The date was 25 July 1946. The location - Bikini Atoll. The event - only the fifth A-bomb explosion and the first-ever detonation under water.
The pictures we've all seen: A giant mushroom cloud climbing out of the Pacific, sweeping up ships that had been deliberately left in harm's way to see what nuclear war was capable of.
Now, 73 years later, scientists have been back to map the seafloor.
Posted on - 2019-12-10A side event taking place during the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain, focused on the ocean and climate nexus as a key component for increasing ambition and achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Participants discussed the Ocean & Climate Platform, which was established at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC as a multi-stakeholder coalition working on the science-policy interface.
Posted on - 2019-12-10While regulation has always been a fundamental pillar in maritime, the people that decide, shape and enforce regulations today can determine the fortunes or miseries of the industry. Decarbonisation and sanctions in particular exemplified this point in 2019. There is little evidence 2020 will be much different.
Year after year, regulation is becoming an increasingly more important part of this industry. These are the 10 most significant actors in regulation that affect shipping.
Posted on - 2019-12-10