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Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport, College of the Marshall Islands

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+(692) 625-3394 (Ext 359 or 376)

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info@mcstrmi.org

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Widening the Wake

Carbon Revenues from International Shipping: Enabling an Effective and Equitable Energy Transition

Global maritime transport plays a crucial role in facilitating global trade and fostering economic development around the world. At the...

New Legal Research of IMO Impact Assessment Process

In the first half of 2022 the International Maritime Organisation will consider the ‘lessons learnt’ from the heavily contested Impact...

2022

E-Bwebwenato Series 8th e-Bwebwenato – Enabling Equitable Transition [Pacific Presentation]  5 May 2022 8th e-Bwebwenato – Enabling Equitable Transition [World...

Sail freighter proves that saving on fuel costs is possible for river systems. Case of the “Apollonia” along the Hudson River, New York.

Schooner Apollonia’s cargo and fuel use records from 2021 show that the ton-mile fuel efficiency of even a very small...

Transport’s carbon problems not limited to tailpipe emissions. Construction, maintenance and operation of roads and railways identified as key sources.

A policy brief is now available on transport infrastructure emissions for the road and railway sectors.  Authors Greg Marsden, Kadambari Lokesh,...

e-Bwebwenato #7

24th February, 2022 The theme for the 7th e-Bwebwenato is Decarbonizing Shipping: Equity and Disproportionate Negative Impact (Click here for Presentation) 7th...

MCST Working Paper – the Impact Assessment Issue at IMO February 2022

  This paper discusses the issue of Impact Assessments required for measures proposed under the IMO’s Initial IMO Strategy on...

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in the Pacific

Giff Johnson reports on the progress of successful trial of an OTEC plant in East Korean Sea and the plans...

Success using century-old knowledge – A 100 KW OTEC plant on the Island of Kumejima

Photo source: EOS Science News https://eos.org/features/the-century-old-renewable-youve-never-heard-of.  Martin Betancourt writes about a successful OTEC plant in Japan, criss-crossing history and shares challenges and...

Innovation at its best

Go Sail Cargo Sailing Ships Endless opportunities to thrive in a low carbon maritime shipping industry.  A video for Entrepreneurialists,...

Retrofitting of the “FEHN POLLUX”

Prof. Michael Vahs talks about the 2018 German- Dutch project consortium under the scientific direction of the Emden/Leer University of...