UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2023 calls for a “just and equitable transition” to a decarbonized shipping industry. The sector, whose greenhouse gas emissions have risen 20% over the last decade, operates an ageing fleet that runs almost exclusively on fossil fuels. As global leaders prepare for the next UN …
MUMBAI: Raising concern over threat to the coastal eco-system, Union minister of environment and forests Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday said there are more than 40 ships stranded off the Mumbai coast and a few of them contain polluting material. Presiding over a meeting to review mitigation and response mechanism for …
A summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, and their significance for the land transport sector. This report, prepared by the Bridging the Gap initiative, provides some background and gives a short overview of the key issues and a summary of the outcomes …
UNCTAD's Review of Maritime Transport has provided 44 years of uninterrupted coverage of the key developments affecting international seaborne trade, shipping, the world fleet, ports, freight markets, and transport-related regulatory and legal frameworks. The Review also covers inland transport and intermodal connections. Keeping track of both long-term trends and the …
The Navy, Coast Guard and Tamil Nadu Police are continuing their search for five crew members of cargo ship, MT Pratibha Cauvery, who went missing in the sea due to cyclonic storm Nilam on Wednesday. There is, however, no clarity over the sequence of events that prompted them to abandon …
This report evaluates the impact of transportation policies on worldwide oil consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the potential for the reduction of both out to 2030. Its analysis finds that policies adopted and formally announced since 2000 will dramatically reduce oil consumption and GHG emissions from the transportation …
The Ministry of Transport is considering piloting carbon trading or a carbon tax in the domestic shipping business, the Economic Information Daily reported on Monday. The ministry has researched different market measures to cut carbon emission in China's shipping business, and either carbon trading or a carbon tax may be …
The Supreme Court granted six weeks’ time to the Central government to communicate its stand on the Sethusamudram project. A Bench of Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad accorded more time to the government after Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman said the Union Cabinet required to discuss the issue …
The Centre is planning to reject the Pachauri panel report on the Sethusamudram project and set up a new committee to re-examine ‘Alignment 4A’ suggested by the Supreme Court. If needed, the panel will identify an alternative route that avoids the Ram Sethu. Walking a tightrope between ally DMK and …
A European crackdown on pollution from ships will require billions of dollars worth of investment by shipping firms on filter technology and by refineries on upgrades to produce cleaner fuels - burdens they can ill afford. The shipping industry is already struggling due to poor global demand and overcapacity, which …
Environment Ship Index (ESI) has shown a steady growth of ships whose emissions are lower than the internationally allowed limits. At the end of June, 1089 ships had a score on the Environment Ship Index (ESI) as against start of this year, when there were only 570 ships. Thirty-five per …
- Karimganj-bound cargo ships from both countries set to sail from Calcutta this week. Silchar: India and Bangladesh are on happy waters again after reviving a protocol to use the neighbouring country’s rivers. The sailing of cargo ships from Calcutta river port to the trading town of Karimganj in Assam …
Environmentalist group, ToxicsWatch Alliance, has raised alarm bells against the permission being granted to a “hazardous” and “dead” US ship Exxon Valdez to dock in Alang beach, Gujarat. The ship has been allowed to enter Indian waters in violation of the Supreme Court order, says an open letter by Mr …
NEW DELHI, 10 JUNE: The National Green Tribunal has sought replies from the Centre and the owner of Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV Rak, which sank off Mumbai coast last year, on a plea for compensation for damages caused to the marine ecology due to an oil spill. The tribunal issued …
Rapidly growing cities in the developing world face a complex and challenging task to keep pace with their expanding populations; investment, planning and meeting the labour aspirations of their new inhabitants, says this report from the McKinsey Global Institute. Cities have long been the world’s economic dynamos, but today the …
Tough new limits on the maximum sulphur content of shipping fuels will come into effect in Europe at the end of the decade, after EU governments agreed on draft legislation on Wednesday. Air pollution from marine fuels with a high sulphur content is estimated to cause 50,000 premature deaths a …
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow a controversial US ship to head to Alang in Gujarat for dismantling after an NGO pointed out that the vessel was required to give prior intimation of its decontamination. The ship, Oriental Nicety, was refused permission to enter Indian waters after NGO …
The objective of ‘Green Economy in a Blue World’ is to analyse the challenges and opportunities of a potential transition towards a green economy in key sectors heavily linked to the marine and coastal environment – the blue world. The report will also analyse the necessary policy and institutional adjustments …
The shipping industry needs a "common, global roadmap" on environmental issues such as emissions to prevent imbalances in world trade, according to the president of the Baltic and International Maritime Council, Yudhishthir D Khatau, speaking at a press conference in Singapore. Mr Khatau said any action that was based on …
FedEx Express Envelope, made from 100 per cent recycled content, is getting another environmentally-friendly boost. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, is launching a carbon-neutral shipping programme for its most widely used packaging solution for document shipping at no extra charge to the customer, the company said. FedEx Express …
