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100 days to surrender
Splash 247
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June 22, 2025
Philippos Ioulianou, managing director of Emissionlink, on what shipping has learned from the EU ETS. In less than 100 days, shipping companies operating in Europe face a critical test as the deadline for surrendering carbon allowances under EU...
Three Major French Investors Reject Deep Sea Mining
Scoop
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17 June, 2025 Three major French financial institutions, including two of the country’s largest banks and the state’s public investment arm, have announced their rejection of deep sea mining during the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) last...
IMO’s Crucial Moment: How Shipping Finally Started Tackling Climate Change
CleanTechnica
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June 19, 2025
In the wake of the International Maritime Organization’s vote to price carbon in shipping fuels, I had the opportunity to sit down with an insider and expert on maritime decarbonization, Tristan Smith. He’s the director of a maritime advisory...
RMI ‘no’ to deep sea mining
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 19, 2025
The Marshall Islands has joined a growing number of nations saying “no” to deep sea mining. At the Oceans Conference last week in Nice, France, President Hilda Heine announced that the RMI would join the countries calling for a moratorium on all...
Huadi International Group: A Global Supplier of Industrial Stainless Steel Solutions
China Perspective
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June 18, 2025
Huadi International Group Co. Ltd. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of industrial stainless steel piping products and related manufacturing services. With a focus on delivering high-performance steel solutions, the company serves a diverse...
Rarely seen endemic Mariana butterflyfish captured on video
Marianas Variety
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Mariana butterflyfish APRA, Guam — Last month, during Ocean Exploration Trust’s exploration of Ahyi Seamount (a shallow submarine volcano in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), the Corps of Exploration aboard exploration vessel...
Our Ocean Conference concludes, Palau pledges to protect reefs, reiterates stance on deep-sea mining
Island Times
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June 17, 2025
The third United Nations Ocean Conference ended on Friday in Nice, France, after five days of high-level discussions and negotiations. Key outcomes of the meeting included renewed support for the High Seas Treaty and international calls for a...
Inside the “shadow fleet” that financed Iranian terror cells worldwide
CTech
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June 22, 2025
The war with Iran raises concerns that the Revolutionary Guards may attempt to activate the global Islamic terror cells they established and funded through the Quds Force. These groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and others in Syria, have...
Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research
RNZ
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June 6, 2025
Half of the Marshall Islands' 50,000-strong population live in the capital city of Majuro. Photo: Public domain A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of studies into important...
A Dynamic Week of Innovation, Collaboration, and Global Engagement with Marshall Islands
SeaNews
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June 6, 2025
The Republic of Marshall Islands was out in force at the Nor-Shipping event this week with a 16-strong team manning battle stations, from a range of disciplines. The RMI registry is one of the largest and most respected open registries globally....
IRI: Republic of the Marshall Islands Registry – A Dynamic Week of Innovation, Collaboration, and Global Engagement
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 5, 2025
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry wraps up a dynamic week at Nor-Shipping 2025. With 16 team members at the conference and adjacent events, the global team from International Registries, Inc. and its affiliates (IRI), which...
Report: Lack of Marshall Islands birth studies hinder understanding of nuclear testing impacts
Marianas Variety
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The Baker underwater test, one of two Hiroshima-size atomic bombs tested at Bikini Atoll as part of Operation Crossroads in 1946. Many Japanese and American navy vessels, visible under the mushroom cloud, were sunk by Baker. Photo provided by Giff...
USS Frank Cable visits the Republic of the Marshall Islands
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 5, 2025
MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands (June 5, 2025) – Forward-deployed U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) departed the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) after a scheduled port visit, June 5, 2025. Frank Cable’s visit to...
President Lai welcomes Marshall Islands president, pledges continued cooperation
Radio Taiwan International
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June 3, 2025
President Lai Ching-te (right) and Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine (left). (Photo: Presidential Office) President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) welcomed Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine with full military honors on Tuesday morning, marking...
Taiwan, Marshall Islands pledge to expand cooperation
Focus Taiwan
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June 3, 2025
Taipei, June 3 (CNA) President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Tuesday reaffirmed Taiwan's commitment to expanding existing cooperation with the Marshall Islands to include new areas such as education, sports and aviation. Speaking ahead of a closed-door...
Greenpeace protest deep sea mining at UN Ocean Conference
The Daily Blog
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June 12, 2025
Greenpeace France activists today deployed a large banner reading “three million people stand against deep sea mining” outside the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice. The activists brought the banner from Greenpeace International ship, Arctic...
South Africa Revives Shipping Line in Fleet Push, Port Investments
News Central TV
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June 12, 2025
South Africa is reviving plans to establish a national shipping line, joining a growing list of African states investing in ports and maritime logistics to capture more value from global commerce. The carrier, dubbed South African Shipping Company...
Wealth beneath the waves: US takes a step toward promoting deep-sea mining amid concerns in the Pacific
The Pacific Island Times
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June 11, 2025
Around 16,404 feet beneath the northern Pacific Ocean, the whole seabed—stretching around 4,500 miles from east to west—is littered with potato-sized chunks of what look like charcoal lumps called polymetallic nodules. Rich in metals such as...
‘Madness’: World leaders call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN ocean summit
Mongabay
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June 11, 2025
World leaders have renewed calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining at the 2025 U.N. Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, as the U.S. moves to mine the deep sea in international waters under its own controversial authority. Four...
Tanker industry’s 55-year journey: from happy infancy to hard-won wisdom
Riviera
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June 11, 2025
From boom to crisis INTERTANKO’s ‘happy infancy’ lasted just three years, marked by 12 years of 20% annual growth in tanker transport demand. During this golden era, oil companies directly owned 40–45% of the tanker fleet, with another 40–45% on...