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Credit: Google Maps Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, North and South America, Europe—and the Maritime Continent. Never heard of the last one? That's because it's not a continent made of land. In fact, it's the largest warm tropical sea in the world, lapping against the shores of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and smaller…

SS NEMESIS, a 73m steamship that disappeared off NSW in 1904 with 32 lives lost. Credit: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. A CSIRO team aboard research vessel (RV) Investigator has helped Heritage NSW solve a 120-year mystery with the discovery of the SS Nemesis, a 73-meter iron-hulled steamship that was lost at sea in 1904. SS…

Christian Vasquez / CyberScoop: Biden signs an EO to increase the cyber defenses of maritime ports via additional Coast Guard powers, invest $20B in infrastructure over five years, and more — National security officials have been sounding the alarm over a China-linked hacking group that's been targeting critical infrastructure. Christian Vasquez / CyberScoop: Biden signs an EO to increase the cyber defenses of maritime ports via additional Coast Guard powers, invest $20B in infrastructure over…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at British Antarctic Survey have found that the number of warm weather events in the South Orkney Islands has significantly increased in frequency over the last 75 years. Using newly available historical data, scientists have identified the atmospheric factors behind the warm events in the region, shedding new light on the climate change trends that are affecting sub-Antarctic islands.…

Warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change will provide favourable conditions for Atlantic halibut, according to a new study, although what happens to their prey is uncertain.A paper published in the journal FACETS links an exponential increase in Atlantic Canadian landings over the past decade to warming ocean temperatures and predicts that trend is likely to continue under low- and high-warming scenarios in coming decades."Under both of those scenarios, we see similar trends. Even in the higher emission…

The ship with retractable flapping foils. Credit: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113589 A new form of wave devouring propulsion (WDP) could power ships and help to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime industry. Academics from Cranfield University have worked on the concept of using wave energy for propulsion and designed an inventive method of achieving greater thrust from…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study in the International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics addresses a longstanding gap in the world of dry bulk shipping terminals, introducing a two-stage methodology that employs unsupervised machine learning techniques. The work by Iñigo L. Ansorena of the Universidad Internacional de La Rioja in Spain, focused on North European dry bulk terminals, and could improve…

Check out this article to learn how artificial intelligence is transforming the maritime industry The transportation of goods and materials to and from various parts of the world is the responsibility of the shipping industry, which is an essential component of the global economy. It’s a complicated and hard environment where even small changes can make a big difference. To remain cutthroat, it is fundamental for organizations in the delivery area to put resources into man-made reasoning arrangements. AI can assist…

Cyberattacks on industry and critical infrastructure are on the rise across the globe. Targets also include ships, which, by transporting billions of tons of goods around the world each year, form part of international supply chains — yet their on-board IT systems often lack secure protection. To raise awareness of the risks of inadequate cybersecurity at sea and to help develop defensive solutions for guarding against cyberattacks, the Maritime…

Students from NUS College of Design and Engineering worked closely with research staff at STAR to develop Lumelite-4. Credit: National University of Singapore A microsatellite for maritime communications developed by the Satellite Technology And Research Center (STAR) under the National University of Singapore's College of Design and Engineering (NUS CDE), and A*STAR's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), has been…