Podcasts about international maritime organisation

For the first time, shipping companies will have to pay for the emissions produced by their vessels, but the decision falls far short of what Pacific Island nations had fought for at the recent International Maritime Organisation talks.

In 2021, the International Maritime Organisation, together with the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association, launched a survey to collect some hard data on female representation in the global maritime industry. The second edition of the survey was published last week to coincide with International Day for Women in Maritime 2025 (which was celebrated on May 18th). But the results were hardly cause for celebration. Because while some progress has been made in terms of gender diversity in the maritime industry, the data in the 2024 edition suggests shipping is going backwards. The results of the 2024 edition showed 176,820 women working in maritime across both private and public sectors, an increase of 14% from the 151,979 recorded in 2021. But the global maritime workforce has grown considerably since the last survey, which means women now account for just under 19% of the workforce sampled, versus 26% in 2021. Female employees make up just over 16% of the workforce in the private sector, compared to the 29% recorded in 2021, and a drop was also seen in female representation in mid-management positions, declining to just 20% in 2024 from 39% in 2021. Lloyd's List reporter Joshua Minchin spoke to three female leaders in the shipping industry, including Wista president Elpi Petraki, to get their reaction to the survey results and ask whether in a time where DEI programmes are coming increasingly under threat, shipping needs to rethink its own diversity strategy. Joining Joshua on the podcast this week are: Elpi Petraki, president of Wista International Louise Proctor, deputy director, sub-division for planning and programming, Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division, IMO Heidi Heseltine, chief executive, Diversity Study Group

Happy International Day for Women in Maritime 2025!  Lena is at the IMO to celebrate the International Day for Women in Maritime and attend the IMO Gender Equality Award Ceremony.  The International Day for Women in Maritime has been celebrated globally on May 18th every year since 2019. This year, the International Maritime Organisation is conducting a Symposium on the theme An Ocean of Opportunities for Women.  Of course, the highlight of the day will be the IMO Gender Equality Award, which this year goes to maritime entrepreneur Karin Orsel, co-founder and CEO of the MF Shipping Group.  Join me in celebrating all women in the maritime industry, use the hashtag #WomenInMaritimeDay  Thank you for listening!  

Scientists have found that just one mutation in the current H5N1 virus in cattle can switch its preference from avian to human receptors. Jim Paulson and colleagues at the Scripps Institute did not use the whole virus to investigate this, but proteins from one of the Texas farm workers found to be infected. It suggests the bovine H5N1 virus has already evolved subtly. Meanwhile, Richard Webby of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis helps us catch up on the latest known about the case of the Canadian teenager taken seriously ill a month ago with a different variant of avian H5N1. A debate has been rumbling this last year about the extent of ocean warming by, perhaps paradoxically, the reduction of particulate pollution from the fuel used by ships. The idea is that the small particles of sulphates and nitrates in the soot from funnels actually formed clouds over shipping lanes out at sea. This in turn sheltered the oceans to some extent from solar radiation, thus making latter decades of the 20th century seem cooler than they would have measured today. Hence, removing the particulate pollution from bunker fuel, mandated by the International Maritime Organisation a few years ago, may have contributed to the surge in ocean temperatures witnessed in the last two years. Daniele Visione, of Cornell, and colleagues have done the modelling and found that there has indeed been a noticeable effect. But earth's oceans are certainly not as hot as Venus' ones, if indeed such oceans ever existed. It has long been held that once upon a time our sunward neighbour might have possessed liquid water oceans, long since boiled off by runaway greenhouse effects of the atmosphere. But, breaking with science fiction visions of aliens paddling in temperate seas, Tereza Constantinou of Cambridge University has been looking at the gases coming out of the volcanos on Venus, and has concluded that the planet never had such surface water, basically because the rocks from which magma is made don't billow steam when they boil today. Presented by Roland Pease Produced by Alex Mansfield with Debbie Kilbride Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth(Image: Bird Flu in Dairy Cows; Credit: The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The shipping industry, the backbone of international trade, is very carbon intensive. It is responsible for emitting close to 1 billion tonnes of greenhouse gasses per year, equivalent to the emissions of a G7 country like Germany or Japan. In September, Amogy, a New York-headquartered company focusing on ammonia-to-power solutions, has successfully demonstrated its technology on a maritime vessel for the first time.  Amogy retrofitted a 1957 tugboat with its ammonia-to-power fuel cell system. In what it says is a world first, Amogy's NH3 Kraken sailed on the Hudson River on carbon-free fuel for the first time. CEO and co-founder of Amogy, Seonghoon Woo, shares more about its proprietary technology, and why it is a significant step towards reducing global carbon emissions and moving the maritime industry closer to the International Maritime Organisation's target of net-zero emissions by 2050.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A shadow fleet of old and poorly maintained ships is cruising the high seas, often hiding their true identities through a series of shell companies.Their numbers have grown massively since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Lloyd's List estimates as many as 12% of tankers are part of the dark fleet.There's increasing concern about the danger to the environment, and to ship's crews. But how effective at tackling the problem is the regulator, the International Maritime Organisation?Presenter: Lesley Curwen Producer: Clare Williamson(Image: Sea and ship at sunset. Credit: Getty Images)

