issue 52   |   MARCH 2018

old attitudes, new systems

Despite the enforcement of new ballast water regulations, shipowners are slow to install new systems

mapping our oceans

With the launch of a new generation of powerful satellites, marine observation data has vastly improved

committing to speed limits

Slower steaming equals reduced GHG emissions, so why hasn’t the shipping industry committed to speed limits?

developing a blue economy

For a few landlocked countries that have developed a maritime industry, the risk seems to have been worth it

the nairobi convention

With wrecks creating hazardous obstacles, the convention could create a unified approach to their removal

the dark side of fishing

Countries and organisations are coming together to improve conditions for workers in the fishing sector