millions d’euros, soit une baisse de 8% par rapport aux 75,03 millions d’euros…
Bruxelles City News · Bruxelles City News : Votre guide de la capitale belgeDécouvrez l'actualité, les événements et les infos pratiques pour vivre Bruxelles comme jamais auparavant.
Latest update on the UP World LNG Shipping Index: UPI gained 3.03% or 4.54 points to 154.17 points this week.
Historical performance: 3M -5.56%, 6M -9.1%, 12M -0.49%.
#LNG #naturalgas #shipsandshipping #shippingstocks #LNGshipping #oilandgas #shipping #energy #gas #maritime
https://www.404media.co/the-ocean-spectacle-that-has-entranced-sailors-for-centuries/
“No line of horizon was visible; the dead white colour of the water close to the ship as it increased in distance from her very gradually brightened until, where I supposed the horizon to be, it assumed a silvery aspect, which increasing as it ascended became brilliant and dazzling towards the zenith, obscuring the stars and clouds which had before this visitation been distinctly visible.”
A similar tale unfolds over the course of dozens of collected entries. Some mariners threw fireballs into the ocean to literally test the waters, and many crews reported that tiny “animalcules” were seen under microscopes in buckets drawn up from the milky seas.
404 Media · The Ocean Spectacle that Has Entranced Sailors for Centuries“It was like we were in the ‘Twilight Zone’ and peering at a negative of the real world,” said one mariner.
Quand #VictorHugo nous la joue vieux loup de mer :
"Gilliat n'était pas pris au dépourvu ; un homme du métier l'eût reconnu à deux poulies de guinderesse frappées en galoche à l'arrière de la panse, dans lesquelles passaient deux grelins dont les bouts étaient en ralingue aux organeaux des deux ancres."
Hugo, "Les Travailleurs de la mer", folio classique, 1980 [1866], page 381.
#litterature #maritime
Finally!
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agrees to #shipping sector’s first binding targets to reduce #GHG #emissions
#maritime #imo
https://globalmaritimeforum.org/news/imo-reaches-agreement-but-more-needed-to-unlock-future-fuels/
globalmaritimeforum.orgIMO reaches agreement but more needed to unlock future fuels
An accord reached in London under the International #Maritime Organization [#IMO], a #UN agency, would require every ship that ferries goods across the oceans to lower their #GreenhouseGas #emissions or pay a fee.
The targets fall short of what many had hoped. Still, it’s the first time a global industry would face a price on its #climate #pollution no matter where in the world it operates. The proceeds would be used mainly to help the industry move to cleaner fuels.
The New York Times · New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee
Trump's Exec Order on Shipbuilding To Galvanize Military, Civilian Ship Construction
Trump's Exec Order on Shipbuilding To Galvanize Military, Civilian Ship Construction
Vote Midterms At least 10% or 76 tankers of the Russian shadow fleet that regularly sails Baltic waters are insured via companies that do not exist.
Along a further 179 ships with the same fake 'insurance'.
If one of these decrepit ships damages anything or lets a shipload of oil into the sea, there is no coverage. Russian ships running around faux insured.
IMOs take action now! The basis for investigation and impounding. Is the lack of insurance justifying actions only at port ops or also during sailing?
There are a large number of grounds that could be argued in favor of inspections and detentions, and this is likely one of the stronger ones. You cannot play by the rules if the other side keeps breaking them without implications. Stop the russian terror ships ffs. original post from Auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social
Danwatch · Forged papers and a fake company: How Russian businessman cheats Danish authoritiesFour people have been charged by Norwegian police with forgery and issuing illegal insurance papers to Russia's shadow fleet. Danwatch and NRK can now reveal ho