Per Martin Tanggaard has read the headlines on Splash carefully this week. The study commissioned by the Getting to Zero Coalition that suggests there’ll need to be an outlay in excess of $1trn for shipping to achieve the IMO’s decarbonisation goals has got the head of Nor-Shipping excited.

In conversation with Maritime CEO, Tanggaard is keen to emphasise the scale of the opportunity facing the shipping industry as it looks to decarbonise. The Nor-Shipping director believes there’s a danger that this week’s high-profile report, which created headlines across the world, could be viewed with “unhelpful pessimism” rather than acting as a catalyst for required industry action.

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Posted on - 2020-01-23

Drought on Vanuatu's southern island of Aniwa has created competition for food between villagers and their livestock, a teacher says.

The government sent emergency supplies to the island this week, including 900 bags of rice and 2000 cartons of water.

The teacher, who has just returned to Port Villa after visiting his family on Aniwa, said there had been no rain for six months.

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Posted on - 2020-01-23

Police in Solomon Islands are searching for nine people missing from a boat found in Isabel province.

The boat set out from Gizo in Western Province in a north-east direction on January 15 bound for South Choiseul with five men, two women and two children onboard.

Five days later, a search party found the boat capsized to the east of their destination, near Kia in Isabel Province, with no sign of those who were on board.

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Posted on - 2020-01-23