“You have to be a cold bitch or an easy lay”. Those words of advice were given nearly 50 years ago by the boss of a London-based shipping company to a young woman starting out her maritime career. That young woman went on to become one of the three founders of Women's International Shipping and Trading Association, known as Wista. The story was recounted at a Wista event in London back in 2019 to celebrate the progress made across the industry in diversity and inclusion. Since then, May 18 has been assigned as the International Day for Women in Maritime by the International Maritime Organisation. Women represent a large pool of talent that's been overlooked, according to Karine Langlois from the IMO. “Even just with my own observation, being at IMO for well over a decade now, the parity in the delegations that come to the IMO meetings have far more women in them,” she said. “We used sometimes to see and even for more technical meetings, we used to see men-only delegations, and now you see sometimes even entire delegations represented by women, so that is definitely a positive change even for us here at the IMO.” Anna Robinson, partner at London law firm Watson Farley & Williams said women are well represented in maritime law, and diversity differs when comparing offshore and onshore roles. “When you look at the targets, which the International Chamber of Shipping advocates, they're very conservative, which I think highlights the scale of the problem,” she said. “In three years, they're looking at 12%, in 20 years, we're still only looking at 25% (of the workforce). “I think it's right that they are realistic targets. And I think it's right to recognise there is no silver bullet. This is a long term issue. But the important point is that it needs to stay on the agenda for change. It can't just be a fashionable topic, across three or five years, we've got to keep the conversation going, which is why it's brilliant that we're having this discussion today.”

Our episode today is about shipping and its impact on climate change. In today's episode, we will talk about some of the work by colleagues from the Tyndall Centre at Manchester University including the International Maritime Organisation's - the IMO's in short - new shipping and climate strategy, technology like wind ships and electrification of ships, as well as the demand side of shipping.International shipping emits around 700 million tonnes of CO2 a year, equivalent to emissions from Germany. So the sector is a major contributor to climate change.The IMO  is the United Nations specialised agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships. Last year, the IMO set out a new strategy that “includes an enhanced common ambition to reach net-zero GHG emissions from international shipping by or around, i.e. close to, 2050.” Is this new strategy enough? And what solutions are there?Today we speak with Alice Larkin, Chris Jones, James Mason, and Simon Bullock from the University of Manchester – who all research shipping emissions.Alice is a Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy in Tyndall Manchester, where she has worked since 2003 on various aspects of decarbonising international aviation and later shipping.Chris is the knowledge exchange fellow for Tyndall Manchester, connecting research expertise in the group to industry, government and civil society stakeholders.James is a data scientist at Smart Green Shipping and visiting academic at Tyndall Manchester. He develops ship routing software that harnesses weather optimisation for ships using modern day sail technology.Simon is a research associate at Tyndall Manchester, focussing on shipping and climate change. Music by Ben Sound

In this OIES podcast, David Ledesma talks to Maria Olczak about the decarbonisaton of international maritime transport. Maria discusses the current and projected greenhouse gas emissions trends, major challenges regarding decarbonisation and policy developments in the EU (extension of the EU Emissions Trading System to maritime transport) and at the International Maritime Organisation level (new […] The post OIES Podcast – Wind of change for maritime transport appeared first on Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

