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25 SEPT 2025 As climate impacts multiply, a landmark United Nations treaty to protect ocean lifewill go into effect in January. Sierra Leone and Morocco on Friday provided the final of the 60 votes needed to ratify the accord on the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, ending a process that started in September …

24 SEPT 2025 There’s no limit to human ingenuity, especially when there’s oil and gas involved Here’s an extreme example of globalization’s tenacity and resilience: Russia, while subject to over 30,000 separate sanctions from nations around the world, has nevertheless exported $913 billion of oil and gas these past few …

23 SEPT 2025 A group of shipping firms warned that the International Maritime Organization’s planned net zero rules risk imposing significant costs on the industry. The IMO, shipping’s global regulator, has set a goal of net zero for shipping by mid-century and next month aims to formally adopt a plan that would see ships …

22 SEPT 2025 The chief engineer working on the MSC Michigan VII in June 2024, when the vessel had a runaway incident as it was departing Charleston, South Carolina, entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. attorney’s office. In filing the agreement in the U.S. District Court in South …

21 SEPT 2025  After a period from March to May in which Iranian exports of crude oil to China fell substantially, in the three months from June to August sales have resumed their upward trend. According to Kpler, Chinese ports unloaded 1.68 million barrels per day in August, an increase …

21 SEPT 2025 Members of the Getting to Zero Coalition say a failure to back the IMO net zero framework next month risks “significant negative consequences” for the industry. Battle lines are being drawn ahead of next month second IMO extraordinary MEPC meeting to decide on the adoption of the …