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  • Premium / OceanX: Tariffs’ implications; AI and the death of SaaS?

    Premium / OceanX: Tariffs’ implications; AI and the death of SaaS? Comment: Stay calm and carry on… Go to loadstar

  • Prepare for period of ‘panic’ in trans-Pacific air cargo market: Tiaca

    Prepare for period of ‘panic’ in trans-Pacific air cargo market: Tiaca An initial flurry of activity will be followed by a drop in demand after e-commerce from China and Hong Kong no longer enjoys duty-free treatment, the head of the air cargo group tells the Journal of Commerce. Go to journal of commerce

  • Mexico potential leads investors to back cross-border load board

    Mexico potential leads investors to back cross-border load board The $12 million investment in Cargado will be used to expand the load board with other tools for freight brokers to tap into cross-border freight growth. Go to journal of commerce

  • CSX Q1 service metrics take hit amid storm recovery, tunnel project

    CSX Q1 service metrics take hit amid storm recovery, tunnel project Damage from last fall’s Hurricane Helene continues to affect CSX’s operations in the Southeast, while the fast-tracking of construction work at Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel provides another challenge. Go to journal of commerce

  • Ocean Alliance rolls out series of blank sailings on Asia-North Europe

    Ocean Alliance rolls out series of blank sailings on Asia-North Europe While strong volume and congestion at both ends of the trade lane are filling the available capacity, the canceled sailings suggest carriers expect demand to falter. Go to journal of commerce

  • Farm state House members say USTR proposal offers big risks to US ag interests

    Farm state House members say USTR proposal offers big risks to US ag interests Eighteen Republican members of Congress said the remedies laid out as part of the US’ investigation into China’s maritime dominance are unworkable for farmers, notably a port tax on Chinese vessels and the requirement that an increasing volume of US exports…

  • Julia Bonestroo Banegas joins Jones Walker maritime regulatory team

    Julia Bonestroo Banegas joins Jones Walker maritime regulatory team Julia Bonestroo Banegas has joined Jones Walker LLP as special counsel in the maritime practice group and a member of the maritime regulatory team in the firm’s Washington, D.C, office. “We are pleased to welcome Julia to our maritime regulatory team,” said Bill Hines, the firm’s…

  • ME-GI engine on track for 1,000 order milestone

    ME-GI engine on track for 1,000 order milestone MAN Energy Solutions says that its MAN B&W dual-fuel ME-GI engine has had a strong start to the year, confirming its status as the default, dual-fuel methane-fuelled engine. Since its market debut in 2014, the ME-GI has been broadly accepted by all marine segments and is expected…

  • DOF Sea Dragon OSV will feature a range of Kongsberg Maritime solutions

    DOF Sea Dragon OSV will feature a range of Kongsberg Maritime solutions More details are emerging about the OSV (offshore support vessel) that the Crist shipyard in Poland is building for DOF. Provisionally named Sea Dragon, the OSV is set to assist operations off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. As we reported earlier, the 110…

  • America’s largest heavy-lift vessel has a new name: TX-10,000

    America’s largest heavy-lift vessel has a new name: TX-10,000 During the nearly two-year Golden Ray salvage drama, the giant heavy-lift twin-gantry catamaran VB 10000 played a central role in the operation. Now, the giant vessel has a new ownership and, on March 23, it got new name when Xenos Marine, a Matt Fish and Teichman…

  • Wiernicki: IMO carbon levy a “wild card”

    Wiernicki: IMO carbon levy a “wild card” With IMO’s MEPC 87 set to start April 7, ABS chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki told the CERAWeek energy conference that uncertainty about the scale and nature of the IMO carbon levy that is being proposed is holding back investment in shipping. “A carbon levy is a…

  • New voices weigh in on impact of USTR’s proposed port fees on China-built ships

    New voices weigh in on impact of USTR’s proposed port fees on China-built ships More concerns are being raised about the port fees that the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) proposes be placed on Chinese-built ships. USTR proposes massive port fees on Chinese-built ships entering U.S. ports As Peter Sands, chief shipping analyst at Xeneta noted…

  • Norsepower teams with climate tech start-up Syroco

    Norsepower teams with climate tech start-up Syroco Aiming to optimize wind propulsion efficiency, rotor sail pioneer Norsepower is collaborating with Marseille-based climate tech start-up Syroco to deliver innovative energy efficiency solutions for merchant vessels, reducing fuel consumption, minimizing carbon emissions, and accurately measuring the savings enabled by Norsepower rotor sails. The two companies say that…

