2020 To Be A Crucial Year for Saving Our Oceans!

  • In 2020, countries are expected to update their NDCs, to accelerate emissions reductions.
  • 80 countries representing 10% of global emissions have presented improvement plans.
  • UN plans to convene a high-level meeting in Lisbon, Portugal to advance the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).

According to an article published in China Dialogue Ocean and authored by Fermín Koop, global summits have the last chance to tackle crises of the ocean, fisheries, biodiversity, and climate.

A...

http://mfame.guru/2020-to-be-a-crucial-year-for-saving-our-oceans/

Mikael Laurin, Managing Director, Lean Marine

In episode 127 you meet Mikael Laurin, Managing Director, Lean Marine, a company dedicated to automated-fuel saving and data analysis solutions. Mikael comes from a shipping company where he served as the CEO after a career as a consultant for various companies, start-ups and large entities.

Mikael shares his view on the current market, where he thinks our industry is heading, but he also speaks about when his heritage called him to be part of the family-owned shipping company. He welcomes the...

https://shippingpodcast.com/mikael-laurin-managing-director-lean-marine/

WMU: Students From Over 70 Countries Ace the Graduation

The maritime leaders of tomorrow from over 70 countries graduated from the World Maritime University (WMU) on 3rd November in Malmö, Sweden., reports Marine Link.

World Maritime University
  • WMU was founded in 1983 by IMO as a center of excellence for maritime postgraduate education, research, and capacity building.
  • It offers unique postgraduate educational programs, undertakes wide-ranging research in maritime and ocean-related studies and helps build maritime capacity in line with the...

http://mfame.guru/wmu-students-from-over-70-countries-ace-the-graduation/

IMO Puts Forth Candidate Measures To Aid Ship Emission Reductions

The IMO Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships has made significant progress in pushing forward with work to help achieve the ambitious targets set out in the initial IMO strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships, reports ShipInsight.

IMO is committed to working to combat climate change, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 on climate action.

Current scenario

The focus should be on assessing a well-to-wake carbon balance,...

http://mfame.guru/imo-puts-forth-candidate-measures-to-aid-ship-emission-reductions/

Bjørn K. Haugland, Executive Vice President and the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) in DNV GL Group

Bjørn K. Haugland is a Naval Architect who got the sustainability perspective when he lived in China a few years ago. He started in the oil & gas industry and then worked with quality assurance of marine operations for a couple of years, but when he saw the environmental challenges his social interest became his focal point and today Bjørn is the Chief Sustainability Officer in the entire DNV GL Group.

We discuss the changes to the industry today, how innovative the maritime industry is but how...

https://shippingpodcast.com/bjorn-k-haugland-executive-vice-president-and-the-chief-sustainability-officer-cso-in-dnv-gl-group/

Paul Holthus, Founding President & CEO, World Ocean Council

At the Opening Oceans Conference, organised by NOR Shipping, I met with Paul Holthus, CEO of the World Ocean Council, WOC, who was one of the keynote speakers. Paul founded WOC when he saw that shipping and the ocean environment are both inseparably linked, but with the former having a dramatic effect on the latter.

Listen to Paul speaking about how the Young Ocean Professional network works, through referrals and introductions and how this network is growing. More than 35,000 volunteers are...

https://shippingpodcast.com/paul-holthus-founding-president-ceo-world-ocean-council/

VIDEO: OMI – ¿Qué es una política nacional de transporte marítimo?

Según la OMI, el transporte marítimo es una parte central de la llamada “economía azul”, con un potencial enorme para promover el crecimiento económico y mejorar las vidas de las personas a la par que aborda varios de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Ahora bien, para que las naciones puedan...

https://fullavantenews.com/video-omi-que-es-una-politica-nacional-de-transporte-maritimo/?lang=es

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