Tag: Pacific

On 16th June, a merchant tanker rescued a long-distance rower who had been adrift for three weeks in a life raft in the middle of the South Pacific, far from the nearest shipping lanes.

Sea Shepherd Global has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Tuvalu, committing to send a ship to the South Pacific island country to support law enforcement efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing through at-sea patrols.

The OceanCleanUp  team just published its latest findings on the composition, origins and age of plastic debris accumulating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) in the journal Scientific Reports. The new study reveals 75% to 86% of plastic debris in the Great Pacific GPGP originates from fishing activities at sea.

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.