24 JUN 2023 People in the US are dying at higher rates than in other similar high-income countries, and that difference is only growing. That’s the key finding of a new study that I published in the journal PLOS ONE. In 2021, more than 892,000 of the 3,456,000 deaths the US experienced, or …
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WHAT IS RUSSIA’S PROBLEM WITH THE BLACK SEA GRAIN DEAL?
23 JUN 2023 President Vladimir Putin said this month that Russia was considering withdrawing from the Black Sea grain deal as he accused the West of cheating Moscow because it still faced obstacles getting its own agricultural goods to world markets. Putin said he would discuss the future of the grain deal …
Read More »TO FIND ILLEGAL FISHING VESSELS, FOCUS ON FLAG STATE AND GEAR TYPE
22 JUN 2023 Media reports of abuse of fishers and illegal fishing are making consumers wonder whether the seafood on their plate is associated with these unsustainable practices. Our research suggests that there is reason to be concerned. We find that risks of labour abuses and IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing are prevalent worldwide, …
Read More »SYSTEM DEMONSTRATORS: SWEDISH PORTS AS A CASE STUDY FOR INNOVATION
21 JUN 2023 A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise its capital productivity and increase its energy efficiency. In the interest of its citizens, it must innovate to do more with less and transform to a lower cost …
Read More »SANCTIONS DRIVE BOOM IN CONTAINER TRADE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND INDIA
20 JUN 2023 The energy ties between Russia and India have been booming for the last year, and container traffic between the two countries is also forecast to grow. With some of the Russian shipping companies facing sanctions from the West, the Indian market presents a new growth opportunity. One …
Read More »GREENPEACE BLOCKADES TANKER SHIPMENT OF WASTEWATER FROM NORWAY
19 JUN 2023 On Sunday, four activists from Greenpeace Nordic briefly delayed a tanker carrying wastewater from the Norwegian oil industry to Denmark. The activists used divers and magnets to attach a small sailboat to the hull of the tanker Bothnia, which was transporting about 9,000 tonnes of contaminated wastewater from …
Read More »PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD PUTS OUT FIRE ON RO/PAX FERRY
18 JUN 2023 On Sunday, the Philippine Coast Guard helped extinguish a fire aboard a large passenger vessel off the coast of Bohol. That morning, the PCG received word that the ropax ferry Esperanza Star had caught fire off Panglao, Bohol while under way for Tagbilaran. The vessel had about 120 people …
Read More »BANGLADESH APPROVES RATIFICATION OF HONG KONG CONVENTION
17 JUN 2023 Bangladesh, home of the world’s top-paying buyers of end-of-life tonnage, has approved ratification of the Hong Kong Convention on shipbreaking practices (HKC). There are several formal steps further to go, but the decision effectively guarantees that the nation will join the convention and bring it one step …
Read More »NEW EU PROPOSALS TARGET SAFETY AND POLLUTION IN SHIPPING
16 JUN 2023 The European Commission has unveiled a set of five legislative proposals aimed at modernizing maritime safety rules and preventing pollution from ships. With maritime transport accounting for 75% of the EU’s external trade, the proposals aim to ensure the safety of shipping while protecting the environment. The proposals focus …
Read More »THE CYBERSECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF IMO 2023
15 JUN 2023 What is IMO 2023? In 2011, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) established rules for new-build vessels to reduce the amount of CO2 generated from shipping called the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI). In 2023, new IMO regulations created the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) to assess …
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