Philippine Coast Guard rescues Chinese crew


The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has rescued seven Chinese crew on board a fishing vessel in the vicinity waters off Suluan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The PCG Command Center received reports about a Chinese fishing vessel that had a damaged hull, causing it to list.


Engine room fire reported on container ship


The Panama Canal reported the container vessel Cape Korita developed an engine fire while moving towards the PSA port in the Pacific. Another vessel was affected. No injuries have been reported.


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Robots to collect litter from surface and deeper regions of the Mediterranean


Once again, I take my hat off to the ingenuity of people. Here is yet another fine example of innovation at work that deserves to succeed. After the success of the first autonomous robotic system designed to search for, identify, and collect seafloor litter, a consortium of European researchers will develop a team of robots to collect litter from the surface and deeper regions of the Mediterranean.


The teams responsible for the Horizon 2020 SeaClear project have announced that they have expanded their consortium and received funding to begin follow-up work to further develop the robotic system and holistically address the issue of marine litter through the project: SeaClear2.0 – Scalable Full-cycle Marine Litter Remediation in the Mediterranean: Robotic and Participatory Solutions.


SeaClear 2.0, like its predecessor, attempts to use robots to combat one of the world’s most serious environmental issues: marine litter. Cleaning it up using divers poses danger to human lives and is economically overwhelming.


Photo credit: Subsea Tech


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