All Hands on Deck for Boat Building
A UC Irvine professor and students are building a "proa," the 30-feet Micronesian boat once widely-used by Pacific Islanders. Just...
Environmental group blames Solomon govt’s negligence for shipwreck
The Nature Conservancy Solomon Islands, is blaming government negligence for a shipwreck that authorities are calling the worst man-made environmental...
Marshall Islands plans to raise islands to escape sea level rise
Facing possible extinction from rising sea levels, the Marshall Islands is for the first time focusing on how to raise...
Vanuatu Has One Of The World’s Strictest Plastic Bans. It’s About To Get Tougher.
Vanuatu banned single-use plastic bags, drinking straws and styrofoam food containers last July in a dramatic attempt to stem the...
Investing in Our Knowledge Base: The World’s First International Research Conference on Carbon Pricing
The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) organized the world’s first international research conference on carbon pricing—the CPLC Research Conference—in New...
Experts: Hydrogen vehicles next big thing in energy
nternational experts have told a forum in Rotorua if the government is serious about achieving a low-emissions economy, hydrogen must...
Fears mount as ship still lodged on Solomons reef
A ship that's leaking oil into the sea off Rennell, in Solomon Islands, could be the largest man-made environmental disaster...
CNMI prepares for Typhoon Wutip
Disaster authorities in the Northern Marianas are urging residents to prepare for Typhoon Wutip, which is expected to make its...
Wärtsilä to deliver world’s first hybrid retrofit for short-sea shipping vessel
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Hagland Shipping for a hybrid retrofit installation. The project will take place...
All American Marine launches hybrid catamaran
Bellingham, Washington-based shipbuilder All American Marine has built and launched the Waterman catamaran for Kitsap Transit of Seattle. Read more...
ABB to power Iceland’s first electrified ferry
Technology leader ABB is to supply drive and energy storage technology for Iceland’s first electrified ferry, a 70m vessel that...
Revealed: How a UK company is using a Caribbean tax haven to cash in on scrapping toxic ships in one of the world’s poorest countries
Lucrative ship-scrapping trade sees poor Bangladeshi workers face ‘abhorrent conditions with abysmal environmental protections’. New figures from the NGO Shipbreaking...