The Pacific region has the moral authority to demand global action on the climate crisis, the UN Secretary General says.
Antonio Guterres was speaking as he wrapped up his visit to Vanuatu on the final leg of his Pacific Islands tour which included stops in Tuvalu and Fiji.
Posted on - 2019-05-20The global merchant fleet has surpassed the 2bn dwt mark for the first time, doubling in size in just 13 years, and could be on track to hit 3bn dwt by 2033, according to data from Clarkson Research.
Posted on - 2019-05-20Shipowners keen to get rid of their scrubber discharges in Southeast Asia’s largest port will need to fork out a sizeable sum.
The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has ruled that exhaust gas cleaning residues generated by ships have been classified as toxic industrial waste and as such the residues must be collected and managed by licensed toxic industrial waste collectors who can then arrange for the waste to be offloaded in packaged form or in intermediate bulk container tanks directly to trucks and MPA licensed harbour craft for ships at berth and at anchorages, respectively.
Posted on - 2019-05-20