  • Ports of Indiana hires maritime leader Parrott as COO

    Ports of Indiana hires maritime leader Parrott as COO Ports of Indiana has hired maritime logistics executive David Parrott to serve as the statewide port authority’s chief operating officer. Parrott has worked in the marine industry for 30 years as a former CEO of Liberty Terminals, vice president of operations for Metro Ports, and international…

  • Another oil & gas discovery of ‘great importance’ springs up offshore Kuwait

    Another oil & gas discovery of ‘great importance’ springs up offshore Kuwait Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has confirmed a large hydrocarbon discovery at an offshore field in the country’s territorial waters, bolstering its expectations of discovering more offshore oil and gas to boost the country’s energy arsenal. The post Another oil & gas discovery of…

  • TTB 2025: Barge innovations as key components of U.S. supply chains

    TTB 2025: Barge innovations as key components of U.S. supply chains As a new administration takes shape in Washington, D.C., the maritime industry, including the barge sector, could face significant shifts that will shape its future. Marine Log’s TTB 2025, set for March 25-26, 2025, at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza in Mobile, Ala., promises…

  • Dutch gov’t taking gas infrastructure into consideration for upcoming offshore wind tenders

    Dutch gov’t taking gas infrastructure into consideration for upcoming offshore wind tenders The Nederwiek IB offshore wind site in the Netherlands, which was initially planned to […] The post Dutch gov’t taking gas infrastructure into consideration for upcoming offshore wind tenders appeared first on Offshore Energy. Adrijana Buljan Go to offshore energy biz

  • charging point franchises

    https://restofworld.org/2024/vietnam-ev-charging-network-expansion-landowners/ just like petrol kiosks then

  • 50% bigger potato?

    https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/one-lost-methyl-group-huge-amounts-food-production

  • UK P&I Club names Richard Offord new chief executive of its Singapore branch

    UK P&I Club names Richard Offord new chief executive of its Singapore branch The UK P&I Club has appointed Richard Offord as the new chief executive of its Singapore branch, where he will replace Yiah Soon Ng (YS), who retires Dec.1 after leading the Singapore office for more than 27 years. Offord, who joins the…

  • OEEC first offshore energy event with dedicated nature enhancement content program, exhibition pavilion

    OEEC first offshore energy event with dedicated nature enhancement content program, exhibition pavilion The Netherlands is a pioneer in including nature enhancement stipulations in offshore (wind) energy […] The post OEEC first offshore energy event with dedicated nature enhancement content program, exhibition pavilion appeared first on Offshore Energy. Adrijana Buljan Go to offshore energy biz

  • U.K. MAIB reports on deadly capsize of tug Biter

    U.K. MAIB reports on deadly capsize of tug Biter The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has now published its accident investigation report into the girting [girding] and capsize of the tug Biter off Greenock, Scotland on February 2023. Biter was attached to the stern of the passenger vessel Hebridean Princess and the tug’s two…

  • CENTCOM launches wave of attacks on Houthi targets

    CENTCOM launches wave of attacks on Houthi targets If you thought things had quietened down in the Red Sea, think again. Today, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an incident bearing all the hallmarks of a Houthi attack in which the master of a ship reported multiple explosions in the vicinity of a vessel…

  • Woodside dishes out its ‘largest-ever’ traditional owner construction contract

    Woodside dishes out its ‘largest-ever’ traditional owner construction contract Woodside Burrup, a subsidiary of Australia’s Woodside Energy, has awarded what it says is […] The post Woodside dishes out its ‘largest-ever’ traditional owner construction contract appeared first on Offshore Energy. Nadja Skopljak Go to offshore energy biz

  • Final preparations for OEEC 2024 underway

    Final preparations for OEEC 2024 underway Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) is coming up this month. Work […] The post Final preparations for OEEC 2024 underway appeared first on Offshore Energy. Offshore-Energy.biz Go to offshore energy biz

  • why in this day and age of GPTs do

    ppl kena food Poissonhttps://www.gamintraveler.com/2024/11/02/things-to-know-before-visiting-vietnam/ and polling firms look rouge?https://www.natesilver.net/p/a-shocking-iowa-poll-means-somebody

  • which model applies?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0p18lqqyo.amp if u from brazil. Danish kampung is great. if u danish..not so much. so..er..everything is still staying here in singapore even after rts then? https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3284965/big-savings-nudge-hong-kong-shoppers-ignore-ban-meat-eggs-mainland-china but then hk ppl are even going to china to illegally buy meat from wet market…

  • market driven resource allocation!

    https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3481412 …there are 4 types of corruption – Petty Theft (eg. policeman takes a bribe), Grand Theft (eg. a Governor embezzles from the state pension fund), Speed Money (eg. business pay bribes to speed up processing of a permit), and Access Money (eg. pay bribes to get access to the bureaucracy)..

