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BABCOCK ECOSMRT® receives Lloyd’s Register acknowledgment for ship application

21 September 2018

l to r: David Barrow, LR Commercial Director – Marine & Offshore presents Neale Campbell, Babcock LGE Managing Director RBD approval at Gastech 2018 in Barcelona.

Babcock International, the highly-skilled engineering services company, has been recognised by Lloyd’s Register (LR) as having taken a critical step towards achieving the LR General Approval for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship for its innovative ecoSMRT® single mixed refrigeration reliquefaction technology.

Receiving LR Risk Based...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/21/babcock-ecosmrt-receives-lloyds-register-acknowledgment-for-ship-application/

As It Does In People, Ecstasy Makes Octopuses More Sociable

21 September 2018

By studying the genome of an octopus species not known for its sympathy towards its peers, and then testing its behavioral reaction to a popular drug that alters the state of mind called MDMA or “ecstasy,” scientists say they have found preliminary evidence of an evolutionary link between social behaviours of the marine creature and humans, species separated by 500 million years in the evolutionary tree.

If the findings of these experiments are validated – which are detailed in an article...

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/as-it-does-in-people-ecstasy-makes-octopuses-more-sociable/

Case made for biofuels as shipping’s transition fuel

21 September 2018

The shipping industry still needs plenty of persuading to see the merits of biofuels, despite the news carried on Splash this week of a landmark container voyage in Europe with used cooking oil as the fuel. Isabel Welten, head of marine at Dutch firm GoodFuels Marine, who have pioneered the cooking...

https://splash247.com/case-made-for-biofuels-as-shippings-transition-fuel/

Devastating Images of Animals Affected by Marine Pollution

21 September 2018

The pollution of seas, rivers and lakes has disastrous consequences for the marine life of the Mexican fauna. Plastics and other industrial products are the main pollutants.

Plastic invades the sea

Three out of four fish in the Atlantic Ocean – which includes the Gulf of Mexico – have plastic particles in their bodies, according to a study by the National University of Ireland reported by Cultura Colectiva.

Whales, albatrosses, mussels, lobsters, tuna and even plankton are among the 180 marine...

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/devastating-images-of-animals-affected-by-marine-pollution/