Co-chaired by the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and the Fijian Government, the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP) held its first virtual Ministerial Meeting past Thursday.

The Partnership is the first multi country-driven initiative expected to create new opportunities across the region in terms of carbon-free maritime transportation.

The Meeting was co-chaired by the Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, Shaheen Ali and RMI Ambassador to Fiji, Albon Ishoda, and supported by the staff of MCST.

 

For additional details, please visit the link below:

https://fijisun.com.fj/2020/11/11/decarbonising-our-shipping-industry/ 

Posted on - 2020-11-11

Siglar Carbon, previously known as Freixchange, has claimed it has developed a Carbon Monitoring & Reporting digital platform to cut spot tanker emissions by 50% through measuring, reporting, and estimating international shipping emissions. For ships voyaging under Siglar’s service, precise consumption and emissions numbers are collected and placed into its emissions models for continuous improvement of its estimates to provide charterers and owners with comparable numbers prior to fixing.

Siglar Carbon Monitoring and Reporting reflects the recent Sea Cargo Charter methodology, currently handling emission reporting for 17 Sea Cargo Charter signatories. 

For additional details on Siglar Carbon's work, please visit the link below:

https://splash247.com/siglar-carbon-how-to-slash-tanker-emissions-in-half/ 

Posted on - 2020-11-10

 

Launched in August, a collaboration between Sustainable Travel International, Slow Food International, and the Palau Bureau of Tourism seeks to achieve carbon neutrality for the economy of the Republic of Palau. In 2019, 89,000 international travelers visited the nation, with Tourism contributing US$67 million, or 47%, of national GDP. Tourism is also a key driver of climate change through transport and consumption patterns of visitors incurring heavy usage of fossil fuels, which directs revenue away from the island to meet the fuel import requirements currently needed.

The collaboration seeks to engage in sustainable agriculture and fisheries management, reduce reliance on imports, and develop a carbon management tool for tourists to calculate and track emissions from their travel and tourism activities, and then be offered choices for carbon offsetting such as mangrove restoration, or regional sustainable production activities that reduce CO2 emissions. All offset choices will be based in Palau, and it is expected the tool could raise over US$1m per annum

For additional details, please visit the link below:

https://globetrender.com/2020/11/05/palau-worlds-first-carbon-neutral-tourism-destination/ 

Posted on - 2020-11-10