  • nice?

    https://feministspatialpractices.com/

  • a tale of 2 cities

    meanwhile in singapore… back in saigon…

  • how much is a crab beehoon in singapore again?

    83k… Bánh Canh Cua 14 ️+84 902 781 268 https://g.co/kgs/GevMA9H

  • The Importance of Data Quality in Machine Learning: Strategies for Ensuring Clean and Reliable Data

    The Importance of Data Quality in Machine Learning: Strategies for Ensuring Clean and Reliable Data

    Machine learning is revolutionizing industries across the board, from healthcare to finance to marketing. However, the success of any machine learning project hinges on the quality of the data being used. DataOps, or data operations, is a crucial component of ensuring that the data used in machine learning models is clean and reliable. High-performance computing…

  • Games of Thrones King of The Trailer Park

  • kiv

    https://movieweb.com/best-docuseries-about-ancient-civilizations/

  • listerine pls

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_softshell_turtle Chinese softshell turtles often submerge their heads in water.This is because they carry a gene which produces a protein that allows them to secrete urea from their mouths. This adaptation helps them survive in brackish water by making it possible for them to excrete urea without drinking too much salty water. Rather than eliminating urea by urinating through their cloaca as most turtles do,…

  • a billion wooden houses a year?

    A typical216 square meter (2400 square foot) wood-frame house holds 28.5tonnes of carbon dioxide, an amount equal to the emissions of asmall car over seven years. https://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/WOOD-Products-and-Carbon-Sequestration.pdf Around 2020 the emission rate was over 40 gigatons per year. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_Earth%27s_atmosphere#Current_situation

  • This is low violence game??? kaiwajutsu???

    wtfpl! php server! electron client! 3d shooter! https://github.com/solcloud/Counter-Strike https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41915958

  • hu tieu bo kho

    30k binh tan

  • hiaz

    https://www.votito.com/methods/togs-paradox/ [when] we reduce the complexity people experience in a given task, people will take on a more challenging task. – Bruce Tognazzini, The Complexity Paradox People will strive to experience an equal or increasing level of complexity in their lives no matter what is done to reduce it. – Bruce Tognazzini, The Complexity Paradox

  • where?

    hcmc

  • megalomania

    im also dying to say this to someone.. first thing u need to realise is you’re neither einstein nor hitler.. nothing you do is that important or world changing.. or vice versa… whats your biggest impact on mankind, civilization, history, the world? you might at worst roll out a bad patch on crowdstrike? or you…

  • Chilean sea bass

    https://shop.goldfishsmiles.com/products/limited-edition-goldfish-chilean-sea-bass

  • queen?

    https://youtu.be/zAg1jRrSKjk?si=Abz9Vh4NQxGwaahs

  • 提笔忘字

  • “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” – Will Rogers

  • who should i believe?

    https://theconversation.com/ukraine-and-poland-why-the-countries-fell-out-in-the-past-and-are-now-closely-allied-184906 https://theconversation.com/why-many-poles-are-not-as-supportive-of-ukraines-war-effort-as-their-leaders-in-warsaw-240562

  • but i dun care anymore la..

    https://sourceforge.net/p/davmail/discussion/644057/thread/a7061b73cb/

  • no they do!

    right n wrong, good n evil are subject to prevailing societal norms. being gay was wrong n evil not too long ago in alot of places.. still considered wrong by some.. but in many places its changed.ah yes. my mom thinks its wrong n evil, i dont. so eventually when ppl like her all die.…

  • White bellbird: listen to the world’s loudest bird call

    wtf

  • er ya its Montpellier

    Nicollin told DAZN France, via The Sun: “We can’t change 25 players, so, unfortunately, I’ve taken the initiative to stop Michel tonight. “We talked in the locker room after the game. I told him it was over tonight. “And I said to the players that, thanks to their great job, they had fired the coach and…

  • like

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/gate-lice-american-airlines-boarding-pass/ now..how about a way to stop ppl from standing up n filling the aisles as soon as the thing has landed?

