The Log Book: Marathon Petroleum partners with the Women in Trucking Association

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Marathon Petroleum partners with WIT, CMA CGM plans to plant more coral nurseries and UPS re-commits itself to LGBTQIA+ employees for Pride Month.

Marathon Petroleum partners with the Women in Trucking Association

Marathon Petroleum’s Transport and Rail organization announced Friday it has entered into a partnership with the Women in Trucking Association (WIT) to recruit more women in...

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Shipping Australia celebrates World Oceans Day 2022

Pictured: Shoal Bay, near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Photo credit: Joel Vodell via Unsplash.

Shipping Australia notes and celebrates the occurrence of World Oceans Day 2022, which took place earlier this week on Wednesday 08 June 2022.

The United Nations celebrates World Oceans Day on 08 June every year. It was first declared by the UN on 08 June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Global Forum, an event at the UN Conference on Environment and Development.

In 2008, the UN General...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-australia-celebrates-world-oceans-day-2022/

World Oceans Day: CMA CGM Continues With Its Commitment To Restoring Coral Reefs

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The CMA CGM Group, a global player of shipping, land, air and logistics solutions, recognizes the global importance and urgency of healthy oceans and is committed to continuing with its efforts to ensure that our oceans are used sustainably, as well as ensuring that shipping services are ever more respectful of the environment.

Committed to protecting the oceans

This involvement of the CMA CGM Group is reflected in particular by the Reef Recovery program to restore coral reefs. These reefs are...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/world-oceans-day-cma-cgm-continues-with-its-commitment-to-restoring-coral-reefs/

Watch: IMO Secretary-General’s Statement On World Ocean Day 8 June, 2022

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On World Ocean Day, we must all recognize that revitalizing the ocean is critical for the planet. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim statement on World Ocean Day 8 June 2022.

“The ocean connects, sustains, and supports us all. Shipping is one of the prime users of the oceans delivering over 80 per cent of world trade and linking global supply chains.

Image Credits: imo.org

The International Maritime Organization has developed a comprehensive regulatory regime to ensure the marine environment is...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/watch-world-ocean-day-8-june-2022/

IMO Celebrates ‘Oceans’ on World Oceans Day!

  • June 8th is World Oceans Day and the theme is “Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean”.
  • The purpose of the day is to educate and inform about the importance of oceans.
  • Three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods.
  • Oceans absorb about 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming.
  • Maritime industry has an estimated value of $3 trillion per year or about 5% of global GDP.
  • Establishment of ‘Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas’...

https://mfame.guru/imo-celebrates-oceans-on-world-oceans-day/

Port Communities Around The Globe Decry Cruise Industry Pollution On World Oceans Day

Social License to Operate and the Blue Economy

Activists living in port communities around the world who have been fighting the cruise industry for their right to clean air and healthy oceans will hold a first-of-its-kind virtual “Rally to Clean Up Cruising”, Monday, June 8, during World Oceans Day.

Speakers from Nassau, Bahamas; Juneau and Hoonah, Alaska; Venice, Italy; Rockland, Maine; Bergen, Norway; Gold Coast, Australia; and Southampton, UK will join the Clean Up Carnival coalition to decry the cruise industry’s pollution-as-usual...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/port-communities-around-the-globe-decry-cruise-industry-pollution-on-world-oceans-day/

IMO Celebrates World Oceans Day – Innovation For A Sustainable Ocean

Celebrating The Oceans On World Oceans Day – IMO

On World Oceans Day, Kitack Lim, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization (IMO) invites a celebration of the majesty, beauty, and sheer wonder of our oceans and the ships that ply their trade on them.

“June 8th is World Oceans Day and the theme this year is “Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean”. The purpose of the Day is to educate and inform about how vital the oceans are to us all, about the impact of human actions on the ocean, to help foster a worldwide movement of citizens for...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-celebrates-world-oceans-day-innovation-for-a-sustainable-ocean/

The Tara Ocean Foundation launches an exceptional communication campaign

The Tara Ocean Foundation launches an exceptional communication campaign

World Oceans Day – June 8, 2020  

The Tara Ocean Foundation launches an exceptional communication campaign and strengthens involvement in marine microbiome research 

On the occasion of World Oceans Day, the Tara Ocean Foundation is launching an exceptional communication campaign and strengthens involvement in marine microbiome research. Designed by the agency SoixanteSeize, the campaign shows the world upside down, with an...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/06/01/the-tara-ocean-foundation-launches-an-exceptional-communication-campaign/