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IMO Secretary-General urges support for FSO Safer plan
IMO Secretary-General urges support for FSO Safer plan IMO Secretary-General urges States to support an UN-coordinated plan to transfer oil from degrading floating storage units off Yemen. International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged further financial support for an UN-coordinated operational plan to address the threat of a…
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FIATA launches paperless FBL solution
FIATA, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, has worked on the release of this long-desired document update to ease the work processes of its members, allowing them to become digital freight-forwarders. FIATA is proud to bring its members a pragmatic solution to move from paper documents to paperless FIATA…
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CLECAT urges ENVI committee to make ETS11 fair from all road users
CLECAT calls on Members of the ENVI Committee to support the creation of a separate EU ETS for heating and road transport (ETS II) only if it enables the pursuit of the objectives of the European Green Deal and respects the ‘polluter-pays’ principle. CLECAT is of the opinion that a…
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IMO : Committing to protecting the marine environment in the Caribbean
Caribbean Member States and industry have set the course for the future to protect the Caribbean marine environment during the latest meeting of the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information, and Training Centre – Caribe (RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe). The 10th RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe Steering Committee Meeting (which is held every two years) was held in Curaçao…
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EMSA : Preliminary Market Consultation – Questionnaire on RPAS surveillance services from vessels
RPAS operation begins offering enhanced maritime surveillance to Danish national authorities The objective of this market consultation is to enable EMSA to gather more in-depth knowledge of the market structure, proven technical solutions, and players related to the provision of the RPAS maritime surveillance services from patrol vessels, under the…
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A message Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry : International Day for Women in Maritime
A message from Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of the World Maritime University (WMU) “I am pleased to mark the inaugural IMO International Day for Women in Maritime, 18 May 2022, with a message in support of maritime women globally. ‘Training-Visibility-Recognition: Supporting a barrier-free working environment’, is well suited for the…
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IMO – 18 May – celebrating women in maritime
The first International Day for Women in Maritime focuses on the theme “Training-Visibility-Recognition: Supporting a barrier-free working environment”. The first International Day for Women in Maritime on 18 May 2022 provides a platform to highlight and celebrate the achievements of women in maritime and identify areas of improvement for gender…
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Egypt is awash in plastic : An estimated 2.8m tonnes of plastic waste (Report PDF )
Egypt is awash in plastic. So are its river and coastal waters, including those of the Nile, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. Of an estimated 2.8m tonnes of plastic waste leaked into the Mediterranean each year, Egypt is by far the largest source, accounting for 43% of the…
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Visualising the chemical crisis: the pathways, the cost, and the potential solution
About 80% of marine chemical pollution begins on land. In this series of infographics based on The Invisible Wave, we look at the pathways of chemical pollution, the cost of dead zones, the possible solution and drivers of change in the chemical industry, and the potential of a net-zero future…
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