According to the International Maritime Organisation or IMO, there are more than 50,000 commercial ships registered in the world today, which combined carry over 90% of the goods produced on Earth. They also produce around 3% of the world's CO2 emissions.So what can be done? Is the answer cleaner and greener fuels, better use of information and data, legislation, or a mix of all three? This week's guest is Lora Jakobsen, Chief Purpose Activist at Zero North, a climate tech company which offers a software platform to help optimise shipping efficiency.Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMAAbout the expert, Lora Jakobsen: https://dk.linkedin.com/in/lora-jakobsen-35749a16/daThis is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organisations and what we can learn from it.Sources and statistics cited in todays episode: Statistics on shipping from the International Maritime Organisation: https://www.imo.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Pages/MaritimeFactsFigures-Default.aspxEU emissions regulations and maritime shipping: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/transport/reducing-emissions-shipping-sector/faq-maritime-transport-eu-emissions-trading-system-ets_enThe first ever fine for space debris: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-first-the-fcc-fines-a-satellite-company-for-abandoning-space-debris-180983012/

According to the International Maritime Organisation or IMO, there are more than 50,000 commercial ships registered in the world today, which combined carry over 90% of the goods produced on Earth. They also produce around 3% of the world's CO2 emissions.So what can be done? Is the answer cleaner and greener fuels, better use of information and data, legislation, or a mix of all three? This week's guest is Lora Jakobsen, Chief Purpose Activist at Zero North, a climate tech company which offers a software platform to help optimise shipping efficiency.Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMAAbout the expert, Lora Jakobsen: https://dk.linkedin.com/in/lora-jakobsen-35749a16/daThis is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organisations and what we can learn from it.Sources and statistics cited in todays episode: Statistics on shipping from the International Maritime Organisation: https://www.imo.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Pages/MaritimeFactsFigures-Default.aspxEU emissions regulations and maritime shipping: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/transport/reducing-emissions-shipping-sector/faq-maritime-transport-eu-emissions-trading-system-ets_enThe first ever fine for space debris: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-first-the-fcc-fines-a-satellite-company-for-abandoning-space-debris-180983012/

According to the International Maritime Organisation or IMO, there are more than 50,000 commercial ships registered in the world today, which combined carry over 90% of the goods produced on Earth. They also produce around 3% of the world's CO2 emissions.So what can be done? Is the answer cleaner and greener fuels, better use of information and data, legislation, or a mix of all three? This week's guest is Lora Jakobsen, Chief Purpose Activist at Zero North, a climate tech company which offers a software platform to help optimise shipping efficiency.Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMAAbout the expert, Lora Jakobsen: https://dk.linkedin.com/in/lora-jakobsen-35749a16/daThis is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organisations and what we can learn from it.Sources and statistics cited in todays episode: Statistics on shipping from the International Maritime Organisation: https://www.imo.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Pages/MaritimeFactsFigures-Default.aspxEU emissions regulations and maritime shipping: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/transport/reducing-emissions-shipping-sector/faq-maritime-transport-eu-emissions-trading-system-ets_enThe first ever fine for space debris: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-first-the-fcc-fines-a-satellite-company-for-abandoning-space-debris-180983012/

