World Oceans Day: Maritime industry has a crucial role in the governance of the ocean
June 8th is World Oceans Day and the theme this year is "Life and livelihoods" according to Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of IMO.
Read moreJune 8th is World Oceans Day and the theme this year is "Life and livelihoods" according to Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of IMO.
Read moreBIMCO supports the Seabed 2030 initiative, in an effort to bring together bathymetric data and produce a definitive map of the world ocean floor by 2030.
Read more30 countries from across the oceans joined forces to tackle marine plastic litter under the GloLitter Partnerships Project.
Read moreDespite a drive from the global community to make oceans cleaner, ships are the polluting ‘elephants in the room’ nobody is talking about, with nearly every vessel in the world continually releasing substantial amounts of toxic metals into the sea, a new study notes.
Read moreDanish company ReSea Project, involved in cleaning rivers and oceans in Indonesia, became the second organization in the world to be certified to DNV GL’s Chain of Custody standard, built to assure the traceability and integrity of plastic recovered from the hydrosphere.
Read moreThe not-for-profit organisation Eyesea has successfully tested its pollution-mapping app on ocean-going vessels, when proof-of-concept readings using the prototype app were taken last month by crew members of an Oldendorff Carriers vessel near Florida, and seafarers manning a Union Marine Management Services (UMMS) vessel off the coast of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.
Read moreA.P. Moller-Maersk informed that extended its partnership with The Ocean Cleanup, a foundation which goals to rid the world’s oceans of plastic.
Read moreApproximately 50 countries around the global are about to launch a coalition in order to protect almost a third of the planet by 2030, while halt the destruction of the natural world and slow extinctions of wildlife.
Read moreThe High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy put forward a new ocean action agenda to sustainably manage nearly 30 million sq km of their national waters by 2025.
Read moreWTO members need to agree on an international deal to eliminate harmful fishing subsidies and help protect oceans and bounce them back, says Sir David Attenborough in a new video.
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