The latest Xeneta Shipping Index (XSI) Public Indices Report has shown the decline of 3.6% in long-term contracted ocean freight rates in January fails to…
Fear of predators means sparrows struggle to raise chicks to adulthood | New Scientist
Sparrows on a collection of Canadian islands change their behaviour when they fear predators are nearby, and an experiment shows this reduces their ability to…
Living through a hurricane accelerated the ageing process for monkeys | New Scientist
In 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Caribbean communities, and we now know it had an impact on monkeys too – macaques that lived through the stressful…
Brilliant Borealis: A Blast of High-Speed Solar Wind Provoked Dancing Auroras
A blast of high-speed solar wind provoked dancing auroras in early February. Auroras are a brilliant reminder that Earth is constantly absorbing energy from the…
Speeding Through Semiconductor Nanowires: New Basis for Ultrafast Transistors
Nanowires under tension create the basis for ultrafast transistors. Smaller chips, faster computers, less energy consumption. Novel concepts based on semiconductor nanowires are expected to…
Covid-19 emergency in Kaohsiung Port as harbour pilot infected
The battle to control the Covid-19 outbreak in Kaohsiung Port has become more pressing after a harbour pilot added to the cluster in Taiwan’s main…
Sri Lanka announces penalty waiver for boxes lying at port yards on forex shortage ground
Amid the severe shortage of foreign exchange in the domestic market, many consignments in Sri Lankan ports remained undelivered for days and months, thus the…
Ultrasonic Exploration and Space Psychology Kick Off the Week on ISS
The Expedition 66 crew kicked off the week today exploring how living in space affects psychology and ways to manipulate objects with sound. The residents…
Konecranes to supply Mexican terminal with eco-efficient mobile harbour crane
Mexican terminal operator Corporación Integral de Comercio Exterior (Grupo CICE) has ordered an eco-efficient generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour crane for its terminal in…
A beginners guide to FCL shipments
Shipping and logistics can be a time-consuming and challenging process that often results in headaches and misplaced orders. A very efficient way to ship orders…