Kea Trader emergency response lifted in New Caledonia
The French government has ended its emergency response regime to the 2017 grounding of a new container ship in New...
Petrobras tipped to become world’s largest listed oil producer
Brazil’s Petrobras is on course to become the world’s largest oil producer among publicly listed companies by 2030, based on...
Lobby groups clash on outcome of latest ship speed reduction talks
IMO’s intercessional working group met again last week to look through proposals on how to mandate existing ships to cut...
Shell Traders Post $1 Billion Profit in Fuel Oil Market Ahead of IMO 2020
By Javier Blas and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) –Royal Dutch Shell Plc has made $1 billion from trading fuel oil this...
‘No Appetite’ at IMO for a Ship Speed Reduction Regulation
The International Maritime Organization appears to be backing away from pressure to introduce ship speed limits as part of its...
Anger at ‘bureaucratic’ IMO’s ‘lack of urgency’ on cleaning up shipping
The IMO has decided on a goal-setting approach by member states to decarbonise shipping, rather than progress the proposals put forward by some...
Cyclone early warning system for Pacific goes live
The Pacific's first cyclone early warning system will go live in Fiji this week. The early warning system was developed...
New Solomons’ diplomat to UN aims for more Pacific say in ocean resources
Solomon Islands' incoming representative to the United Nations will take to New York many of the causes he fought for...
Can Global Shipping Go Zero Carbon?
A lot of the stuff we buy in the U.S. comes by ship, ships that use a particularly dirty kind...
Tokelau chooses site for long-awaited airstrip
Tokelau's first airstrip will be built on the central atoll of Nukunonu. The New Zealand-funded project will connect air services...
Julie Anne Genter urges climate change action as road maintenance costs climb
Widespread damage from four cyclones that pummelled several regions of New Zealand in 2017 and 2018 have so far cost...
Global Trade’s Bright (Green) Future
Keeping climate change in check will require reducing the carbon footprint associated with global shipping, which accounts for the bulk...