Tag: climate change

Containership "Ever Max",  the highest-capacity containership tries to navigate the Panama Canal, despite the water shortage crisis.

IMO has updated the United Nations Bonn Climate Change Conference (5-15 June) on its work towards adopting a revised Strategy to reduce GHG emissions from shipping.

Bo Jiang and Gary LaFree have published a paper which tests the possibility that climate change affects participation in maritime piracy, depending on the specific ways that it impacts regional fish production.

Edward X. McNamara, President & CEO of Armada Risk Partners, a Cleveland-based insurance broker, notes that, in the post-covid era, the insurance industry is more complex and risk averse than ever. Armada insures ports worldwide from an increasing number of risks such as extreme weather, ship collisions with port infrastructure and cyber attack.

Despite more precise modern weather forecasting, unpredictable weather poses hazards to vessels and voyage scheduling. Climate change worsens these risks, OneOcean warns. To mitigate potential threats, additional measures are needed, made possible by digital technology advancements to manage risks and increase safety.

AGU (American Geographical Union) has issued a report to demonstrate how warming temperatures and melting sea ice increase fog in the Arctic, creating a costly obstacle for Trans-Arctic shipping.

The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) has launched its #FutureSAR initiative that will look to identify the key challenges the global maritime search and rescue (SAR) industry will face as a result of climate change and propose guidance and best practices that will aid rescue operations in the future.

The Climate Change Authority of Australia has published a report in which it highlights the importance of oil and carbon capture and storage in reducing emissions.

Climate change is having dangerous impacts on nature and people in every region of the world. There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

Dr Sian Prior, Leader Advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance, explains how climate change impacts Arctic environment and suggests ways in reducing shipping’s contribution to the Arctic climate crisis and global heating.