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IMO’s Crucial Moment: How Shipping Finally Started Tackling Climate Change
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...
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Three Major French Investors Reject Deep Sea Mining
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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...
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On Marshall Islands Remembrance Day, Greenpeace calls for nuclear justice and reparations from the United States
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands – Seventy-one years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed across the Marshall Islands by the United States, Greenpeace calls for the US government to comply with...
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Huadi International Group: A Global Supplier of Industrial Stainless Steel Solutions
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...
2022 Tide Prediction Calendars released; a new calendar for Ebeye-Marshall Islands
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Tide Prediction Calendars for 24 Pacific locations were distributed last week to National Meteorological Services and ocean stakeholders around the region to assist in decision making on their daily ocean use. The annual tide prediction calendars...
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TradeSta Becomes the First Perpetuals Exchange to Launch Equities on Avalanche
[PRESS RELEASE – Ajeltake, Marshall Islands, 25th September 2025] TradeSta, the decentralized perpetuals exchange built on Avalanche, today announced the launch of equities trading on-chain, becoming the first perpetuals platform to bring global...
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Our Ocean Conference concludes, Palau pledges to protect reefs, reiterates stance on deep-sea mining
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...
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Hill Dickinson forms alliance in Greece with leading Marshall Islands law firm Reeder Simpson & Magee
International maritime law firm Hill Dickinson has announced an alliance with Marshall Islands attorneys, Reeder Simpson & Magee (RSM). It marks the latest move in Hill Dickinson’s international growth strategy and expands the firm’s offshore...
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UPSC Key: Jhumoir dance, Historic Tea Horse Road and India’s textile industry
US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution on Ukraine war; India and China abstain Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Main Examination: • General Studies II: Bilateral, regional and...
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South Africa Revives Shipping Line in Fleet Push, Port Investments
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...
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Greenpeace protest deep sea mining at UN Ocean Conference
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...
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Union Maritime’s new LNG dual-fueled tankers with WindWings secure SOLAS approval
Written by Nick Blenkey Union Maritime's newbuild tankers achieve regulatory milestone BAR Technologies and Union Maritime report that their proposals covering bridge visibility, navigational lights and radar line of sight for Union Maritime’s two...
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Pacific Growth to Accelerate in 2025 on Resource Strength — ADB
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Economic growth in the Pacific is expected to pick up next year, buoyed by strong resource output in Papua New Guinea (PNG), according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2025, released on 6 October by the Asian Development Bank...
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American Bureau of Shipping OKs ammonia cracking technology on Pherousa ships
The American Bureau of Shipping has issued an approval in principle to Norway’s Pherousa Shipping for use of its ammonia cracking technology onboard ships, the body said in a statement late last week. The emissions-free technology is intended for...
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‘Madness’: World leaders call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN ocean summit
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...
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Shipping companies to pay for carbon dioxide produced by vessels
Shipping companies will have to pay for the carbon dioxide produced by their vessels for the first time under new rules agreed by the world’s maritime watchdog. The regulations agreed on Friday fall far short of the levy on CO2 that poor countries...
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OPINION | Need for an open international ship registry to reposition Kenya’s maritime industry
A tug-boat directing a cargo vessel to a berth at Mombasa Port. PHOTO/FILE By ANDREW MWANGURA newshub@eyewitness.africa Kenya’s maritime potential remains largely untapped, despite the nation’s considerable strategic advantages and access to key...
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Wealth beneath the waves: US takes a step toward promoting deep-sea mining amid concerns in the Pacific
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...
Owner: Mar-Vic Cagurangan (Editor & Publisher)
Jimmy Buffett's Famous Plane Is Open For Fans - Here's Where To See It
In the process of creating catchy "drunken Caribbean rock 'n' roll," Jimmy Buffett became a music legend. Adorned in flip-flops and Hawaiian shirts, he was the unabashed leader of the Parrotheads, the Mayor of Margaritaville, as well as a sailor's...
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ABS Approves Onboard Ammonia Cracking Tech of Pherousa Shipping
ABS says it is seeing rapid advancements around the use of ammonia as a marine fuel. Image Credit: ABS Classification society ABS has granted approval in principle for an onboard ammonia cracking technology developed by Norwegian firm Pherousa...
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