Ahoy! With Christiana at the helm this week we're raising our anchor and charting a course into the fascinating and complex world of greening shipping. The shipping industry can feel removed from our daily lives. With images of huge cargo ships criss-crossing the oceans, distant foreign ports and international regulatory bodies with unfamiliar acronyms like the IMO or the GMF, you might even ask yourself: why should I care? We'll hear how 90% of what we consume, wear and use in our homes comes to us via a ship.  And how the predominant use of dirty fossil fuels means that the shipping industry currently contributes around 3% of the world's global CO2 - that's the same as the whole of Germany or Japan's emissions. But not any more! Christiana and her crew of shipping experts take you on a journey to explore how the shipping industry is at the forefront of an exciting transition to Net Zero, and will explain how greening the maritime sector could help us address the climate emergency. Christiana has been a long and passionate advocate for reform in the shipping industry. With the help of guests such as AP Moller-Maersk's Senior Vice President, Morten Christiansen; Alejandra Teran from Costa Rica's Sailcargo; Eric Leveridge, Campaign Lead at Ship it Zero; Ambassador Albon Ishoda, Royal Marshall Islands Presidential Special Envoy for Maritime Decarbonisation, Dr Lucy Gilliam, Seas at Risk, Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO, MaerskMcKinney Moller Centre, Cleo Bierneza, Third Officer at Swire Shipping and many more, this deep dive episode will hope to leave no doubt in our listeners' minds as to why shipping's path to Net Zero is integral to our current and future life on the planet. How these ships are fuelled now and in the future, why the recent International Maritime Organisation decision was history in the making, how the people working on these ships are treated to ensure a just transition as well as the role that we, the consumers, can play, are all questions that Christiana and her guests tackle during this special episode.   Do let us know what you think!   NOTES AND RESOURCES   GUESTS   Alejandra Terán, Chief Purpose Marketing Officer at Sailcargo LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram   Ambassador Albon Ishoda, Royal Marshall Islands Presidential Special Envoy for Maritime Decarbonisation Twitter | LinkedIn    Bo Cerup-Simonsen, Chief Executive Officer of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping LinkedIn | LinkedIn for Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping   Christine Loh, Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology LinkedIn   Cleo Bierneza, Third Officer at Swire Shipping LinkedIn    Eric Leveridge, Campaign Lead at Ship It Zero   Ingrid Irigoyen, Associate Director, Ocean and Climate, Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program & President and CEO, Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance Twitter | LinkedIn    Dr Lucy Gilliam, Senior Shipping Policy Officer at Seas at Risk Twitter | LinkedIn  Seas At Risk Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn    Morten Bo Christiansen, Senior Vice President, Head of Energy Transition at A.P. Moller - Maersk LinkedIn Learn more about the Paris Agreement.   It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast - Proof! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective   Please follow us on social media! Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Gerard couldn't make it for this episode, so Michael Barnard took over. On the menu:- International Maritime Organisation goes green- David wins against Goliath in the Hydrogen village- Hydrogen in mining: No thanks- Still ThyssenKrupp successfully offloads its electrolyzer business- Nuclear SPAC- Saudi Aramco is now ESG compliant

Moin Ahmed is one of two candidates nominated for the position of secretary general with a seafaring background.(The other candidate is from Türkiye). After 10 years at sea Ahmed came ashore to work at Bangladesh's national shipping line, but his journey to the International Maritime Organisation began when he was posted to the UK as the company's European regional representative more than 25 year ago. From there, he began representing his country at the UN agency and has used his marine technical expertise by serving as chair in key working groups. This included a period as chair of the technical cooperation committee, chair of the working group on the implementation of The International Conventionon Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers. Moin also chaired the ship recycling working group at the IMO. The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships only recently entered into force. Ahmed is one of seven nominated for the position of secretary-general with the International Maritime Organization. They are: Bangladesh (Moin Ahmed), China (Zhang Xiaojie), Dominica (Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry), Finland (Minna Kivimäki), Kenya (Nancy Karigithu), Panama (Arsenio Dominguez) and Türkiye (Suat Hayri Aka). The 40 member states of the IMO council will be eligible to vote in the election on Tuesday, July 18, which incudes those from the three different categories. They include 10 countries with the largest interest in international shipping (Category A), 10 with the largest interest in international trade (Category B), and 20 with special interests in maritime transport or navigation that represent all major geographic areas of the world (Category C). These are: (A) China, Greece, Italy, Japan, Norway, Panama, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States; (B) Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates; and (B) Bahamas, Belgium, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and Vanuatu.

Few people in shipping can claim to be a best-selling author but the book published in 1985 by Dominica's candidate, Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Sea, is a text that thousands in international maritime law will be familiar with. Doumbia-Henry concluded her eight-year term as president of Sweden's World Maritime University last month, the latest post in a trailblazing career that has included time in The Hague working with the Iran-US Claims Tribunal, and the International Labour Organisation in Switzerland where she was responsible for developing the ILO Maritime Labour Convention. She is one of three women nominated for the position of secretary general with the International Maritime Organisation, which includes seven candidates. They are: Bangladesh (Moin Uddin Ahmed), China (Zhang Xiajojie), Dominica (Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry), Finland (Minna Kivimäki), Kenya (Nancy Karigithu), Panama (Arsenio Dominguez) and Türkiye (Suat Hayri Aka). Doumbia-Henry said she was inspired to embark on a maritime career and in particular develop labour standards for the shipping sector because she grew up on a small island, with many fishermen in her village and among her family. Her work protecting the rights of seafarers led her to many interagency collaborations between the ILO and the IMO. Voting to elect the next secretary general begins at 9.30am on Tuesday July 18. Research shows that none of the seven candidates appear to have sustained a majority to win the vote outright, which means a second round or a third round is likely.

