Despite millions of pounds of tuna transshipped through Pacific island ports, nobody has a precise count of the tonnage.
The entire system for both industry and island fisheries managers revolves around estimates of the tonnage - a deficiency the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority is attempting to remedy.
Posted on - 2019-12-29A proposal made today by shipowners for a $2 per tonne levy on ship fuel to create a $5bn fund over 10 years for research into low and zero emission propulsion will be welcomed.
It shows that the climate change emergency the world faces is finally being acknowledged in the heart of a vital global business which has struggled to solve the challenges it faces.
But that is as far as the praise should go, since the proposal appears to be bureaucratic and slow in addressing an issue that needs urgent action now.
Posted on - 2019-12-29Japanese researchers and engineers are working on a project that could see a wind-powered vessel generate hydrogen. The system under development is to produce carbon dioxide free hydrogen on a large sail powered vessel where the sails produce both thrust for the ship and the power to generate electricity to power to create a chemical hydrogen carrier.
Posted on - 2019-12-29