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LONDON (Reuters) – Shipping companies are still struggling to get hundreds of thousands of crew members back home after many months at sea despite pledges by countries to ease transit restrictions for seafarers, industry officials say. Countries including the UK, the United States, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines pledged this month to…

LONDON (Reuters) – Shipping companies are still struggling to get hundreds of thousands of crew members back home after many months at sea despite pledges by countries to ease transit restrictions for seafarers, industry officials say. Countries including the UK, the United States, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines pledged this month to…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South America, revealing a single episode of interbreeding roughly 800 years ago after an epic transoceanic journey. FILE PHOTO: A native Rapa Nui girl jumps into the sea on Anakena beach on Easter, October 26, 2003. REUTERS/Carlos…

Major cruise lines including Royal Caribbean, MSC and Carnival Cruise Line have announced extensions of their sailing suspensions into the fall months.The extensions come on the heels of an announcement from industry group Cruise Lines International Association that member cruise lines have voluntarily extended the suspension of U.S. cruise operations until Sept. 15 amid coronavirus concerns.CLIA’s member lines carry…

Apple today announced its plans for a new, free resource aimed at helping educators of all skill levels gain the ability to teach both Swift and Xcode — the latest in Apple’s educational initiatives focused on encouraging more students to learn app development. On July 13, Apple will begin offering free online training to educators…

Cruise Lines International Association, the leading trade organization for the global ocean-going cruise industry, says its member cruise lines have voluntarily extended the suspension of U.S. cruise operations until Sept. 15 amid coronavirus concerns.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “no-sail order” is scheduled to expire on July 24, but no extension has yet been announced.…

MOSCOW/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom Neft has sold its first ever Arctic oil cargo to China to ChemChina, two sources familiar with the deal told Reuters on Thursday. This week, Gazprom Neft said it had sent 144,000 tonnes of light Novy Port oil grade to the Chinese port of Yantai on the Bohai Sea from…

VANCOUVER — Hundreds of people were stranded on Vancouver Island Sunday night after a mechanical failure on a BC Ferries vessel. It happened on the Coast Renaissance vessel during the 8:15 p.m. sailing between Nanaimo and Tsawwassen. “A few minutes into the sailing the mechanical failure took place, it was, we believe, due to an…

in: Survival, Visual Guides Patrick Hutchison • June 25, 2020 In 2019, Arne Murke and his brother were sailing off the coast of New Zealand, about to head east for an ocean-crossing trip that would eventually land them in Brazil. But they soon ran into bad weather. Massive swells and problems with their mainsail made…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of gas giant Gazprom, has shipped its first cargo with Arctic oil to China via the Northern Sea Route (NSR), it said on Monday. Russia is betting on the NSR, an Arctic route requiring icebreakers and special ice-class tankers, to deliver cargoes both to Europe and…