Tag: Pacific

IMO is helping to strengthen regional mechanisms dealing with oil spills in the Pacific Islands region, by providing support to the new PACPLAN Resilience Project 2022-2025.

The IMO Secretariat initiated a project aiming to improve the availability of relevant maritime transport costs data for the Pacific SIDS/Pacific Region.

IMO and the World Bank Group joined forces to encourage adoption of a Maritime Single Window (MSW) system.

In light of the COVID-19 vaccine delivery phase, Panama Canal along with Panama Ports Company (PPC) and PSA Panama International Terminal (PSA Panama) joined forces to boost vaccine's distribution to Latin America.

Kwai, the motor-sailing cargo arrived and docked at the port of Honolulu, having caught more than 100 tons of fishing nets and consumer plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (also known as the Gyre).

According to the Russian institution, Glavgosexpertiza recently gave its approval for the establishment of an LNG transshipment terminal, proposed by the natural gas producer, Novatek. Specifically, the terminal will be located in the Kamchatka, Bechevinskaya Bay and will begin its construction operations during 2020.

With Pacific people coming second in the list of the highest drowning fatalities amount in Auckland, Tagata Pacifika published the video below, presenting tips to remain safe in the water. Specifically, Tagata Pacifika's reporter John Pulu talked with water-safety experts, which shared their tips to prevent drowning accidents.

An alliance of Pacific island nations hopes to acquire USD 500 million aiming to a zero-carbon emissions shipping, a plausible scenario in the Pacific Ocean by the middle of the century, given that the Pacific islands rely on transportation in their everyday lives.

The US Coast Guard, US Air Force, US Navy, Federated States of Micronesia Police, and good Samaritans collaborated to successfully rescue seven people adrift on their 18-foot vessel for six days during a joint rescue mission near the Mortlock Islands, Chuuk State, on September 14.

The crew of US Coast Guard Cutter 'Mellon', including two Canadian fishery officers, returned to their homeport of Seattle Sunday after an 80-day patrol detecting and deterring illegal fishing activity in the Pacific Ocean. The boarding teams detected a total of 68 potential violations.