Well-known Zhang Xiajojie has run a low-key public campaign for the position of secretary general but the former head of delegation for China at the International Maritime Organisation is confident he is in with a decent chance. He began his career in the Ministry of Transport in 1994 and has travelled as part of the Chinese IMO delegation to London for 30 years, he told Lloyd's List. In 2017 he was elected as chair of the IMO council. At the beginning of 2020, Xiajojie left Beijing and moved to London to take up the job as director of the secretariat's technical cooperation division. China was a last-minute surprise entrant into the secretary general race, waiting right until the deadline to reveal their nomination, a decision which may split the vote between some countries who may have previously supported others from developing countries. The candidates are: Bangladesh (Moin Uddin Ahmed), China (Zhang Xiajojie), Dominica (Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry), Finland (Minna Kivimäki), Kenya (Nancy Karigithu), Panama (Arsenio Dominguez) and Türkiye (Suat Hayri Aka) all put forward their nominations for the position, which for the first time includes three women. The secretary-general will not only set the tone at the secretariat, but as the public face of the IMO, must bridge divisions and steer a course that will keep the IMO relevant and respected. As most secretary-generals are re-elected for a second term, the successful candidate will take the IMO through key climate change regulations in shipping and other challenges, such as autonomous shipping, a looming seafarer shortfall, as well as digitalisation and other internal reorganisations.

THE International Maritime Organisation votes next Tuesday to replace its secretary general and seven countries are fielding candidates for the top diplomatic job in shipping. The four-year appointment begins on January 1, with the winner to succeed incumbent over the past eight years, South Korea's Kitack Lim. Bangladesh (Moin Uddin Ahmed), China (Zhang Xiajojie), Dominica (Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry), Finland (Minna Kivimäki), Kenya (Nancy Karigithu), Panama (Arsenio Dominguez) and Turkey (Suat Hayri Aka) all put forward their nominations for the position, which for the first time includes three women. The IMO must take critical decisions over the next four years, amid heavy criticism that the pace of decarbonisation regulation will compromise the United Nation agency's role as an international regulator. The Secretary General will not only set the tone at the secretariat, but as the public face of the IMO must bridge divisions and steer a course that will keep the IMO relevant and respected. As most secretarys general are re-elected for a second term, the successful candidate will take the IMO through key climate change regulations in shipping and other challenges such as autonomous shipping, a looming seafarer shortfall as well as digitalisation and other internal reorganisations. Lloyd's List has interviewed all candidates, asking them to explain why they nominated, and their plans for the IMO should they be successful. First up is Panama candidate, Arsenio Dominguez, one of several favourites for the job, and known for his diplomacy and attention to detail as the director of the marine environment division at the IMO. His website and manifesto is here: http://www.ad4sg.com. The diplomatic horse-trading for the top job is well underway at the IMO but no single candidate has emerged as a frontrunner so far, although rumours abound and few countries have made their position public. Last time the council elected the secretary general there were multiple rounds of voting before the eventual candidate emerged.

Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss the furious reaction to suggestions that booking offices at most of England's main line rail stations will be closed and the arguments put forward by advocates of this policy [01:30]; Christian undertakes a cab ride between London Paddington and Oxford with Great Western Railway Managing Director Mark Hopwood (and some very skilful drivers) in which they discuss a range of issues including the benefits of infrastructure and station investments, incomplete electrification, integration with local buses and the restoration of Nuneham Viaduct [11:47]; finally, Christian examines the agreement at the International Maritime Organisation on measures to reduce carbon emissions from merchant shipping [37:13].

