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UNCTAD raises alarm over disruptions in shipping routes for global trade

Issues in Suez Canal, Panama Canal and Black Sea pose unprecedented challenges; may increase shipping costs, impact developing nations

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How do your favourite fashion brands score on climate card? Quite bad

Sports brands fare better than fast fashion ones on climate commitments as well as switch to low-carbon materials in manufacturing

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Seychelles is becoming overwhelmed by marine plastic — We now know where it comes from

Plastic debris is strewn across Aldabra’s coastlines, threatening nearby marine ecosystems

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Oil spill by Sea Diamond in Greece's Aegean Sea

Power of ancient sails

In court

Science and Technology - Briefs

Noisy waters

United Nations International Maritime Organization agrees to reach net zero “by or around” 2050

Maritime shipping is responsible for 3% of global anthropogenic Greenhouse House Gas emissions, says the IPCC’s 2022 report  

Experts welcome Delhi government’s electric vehicle policy

The policy aims to make a quarter of all new vehicle registrations battery-operated by 2024

Centre seeks implementation of Sethusamudram project

Affidavit filed by Union ministry of shipping rejects Pachauri Committee report on alternative route alignment

Dutch cargo vessel Probo Koala free to sail

Is Arctic rush worth it?

With Shell's proposed oil exploration in the Chukchi Sea, we revisit the potential impact of exploring oil, natural gas, minerals and fish …

Natural highways

The aviation sector is struggling for survival, while roadways and railways are bleeding the treasury dry. Inland navigation is economical and …

Arctic ice makes way for oil trade

Melting Arctic ice will establish South Korea as Asia oil hub by 2020

India granted 'observer' status in Arctic Council

Letters

Supreme Court restrains dismantling Blue Lady

What just happened to the price of oil?

There is no guarantee the problems of storage evident in the US won’t spread to other markets  

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