The Seafarers’ Charity: Women onboard cargo ships need support from port welfare services
The Seafarers’ Charity has released on March 8th (International Women’s Day), a report on the welfare needs of women working on cargo ships.
Read moreThe Seafarers’ Charity has released on March 8th (International Women’s Day), a report on the welfare needs of women working on cargo ships.
Read moreCelebrated every year on March 8th, International Women’s Day serves both as an honorary day for women, and a reminder of the struggle they encounter due to their gender.
Read moreIMO has welcomed the landmark agreement on a new oceans treaty to protect marine biodiversity on the high seas. Negotiators from more than 100 countries completed a UN treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday 5 March 2023, a long-awaited step that environmental groups say will help reverse marine biodiversity losses and ensure sustainable development.
Read moreMitsui O.S.K. Lines, announced that on March 1, on the coast of Bali, Indonesia, it unveiled a marine debris collection ship and conducted demonstration of a coastal debris collection device, which it purchased through PT MOL Blue Ocean Indonesia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the MOL Group.
Read moreAmid a growing awareness of the importance of gender, cultural and age diversity in the workplace, organizations are trying to become more inclusive. A new market study published by Global Industry Analyst estimates Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) spending at USD 7.5 billion in 2020 and projected to reach 15.4 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 12.6%. But how effective is this dollar spending?
Read moreThe legal protection of human rights is adequate, but the big challenge in maritime is the enforceability of the law that is already in place, experts agreed in a recent podcast on maritime law.
Read moreGreenwashing -the practice of companies making false or exaggerated claims about their environmental credentials in order to build a sustainable brand image- is nothing new. But what does this mean as sustainable finance and ESG investing are gaining more and more ground in shipping and beyond?
Read moreThe geopolitical uncertainty brought by the Ukrainian war, the continuous disruption post-COVID, and the escalation of climate change effects have pushed business leaders to put a greater focus on their sustainability agendas, according to the 12th UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study.
Read moreHMM Co., South Korea’s container shipper has signed an agreement with marine waste management company Foresys to establish a circular environment system using discarded mooring ropes. HMM generates about 20 tons of waste from worn-out mooring lines every year, which have been sent to landfills or incinerated as waste.
Read moreThe second day of the GreenPort Congress delved into a range of topics including ESG (environmental, social, corporate governance), green finance, multimodal supply chains, decarbonisation regulations and projects and digital tools.
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