Pacific nations wants shipping sector to end reliance on fossil fuels

In 1950, world shipping was roughly half a million tonnes of cargo. As of 2019 it's now 11 billion tonnes. A mind blogging increase in 70 years.  Shipping  is one of the most resistant and slow sectors to clean up its climate act, with only a commitment to reduce emissions by 50% from the International Maritime Organisation at 2050.  So what can we do to green maritime trade? And has the answer been blowing in the wind all this time? This week Ads and Andrew are joined by Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer to discuss his new book "Trade Winds: a voyage to a sustainable future of shipping".  We discuss how a couple of weeks of research at sea  turned into half a year due to COVID-19, How global shipping made capitalism even more extractive,  the realities of going back to sail powered shipping and  why the IMO might be more effective compared to other U.N institutions. LinksYou can pick up Christiaan's book  Trade Winds: a voyage to a sustainable future of shipping" HERE Read the International Maritime Organisations Carbon targets HERELearn more about the sail cargo organisations like Timbercoast HEREShout outsAlson Kelen and the  Waan Aelõñ in Majel (WAM) team.  Check out their great work HERE Support the show

Al-Shabab have carried out an attack on a base of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia, housing Ugandan troops. The base is located around 100km from the capital, Mogadishu. The militant group said they captured the camp and killed dozens of ATMIS soldiers, but there's been no independent confirmation. We hear from Kenya's Nancy Karigithu, who is in the running to become the first African woman to head the International Maritime Organisation. Thousands of demonstrators gathered yesterday in the Malian capital, Bamako, to demand the departure of the UN mission in the country, known as MINUSMA. And Uganda's parliament has passed a bill increasing paternity leave from four to seven days. MPs said they got the idea from neighbouring Kenya, where male working employees get two weeks of leave.

The stakes are high for maritime transport. 90% of the goods we consume are, at one time or another, transported by ship. Maritime transport really is at the heart of our economy. The International Maritime Organisation is now calling on the sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050.  So how exactly can we decarbonize maritime transport? Who among the shipowners and loaders is going to set the pace? A new Movin'On debate that brings together key industry players:

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MASS, Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships. A Working Group at the International Maritime Organisation focused on international regulations of autonomous ships. The Chairman of this Working Group is Henrik Tunfors, Senior Advisor at the Swedish Transport Agency, and he is the interviewee in episode 198 of the Shipping Podcast!  What do you think? Will we see a code for safety and regulations of MASS in 2025? What are the obstacles?  So many questions in this episode, but also so many good answers.

The Federal Government says that the maritime sector is responsible for the transportation of about 70 percent of globally-traded goods. The Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Sambo urged Nigeria to take advantage of the declaration by the International Maritime Organisation to explore more partnerships. He says the country should demand an inclusive and fair distribution of global resources and deployment of relevant technology to aid decarbonization and control of marine plastic litter and befouling. Sambo also said that the need for new technology to drive the maritime sector had become imperative.

For the first time ever in South Africa - more than a 170 countries will gather in eThekwini for the International Maritime Organisation conference.

In dieser Podcast-Episode dreht sich alles um Expeditionskreuzfahrten ins Eis der Arktis und Antarktis. Wir sprechen über die Faszination dieser Fahrtgebiete, aber auch Risiken und wie die Schiffe dafür ausgestattet sind, um unter Extrembedingungen zuverlässig fahren zu können. Ein wichtiger, aber oft falsch beurteilter Aspekt bei Expeditionskreuzfahrten in polare Regionen ist die Eisklasse von Schiffen und das Regelwerk namens Polar Code der International Maritime Organisation der UNO. Wir sprechen über die Vorschriften und Regularien, wer für Kontrollen zuständig ist und die konsequent die Regeln durchgesetzt werden. Außerdem sprechen wir natürlich auch über die Schönheit und Faszination einer Kreuzfahrt in die Antarktis oder Arktis, wie sehr ein Kreuzfahrtschiff dort überhaupt direkt im Eis unterwegs ist und wo die Grenzen des Machbaren liegen. After-Show als Bonus und Extra-Podcast für unsere Steady-Abonnenten: In der „After Show“ zu dieser Podcast-Episode sprechen wir über Laptop, Tablet und Smartphone auf Reisen – und wie man sich unterwegs vor Datenverlust schützen kann, Dieben das Leben schwer macht und sicher geht, dass die Urlaubsfotos oder auch berufliche Daten nicht unwiederbringlich verloren sind, wenn ein Gerät kaputt geht, gestohlen wird oder einfach verloren geht. Die After Show ist ein besonderes Goodie [exklusiv für unsere Unterstützer via Steady](https://steadyhq.com/de/cruisetricks-podcast/about), das wir in einem eigenen, kleinen Podcast bereitstellen. Bei Steady finden Sie als Abonnent eine [genaue Anleitung](https://get.steadyhq.help/hc/de/articles/360002251118), wie Sie diesen Podcast abonnieren können.

