Crew communications are widely accepted as an important element of seafarer welfare provision and vessel operators are now prioritising onboard systems to enable crew to keep in touch with home.…
Update: Sea-Watch airborne operations in Mediterranean highlight lack of assistance from EU London. UK. Recent rescue operations carried out in the central Mediterranean reinforce the fatal consequences of European member States’ failure…
Save the Children and Haldor Topsoe help children in Mali fight the impacts of climate change Copenhagen, November 20, 2021 Topsoe and Save the Children will through education protect 18.000…
Iridium Announces Operation Arctic Lynx More than 20 international organizations are involved in Arctic-focused communications exercises demonstrating the scope, quality and range of satellite capabilities supporting governments and NGOs in…
InterManager vows to source vaccinations for seafarers Frustrated by the lack of progress and slow pace of international efforts, InterManager has vowed to work separately to obtain much-needed Covid-19 vaccines…
New global ISO-standard for ship-shore data exchange Data handshake breakthrough: public and private players accept maritime NGOs’ invitation to co-create global digital ISO standard for the exchange of administrative and…
NGOs Urge IMO To Rethink Weak HFO Ban, Demand Stronger Arctic Protection Infographic: The IMO Draft Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Regulation: A Ban In Name Only? Register now: MEPC…
NGOs call EU’s intent to export toxic ships to developing countries illegal and contrary to aims of Green Deal Brussels, 23 September 2020 – The Basel Action Network (BAN), the European…
Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #19 There were a total of 193 ships broken in the second quarter of 2019. Of these, 146 ships were sold to the infamous…
OP-ED: NGO Pacific Dialogue on Pacific Seafarers Opinion Piece 4th July 2019 Suva, Fiji. The Fijian partner to Human Rights at Sea, the NGO Pacific Dialogue, released an OP-ED for…
Industry supports the IMO’s new anti-corruption agenda The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to address maritime corruption by including this important issue in its work programme for the Facilitation…
Grimaldi Group’s subsidiary ACL illegally exports toxic waste to South Asia, while authorities are inert Read the release in Italian Brussels, 11 October 2017 – During the summer, the Swedish-flagged ATLANTIC CARTIER and…
Malta, October 9th, 2017:- The Our Ocean conference in Malta was the venue for the launch of an an international initiative to end use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by Arctic shipping.…
NGOs urge that it is necessary to hold the shipping industry accountable Brussels, 11 August 2017 – The European Commission released its report on the viability of a financial incentive for sustainable ship recycling…
Tom Holmer’s background in sustainability strengthens NGO’s drive to progress the shipping industry’s sustainability agenda LONDON – 21 JUNE 2017 – The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (“SSI”), a pioneering coalition of companies…
LONDON – MAY 1, 2017 – Carbon War Room (CWR)—part of Rocky Mountain Institute, the global NGO that promotes profitable solutions for decarbonisation—today announced the appointment of Maurice Meehan as the…
The international environmental NGO MEDASSET (Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles), working to protect sea turtles and their marine and coastal habitats in the Mediterranean, launches its new online…
Brussels, 10 March 2017 – Five European ship recycling yards announced yesterday that they have joined forces to effectively raise awareness of existing best practice and the fact that there…
Brussels, 6 October 2016 – When Maersk decided earlier this year to sell two end-of-life ships to beaching yards in Alang, India, a broad coalition of European environmental and human rights NGOs…
The Bodossaki Foundation is one of the largest privately owned public-benefit organisations in Greece. Since its founding in 1973, it has administered more than €400m aiming to promote the provision…
Following from ICHCA: As you know, ICHCA as an NGO to IMO was involved in drafting the new SOLAS VGM regulations and is now working alongside IMO…
LONDON – FEBRUARY 23, 2016 – Six leaders and influencers from across the shipping industry will join global NGO Carbon War Room’s (CWR’s) Shipping Operation Advisory Board. Their backgrounds span the…
Brussels, 21 December 2015 – The European Commission has opened the application procedure for the European List of ship recycling facilities last Friday, 18 December. Facilities located outside EU Member States are…
Athens, 28 May 2015 – Several key environmental NGOs working on sustainable shipping have met with Greek and European policy makers to discuss concerns related to the shipping industry’s high emissions, marine…
Collaboration & synergies create shared value sustainability, by Yanna Pavlopoulou* A research on collaborations as key sustainability driver A recent Research and Executive Study by MIT, BCG & UN Global…