The government is considering paying people to scrap their old bangers in a bid to modernise the vehicle fleet. The government is considering putting a levy on imported petrol vehicles...
A report compiled by a Commission of Inquiry investigating a ferry disaster in Kiribati last year, which killed as many as 81 people, has been released by the government after...
For 74-year-old Teaga Esekia, a chief from the Tuvalu island of Vaitupu, the ocean is a lifeblood. "Tuvaluans, they have different types of months, not like January to December," said...
A top priority for all shipowners, operators, managers, and crews is the safety of the crew, vessel, and cargo. Data collected through global port State control (PSC) inspections indicate that...
Copra production is set to reach record levels in the Marshall Islands with the government saying that's due to a boost in the price paid for the commodity. Read more
One of the world’s largest shippers has warned shipping it ought to prepare for a carbon levy. Mining giant BHP is preparing for greater shipping environmental clampdowns once the global...
The Marshall Islands is leading a coalition of six Pacific countries to clean up the region's shipping industry and get carbon emissions to zero by 2050 as part of a...
Cruise ships are big business for port cities around the world. But starting next year, Cannes, one of the world’s most famous ports-of-call, will no longer welcome them unless they...
Global shipping companies have spent billions rigging vessels with “cheat devices” that circumvent new environmental legislation by dumping pollution into the sea instead of the air, The Independent can reveal. More...
Shipping produces more carbon emissions than most countries and pollutes the oceans. Will slowing vessels or making them electric do enough? Mark Piesing reports Every day the clothes, tech and...
Despite the global merchant fleet being 60% bigger than in 2008, its carbon footprint has dropped by 18% over the last 11 years, according to data from Clarkson Research Services....
The president elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wants to bring shipping into Europe’s emission trading scheme. She’s asked the commissioner-designate for Transport, Rovana Plumb (who still...
