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Sunday, March 21st, 2010
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MarEx Case Study on Flora Holland - World's Largest Flower Exporter
 
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Each Earth Day Shortened Due to Chilean Quake

  The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each “Earth” day. JPL research scientist Richard Gross computed how Earth's rotation should have changed as a result of the Feb. 27 quake. Using a complex model, he and fellow scientists came up with a preliminary calculation that the quake should have shortened the length of an Earth day by about 1.26 microseconds (a microsecond is one millionth of a second). Perhaps more impressive is how much the quake shifted Earth's axis. Gross calculates the quake should have moved Earth's figure axis (the ... < Read More >
Paris and Tokyo MOUs Call Lifeboat Safety Too Lax

  Joint Paris and Tokyo MOU study raises concerns on lifeboat arrangements and launchings Between the September 1st and November 30th, 2009 a “Concentrated Inspection Campaign” (CIC) on lifeboat launching arrangements was conducted by the Paris and Tokyo MOUs. The Paris MOU (27 members) carried out 5,749 Port State Control (PSC) inspections while the Tokyo MOU (18 members) carried out 6,128 PSC inspections, which included 4,834 CIC inspections. The Paris MOU inspections keyed into vital points of SOLAS Chapter III, ISM and the LSA Code requirements. Preliminary results showed one out of every five inspections had CIC-related deficiencies. ... < Read More >
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