Please tweet me every time you hear a shipowner tell a #Posidonia2022 seminar 'we can't all be Maersk' as an explanation of their attitudes to #alternativefuels, #decarbonization and their progress on both to date.

1/First off, hats off to everyone for getting all the passengers off #SpiritOfNorfolk. Top-notch job by the crew and that of #VictoryRover. Based on reports and photos, it appears that the fire started in the engine room. You can see the smoke from back aft. WAVY TV 10

Wy are some IMO member states against press reporting of their deliberations? Because they say one thing in public and another behind closed doors. The same phenomenon is at play here in Brussels.

Today is #WorldOceanDay. To celebrate, Global Fishing Watch has developed and publicly released the first ever global map of previously undetected dark fleets, or vessels that do not broadcast their location or appear in public monitoring systems. More 👉 globalfishingwatch.org/map/fishing-ac…

It's Friday & back on MEPC coverage for the final day & live-tweeting proceedings in line with media T&Cs for IMO coverage. While I've been away the last 2 days the International Chamber of Shipping's proposal for a $500m R&D fund via $2/tonne levy on fuel oil has been dumped

Expedition ship damaged, leaking oil after grounding, Svalbard, Arctic maritimebulletin.net/2022/06/14/exp…

“Just vote,” they say to 700k DC residents without voting representation in Congress.

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Nearly two years after #Beirut's port blast, local probe remains stalled. That has forced some victims to seek justice elsewhere. 9 people have just filed a $250mn suit in Texas against a U.S.-based firm: reuters.com/world/middle-e…

What happened is scientists discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.

The UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea is accepting applications for the session of advanced training in ocean affairs and the law of the sea More information: un.org/oceancapacity/… #sea #training #UNCLOS #law #opportunity #maritime #EEZ #sustainability

Marine Policy hugely appreciates our reviewers for their expert contributions. We would not exist without you. In appreciation, we invite regular reviewers to apply for one of our four Reviewer Research Grants for US$3,310 (see thread for more detail).

The #BikeHfx community came together tonight for #CriticalMass to demonstrate our need for safe infrastructure and to mourn Meinhard Doelle, who was killed while riding a bike this week. We #DemandMore so that people can be safe and share the joy of cycling.

20 years ago, nearly 1,900 people perished when the Senegalese ferry the Joola capsized — the second deadliest shipwreck ever recorded in peacetime. But outside of Senegal, few people have heard about it, and in Senegal, no one has been held accountable. nytimes.com/2022/09/25/wor…

Few works have been the subject of such fierce debate – both globally and historically – as Grotius’s The Free Sea (1609). Tonight, at our Frankfurter Rechtshistorische Abendgespräche, renisa mawani (University of British Columbia) revisits this work from the perspective of a climate catastrophe. 🧵👇 1/

Historic day for #ClimateJustice and our oceans 🌊 Today COSIS on Climate Change and International Law🇦🇬🇹🇻🇵🇼🇳🇺🇻🇺🇱🇨requested the 1st advisory opinion on climate change from International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ⚖️ complementary to and in support of #ICJAO4Climate OPMAntiguaBarbuda Tuvalu Mission UN Permanent Mission of Palau 🇵🇼 Hon. Dalton Tagelagi Vanuatu UN OPMSaintLucia🇱🇨

THREAD: In a collaborative investigation led by Lighthouse Reports, we spent ≈ 2022 boarding ferries to document Europe’s lesser-known pushback practice, where secret prisons on private ships are used to illegally return asylum seekers from #Italy to #Greece. lighthousereports.nl/investigation/…

Congratulations to my PhD advisor! Great choice!

What developing country supporters and opponents of a shipping emission tax both agree on is that it shouldn't be a replacement for rich countries giving developing ones climate finance. "This money is not to fill in the gap where you failed," said Marshall Islands ambassador.

On HTBS: Rebecca Pskowski ⚓, who took her first strokes on the Charles River eleven years ago, raced at her first Head Of The Charles in October. She sent her article with some beautiful autumn pictures to HTBS. CRCRowDC heartheboatsing.com/2024/11/12/201…