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Ocean Plastics News

 

Interview: Christine Spiten, WWF & Cleaning Up Ocean Plastics

Sep 01, 2020

Christine Spiten, Nor-Shipping’s latest #ACTION hero, is profiled here, explaining how she left Blueye for the WWF and a mission to stop the ocean's plastics problem the problem at its source. “Eight million tons.”Christine Spiten lets the number sink in for a second … “That’s how much plastic enters the sea every year from our cities and rivers. It threatens not just local ecosystems and the wider environment…

Tech File: Hatenboer-Water Develops "Plastic Free @Sea" Concept

Dec 20, 2021

While much of the maritime world's tech chatter focuses on emissions and fuel choice, Dutch water company Hatenboer-Water developed the Plastic Free @Sea concept as a smart solution to reduce plastic waste on board ships at sea.Reducing plastic waste has become key in environmental protection…

Logistics News

FMC Issues Warning on Strait of Hormuz Surcharges

FMC Issues Warning on Strait of Hormuz Surcharges

Chubb to Serve as Lead US Insurer for Gulf Shipping Amid Iran War

Chubb to Serve as Lead US Insurer for Gulf Shipping Amid Iran War

MSC Secures 45‑Year Lagos Port Concession

MSC Secures 45‑Year Lagos Port Concession

Tankers Ablaze, Iranian Oil Still Shipping

Tankers Ablaze, Iranian Oil Still Shipping

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Iranian oil continues to flow through the Strait of Hormuz, even as Gulf neighboring countries' exports are shut
Oman tries to control fires at Salalah Port after drones strike
Joby Aviation's production model electric air taxi takes flight