  • or scratch your itch

    https://www.science.org/content/article/cats-beat-babies-word-association-game might tickle your fancy

  • i dunno if this is related to math tuition..

    so u see this.. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-engineers-build-new-algorithm-for-ai-processing-replace-complex-floating-point-multiplication-with-integer-addition n u go huh? then u read on. and find this is the explanation of how it works! https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00907 but its not until here that u actually start to know wtf they talking about… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41889414#41890236 It’s taking advantage of (1+a)(1+b) = 1 + a + b + ab. And where…

  • i didn’t realise it went way back..

    https://www.pids.gov.ph/details/news/in-the-news/seldom-told-vietnam-beats-phl-in-per-capita-gdp-2#:~:text=Canlas%20said%20the%20per%20capita,per%20capita%20GDP%20in%202020 This is a pattern that started as far back as the 1960s. He said the first Asian country to overtake the Philippines was Korea in 1964, followed by China in 1998. The Philippines has also been overtaken in terms of per capita GDP by its Asean peers starting with Thailand in 1985; Indonesia in…

  • i cant find a like for like comparison

    https://internationalbanker.com/finance/unemployed-youth-are-still-the-achilles-heel-of-indias-buoyant-economy/ “In 2022, the unemployment rate among youths was six times greater than among persons with a secondary or higher level of education (at 18.4 percent) and nine times greater among graduates (at 29.1 percent) than for persons who cannot read and write (at 3.4 percent).” https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/youth-unemployment-in-china-new-metric-same-mess/ The lower result though, is still about three…

  • u dun wan to be born vietnamese

    https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-top-countries-by-gdp-per-hour/

  • pre-empting income?

    https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/most-people-will-not-feel-the-brunt-of-higher-medishield-life-premiums-ong-ye-kung “When premiums go up, we subsidise more, we top up MediSave more,” he said in an interview on The Big Show on SPH Radio station Kiss92. MOH said more than nine in 10 people here will receive help to more than offset the increases, with $4.1 billion going towards support measures. For example, from…

  • don’t know why

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6859968/ We found little evidence that dietary factors such as consumption of animal‐source foods, Vitamin A‐rich fruits and vegetables, and a MAD, measured by recent dietary intake or feeding practices, influenced stunting risk. It is unlikely that dietary factors are unimportant for child growth in Vietnam, however, given the dietary inadequacies of child diets (21).…

  • why bother?

    https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-election-commission-begins-probe-into-ruling-phue-thai-party-media-report-2024-10-18/

  • everywhere

    kgally 10 hours ago | parent | next [–] Not to disagree with you or the commenters pointing out other Japan-specific factors, but I think there is one more possible explanation for the project’s failure: its top-down, government-bureaucrat-led nature. I’ve lived in Japan for forty years and have worked at a national university for the past twenty. The government regularly launches…

  • swollen?

    https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00443 Betamethasone is a long-acting corticosteroid with immunosuppressive and antiinflammatory properties. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560643/ Clotrimazole is a medication used in the management and treatment of fungal infections. It is in the imidazole class of drugs. This activity outlines the indications, action, and contraindications for clotrimazole as a valuable agent in the treatment of fungal infections. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentamicin Gentamicin is…

  • output directory tree as a html file

    https://linux.die.net/man/1/tree

  • not bad chicken rice

    https://guide.michelin.com/sg/en/singapore-region/singapore/restaurant/margaret-drive-sin-kee-chicken-rice

  • internet ip adventure

    btw.just for fun. i do have a e2-micro instance on gcp us west1. supposedly free tier. i vpn to it from my shit computer at home – 2gb ram debian 12 32bit atom..via wireguard. and port forward 25, 80, 143,443 from the fixed ip of the gcp e2 micro instance to the vpn lan ip…

  • i almost want to send them 5$

    https://cosmowenman.substack.com/p/secret-3d-scans-in-the-french-supreme

  • tofu vs ibm

    https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/terraform-stacks-explained During the public beta, users can experiment with Stacks to provision and manage up to 500 resources for free, including the new Kubernetes use case and the two features mentioned earlier: deferred changes and orchestration rules. Once users reach the limit, they will enter a degraded mode that allows 0 Stack applies. Stack plans…

  • how now brown cow

    china july to sept 4.6% on year!i mean. its not woohoo 7pa everyone get rich! but that is economic growth. in fact pop is shrinking so gdp/capita is rising.like. yes some ppl are switching from bmw to byd.usa was 3% in q2.yes china is much poorer, only a bit richer than thailand..oh th did 2.3%…

  • egg inside the chicken

    i remember when i was young when u buy chicken from my downstairs market, they gave u back the heart and the gian and the liver.dunno why i dun recall intestinesnow all the chicken are kosong insidei almost forget what a chicken consists ofin fact it took me until i went vietnam to realise got…

  • 1 for 1 mushroom swiss double

    are they smaller than normal mushroom swiss double?

  • automagical customs handling

    im waiting for it to happen. airship picks up parcel directly from china warehouse roof. drifts to singapore. and lowers my parcel to the roof of my block. https://www.elidourado.com/p/airship-industries

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