By Eric Barton, OutsideOnline On November 25, 2019, Chris Carney and his two-man crew, Pete Brown and Jun “Sumi” Sumiyama, set off from Japan on their way to Hawaii in a 42-foot sailboat, the Coco-Haz III. They had four weeks to cross the world’s largest ocean. The boat’s owner, a retired Japanese dentist, needed the trip done in a hurry—he’dContinueContinue reading “How a Shipwrecked Crew Survived 10 Days Lost at Sea”
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How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) – In Nigeria’s Benue state, the food basket of the country, Mercy Yialase sits in front of her idle rice mill. Demand is high across the nation, but she already has mounds of paddy rice that are going nowhere amid the COVID-19 lockdown. “I can’t mill because the marketers areContinueContinue reading “How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis”
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Bunker Survey and Condition Survey ON/OFF HIRE SURVEY On/Off Hire Bunker and Condition Surveyis a survey of technical condition of ship at the moment of entry or exit from time charter, and includes investigation of overall condition of body, deck, cargo holds and deck equipment, checkup of ship certificates etc. Upon completion we issue a detailedContinueContinue reading “Marine Services”