Tag: marine environment

Since February 7th, 2024, the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) has been responding on an incident of an overturned vessel and a resulting oil spill near Cove Eco Industrial and Business Park in Tobago.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has joined Operation Koholā Guardian to reduce risk to humpback whales among the Hawaiian Islands, Jan. 1 through March 31, 2024.

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has launched its State of Sustainable Shipping (SoSS) programme, which builds on the Roadmap to a Sustainable Shipping Industry. 

On January 22, Palau's Permanent Representative submitted to the United Nations, Palau's instrument of ratification for the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ).

Chile has achieved a significant milestone by unanimously voting to approve the Agreement on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ).

AD Ports Group, CMA CGM Group, and Ecocean have entered a scientific cooperation agreement for the installation of 48 Biohuts in Khalifa Port, in order to preserve biodiversity. 

A new seaweed farm has been established off the coast of Trøndelag, to test how large-scale kelp cultivation can become a cost-effective and sustainable ocean-based carbon removal solution.

A new initiative has emerged during COP 28, the “2030 Shipping Pact for People and Nature (SPPaN)”, to address the interconnected challenges of pollution, biodiversity loss, and the climate crisis and the potential co-benefits of shipping decarbonization for people and nature.

Three decades after breaking free from the Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986, the colossal iceberg A23a, one of the world's largest, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades according to reports from the British Antarctic Survey.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced the launch of a new trial aimed at unlocking the potential of wind propulsion as a sustainable solution for the maritime industry.