[17 April 2024] - The maritime industry faces unprecedented challenges as it navigates towards a sustainable and decarbonized future. In a recent webinar titled “DissectingMEPC81 - is IMO on course...
Republic of the Marshall Islands Statement to Closing Plenary of MEPC81 Agenda Item 7 – Reduction of GHG emissions from ships 22 March 2024 H. E. Ambassador Albon Ishoda, Presidential...
Pacific delegations and technical advisors at IMO Headquarters in London [London, England, March 16, 2024] – In July 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a new climate strategy to...
5 February 2024 - In July 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) reached a significant milestone by agreeing to phase out GHG emissions by 2050 in the revised 2023 Strategy...
A Just and Equitable Transition in the Shipping Industry The UN Foundation and University College London (UCL) December 8th (15.30-16.30) Oceans Pavilion in the Blue Zone Ambassador Albon's Keynote Speech at COP28...
Wing in Ground technology (WIG) offers a potential game changer – the ability to ‘fly’ boats at high speed just a few meters above the sea surface with major fuel...
There are a number of existing mature technologies at or close to market that the Pacific can rely on to make serious in-roads into its domestic transport emissions footprints and...
This joint MCST project with the United Nations Foundation (UNF) UNF and the University College London University Maritime Advisory Services (UCL UMAS) UCL focuses on ongoing professional capacity development for...
Volume 8 of Teaching Oceania Series, Voyaging in the Pacific is a new e-learning resource prepared by our partners at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai'i at...
Majuro, Marshall Islands – November 8, 2023: The Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport (MCST) and the International Windship Association (IWSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly mobilize...
2 November 2023, Suva, Fiji –The Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP) meeting, hosted at the Novotel Hotel in Lami, witnessed an influential call for sustainable shipping practices from the Republic...
It is with the greatest sadness that we acknowledge the passing of one of the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport’s greatest stalwarts and supporters, Dr Irene Ta’afaki. Dr Irene first...
