The Government of Canada published new Marine Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020, which now apply to commercial vessels of all sizes, including fishing vessels, workboats, water taxis and ferries.
More than 50 leaders from the financial, public and private sectors participated in the first “Financing Sustainable Maritime Transport (FIN-SMART) Roundtable” on 27 October, addressing the need to accelerate finance to support sustainable shipping, particularly in developing countries.
It is known that without protection, a submerged steel surface will gradually corrode, that is why steel quay walls are generally fitted with sacrificial anodes. Although, there is an alternative protection method: using anodes that are charged with ‘impressed current’.
It is known that without protection, a submerged steel surface will gradually corrode, that is why steel quay walls are generally fitted with sacrificial anodes. Although, there is an alternative protection method: using anodes that are charged with ‘impressed current’.
The National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) along with Royal Academy of Engineering issued a paper focused on how to help decarbonise the economy, and create a national workforce planning strategy.
The International Maritime Organization fully supports global efforts to protect biodiversity in the world’s oceans, and therefore launched a video concerning the protection of marine biodiversity and ecosystems.
The Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee (PAICC) carried out a discussion focusing on how the PAICC will function by addressing substantive aspects of its draft Rules of Procedure.
Ports Australia launched its world first Port Sustainability Strategy Development Guide, to provide ports in Australia with a systematic and robust approach to sustainability as they prepare their strategies or evolve the work they’ve already done.
On 24 September 2020, IMO and the global maritime community celebrates the annual World Maritime Day, under the theme “Sustainable Shipping for a Sustainable Planet”. On the occasion of the World Maritime Day, both UN and IMO Secretary General stressed that shipping remains the main facilitator of global economy, even amid the pandemic.
In 2019, Carnival Corporation made further progress on its 2020 carbon reduction goal and committed to a new goal of 40% reduction in the intensity of CO2 emissions by 2030, in line with IMO requirements and the Paris Agreement, the company said in its newly launched sustainability report.
