As the world’s land-based economies struggle with around 2% GDP growth, the global marine economy – often talked about as “the blue economy” – is a bright light on the horizon.
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Cargo that automatically reports to customs, containers that monitor their contents, and robots that pick and pack at either end: technology is changing freight, forever.
There’s an ever-increasing demand for more shipping routes and it’s taking its toll on the planet.
Innovative ideas about how to decarbonise shipping are helping to harness the original renewable power source once more.
Port traffic near the Great Barrier Reef will more than double by 2025, as coal and other exports grow. While major incidents are rare, the chronic toll on the reef itself still remains largely unknown.
The US is considering using warships and helicopters to pressure China into scaling back construction in the Spratly islands. But why is there one rule for China, and another for other nations?
When commercial whaling was banned in 1986 it put an end to a harvest that threatened the existence of some of the most majestic animals on Earth. With several species reduced to tiny fractions of their…
How has our approach to saving lives at sea changed since the tragedy of the RMS Titanic in which 1,523 of the 2,228 people she was carrying died a century ago? Surprisingly, not much. Only this April…
A team of scientists from the UK, the US, Australia and New Zealand have modelled the fate of a huge floating raft of volcanic rocks that formed in 2012 during a submarine eruption of a Pacific volcano…
The Nicaraguan government has granted a concession to a mysterious Chinese company owned by Jing Wang, a little-known Hong-Kong based businessman, to build an inter-oceanic canal. This would provide an…
We might only notice whales when they appear in our world, but beyond the scopes of whale watchers, whales and dolphins live rich - and noisy - lives. In fact scientists are only just beginning to understand…
Disappearing Arctic sea ice has brought new opportunities for shipping, and placed the top of the world squarely on industry and politicians’ agendas. When the bulk carrier MV Nordic Orion last week ferried…
The huge Costa Concordia cruiseship is due to be righted in preparation for finally being towed away from the Italian island of Giglio. But why has lifting and removing the wreck taken so long, given that…
Maritime engineering is no exception in worldwide effort to save energy and protect the environment. In 2008 the International Maritime Organization, a UN agency, set up its Marine Environmental Protection…
Foundation essay: This article on the future of the Arctic by Tavis Potts, Senior Lecturer in Oceans Governance at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, is part of a series marking the launch of…
Thanks to global warming new business opportunities may be available to shipping companies. Researchers from UCLA projected…
If everyday items were labelled according to the carbon emissions embodied in them, would shoppers change what they buy? And if they did, would it make a difference in the grand scheme of things? Voluntary…
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Senior Lecturer in Culture & Climate, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics, University of Leeds
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Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Reader in Energy and Transport, UCL
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Research Associate, Shipping and Climate Change, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD (Maritime Security)
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Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy, University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor in Circular Supply Chains, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor of Business, University of Tennessee
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Senior Lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
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Professor of International Relations, University of Copenhagen
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Associate professor, Royal Danish Defence College
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Professeur émérite de géographie, Université de Montréal
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Professor of Practice & Director, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University