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Healthy oceans play a key role in combating climate change, a group of United Nations agencies said, calling on governments to consider a “Blue Carbon” fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems. In a new report, the agencies estimate that carbon emissions – equal to half the annual emissions of th...
USA: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) has unanimously voted to protect over 5.9 million square metres of complex deepwater corals in the Carolinas, Georgia and eastern Florida. The South Atlantic region holds one of the world’s largest contiguous distributions of deepwater corals. The measure will go towards protecting specifi...
Mitsui OSK Lines has published its annual Environment and Social Report 2009. This year’s report, which marks the tenth edition since 2000, has two special features. The first feature is titled “Environmental technology: Senpaku ISHIN” which introduces an environment-friendly ship (car carrier) that MOL envisions as technically possible ...
USA: The American Trucking Association’s (ATA) Executive Committee and the Port of Long Beach Harbor Commissioners have each approved a settlement which has been negotiated between port officials and ATA and trucking industry representatives. The settlement is based upon a motor carrier registration process, referred to as a registration and a...
The Lloyd’s Register Group has launched a six-part audio podcast series addressing the issues that industry and governments will be discussing during the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Copenhagen, December 7 to 18, 2009. “The Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series” will feature interviews with global climate change exp...
The Philippine Government and WWF will be organising a Coral Triangle summit from January 18 to 21, 2010, in Manila to debate how to protect the world’s most diverse marine environment. The Coral Triangle covers one percent of the Earth’s surface but houses 30 percent of the world’s coral reefs, 76 percent of its reef building coral spec...
A new Danish study has shown that shipping accounts for much less air pollution than originally supposed. Shipping was thought to be responsible for 68 percent of the world’s sulphur emissions, but the new study found that the figure was actually only about 37 percent. The investigation was carried out by Danmarks Miljoudersogelser and the Univers...
“The maritime industry will become more and more important for India in the coming years,” says Tobias König, Founder and Managing Director of König & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG, an issuing house based in Hamburg, Germany. A representative of König will be present at the accompanying conference at SMM India 2009. This is the first...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi
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