The United States has pledged to increase funding to 11 Pacific countries to improve standards of living and their adaptation to climate change.The US Agency for International Development (USAID) mission...
Fiji is sending blood and swab samples from two suspected cases of the Wuhan coronavirus to Australia for testing, as fears grow over a global pandemic.The patients, who are both...
The Ministry of Fisheries in conjunction with the Ministry of Health continues to reassess potential Coronavirus risks through fishing vessels. Both ministries are working with the border agencies in strengthening...
The World Bank has poured cold water on the idea of a bridge linking all the inhabited islands of Samoa.The Samoa Observer reports an unnamed World Bank official saying the...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has said it will trial biofuel on its ships. “We’re studying with one of our subsidiary companies the usage of biofuel and how that...
From 1 January this year, stricter sulphur levels for ships have come into force to reduce air pollution and human health impacts such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Shipping companies...
The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has reported on the impacts of four years of work with businesses to set emissions reductions targets. The report findings amount to “a clear...
Earlier this month, the Global Maritime Forum presented its report on the level of investment required to decarbonise the shipping sector. But instead of being discussed as a giant global...
The world’s first commercial-scale green-hydrogen plant to be powered solely by surplus offshore wind energy has been announced by a trio of Belgian companies. Offshore engineer DEME, Flanders-focused financier PMV...
French Polynesia's criminal court has fined a Chinese fishing company $US360,000 for marine pollution. Last May, the fishing vessel Xin Shi Ji 203 discharged hundreds of litres of liquids, including...
Following a decade of focus upon renewable energy-powered electrification from aid budgets and donor funding in the Oceania region, the Asian Development Bank has announced inclusion of sustainable transport in a...
A wind-powered trimaran, built to service Tonga's outer islands and commissioned by King Tupou VI in 2017, is struggling to find suitable crew.The 50 foot vessel, 'Utuma'atau, has been out...
