Call for shipping to hone its forecasting skills to cut through uncertainty
Lloyd’s Register and Lloyd’s Register Foundation unveil findings of commissioned report Global Maritime Trends 2050
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Pilot ESG index launched with call to shipowners to upload data
New tool will give shipowners a 0 to 100 rating on their reporting
On Robots Killing People
The robot revolution began long ago, and so did the killing. One day in 1979, a robot at a Ford Motor Company casting plant malfunctioned—human workers determined that it was not going fast enough. And so twenty-five-year-old Robert Williams was asked to climb into a storage rack to help move things along. The one-ton robot continued to work silently, smashing into Williams’s head and instantly killing him. This was reportedly the first incident in which a robot killed a human; many more would follow.
At Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 1981, Kenji Urada died in similar …
IMO carbon targets may not have missed a 1.5C trajectory by much, new research shows
Forthcoming whitepaper by consultancy UMAS finds IMO targets nearly in line with Paris Agreement, but policy measures, a zero-emissions target in 2040 and more action from national governments are needed
Podcast: Is maritime ready to climb EU’s new mountain of sustainability rules?
The audio edition of Green Seas digs into the upcoming reporting requirements on a host of environmental, social and governance matters
Few Nordic shipping companies make ‘A’ grades ahead of ‘avalanche’ of sustainability rules
ESG advisory firm says industry faces gaps to achieve upcoming EU reporting standards
Unimplemented controls could derail your ESG compliance efforts
Two-thirds of organizations have not implemented environmental, social and governance (ESG) controls, and 60% do not currently perform internal ESG audits, according to a report by AuditBoard. Lack of ESG program readiness This lack of ESG program read…
London shipping: Are the Baltic Exchange and FFA market experiencing the ‘seven-year itch’?
CEO Mark Jackson may be holding together a fractious shipping community but he’s not seeing the effort in a negative light
Shipping regulator IMO urged to push slow-steaming rules to cut ‘ocean roadkill’
Scale of the problem is under-reported with 75 animals at risk of harm from ship strikes, researchers warn
Russia’s IMO role hangs in balance after threats to Black Sea shipping
Elections for the 40-strong council are due in 2023 after a two-year term marked by war and turbulence for international shipping