In this podcast we bring to you "Real Soldiers with Real Stories", from the Indian Armed Forces. We reminisce about their yesteryears and bring their stories to you. For we believe “Every ordinary soldier lives an Extraordinary Life”. Our twelfth episode features Lieutenant Commander Bidisha Pandey. In an illustrious career of ten years she walked the Rajpath twice leading the Naval Marching Contingent as part of the Republic Day Parade celebrations. She also represented the Indian Navy as part of the Cape to Rio Trans-Atlantic Ocean Sailing Expedition, and sailed 5,000 Nautical Miles on-board INSV Mhadei! She was Awarded, “Celebrating Women in Maritime Award” by the International Maritime Organisation. Presently pursuing Masters in Prosperity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London, on a Commonwealth Scholarship. Also Available on Apple , Google, Spotify, Anchor podcasts and Amazon music Podcast Producers: Poonam Joshy Nandita Sankaran Prakrati Agrawal Music credits: Colonel V D Singh Contact us on: podcastcallofduty@gmail.com Follow us on: Instagram: @callofdutypodcast Facebook: @callofdutyrsrs

Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: Zurich verkauft Lebensversicherungen Die Zurich Gruppe Deutschland überträgt ihren Bestand an traditionellen Lebensversicherungspolicen an den Run-off-Spezialisten Viridium. Von den insgesamt rund drei Millionen Lebensversicherungsverträgen gehen etwa 720.000 traditionelle Policen mit einer Deckungsrückstellung von rund 20 Milliarden Euro in eine zu diesem Zweck neu gegründete Gesellschaft über. Unmittelbar nach der geplanten Übertragung soll diese Lebensversicherungsgesellschaft an Viridium veräußert werden, die die Gesellschaft in ihre Gruppe eingliedern wird. 50 Jahre Dialog Die Dialog feiert in diesem Jahr ihr 50-jähriges Bestehen. Der heutige Maklerversicherer der Generali in Deutschland wurde 1972 als Erste Augsburger Leben Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft gegründet. Bereits zwei Jahre nach ihrer Betriebsaufnahme ging die Erste Augsburger Leben in den Besitz des Deutschen Lloyd über und wurde damit Teil der Generali Gruppe. 1983 erfolgte die Umbenennung in Dialog Lebensversicherungs-AG. 2003 wurde die Dialog ein eigenständiger Spezialversicherer für biometrische Risiken unter dem Dach der damaligen AMB Generali. Generali bekommt neuen Deutschlandchef Stefan Lehmann soll neuer starker Mann der Generali in Deutschland werden. Lehmann ist aktuell als Manager Chief Business Officer Exclusive tätig und soll zum 1. September Giovanni Liverani beerben. Frauen skeptischer beim Blick auf die Alterseinkünfte 61 Prozent der Frauen fühlen sich beim Blick auf alle zu erwartenden Alterseinkünfte finanziell schlecht abgesichert für das Alter. Unter den Männern ist zwar auch eine absolute Mehrheit dieser Meinung, mit 53 Prozent sind es aber deutlich weniger. Das ergab die jüngste Umfrage im DIA Deutschland-Trend. Versicherer wollen Plastik-Pellets als Gefahrgut einstufen lassen Die deutschen Transportversicherer gehen gegen die Verschmutzung der Meere mit Plastik vor. Sie wollen erreichen, dass Kunststoff-Pellets künftig weltweit als Gefahrgut deklariert werden, wenn sie auf dem Seeweg transportiert werden. Dazu habe der GDV seine Forderung über den Weltverband der Transportversicherer bei der International Maritime Organisation eingebracht. Covomo und Schutzgarant kooperieren Der Covomo Versicherungsvergleich und die Schutzgarant GmbH arbeiten künftig zusammen. Ab sofort haben alle mit Covomo kooperierenden Maklerpools, Genossenschaften und Makler die Möglichkeit, über das Covomo-Vertriebsportal die Versicherungsprodukte der Schutzgarant im Produktbereich „Elektronik-Versicherungen“ zu vermitteln. In Zukunft könnten weitere Sparten folgen. Risiko-Träger von Schutzgarant ist der Wuppertaler Versicherer Barmenia.

The world's shipping fleet is responsible for approximately 0.9 Gt of CO2 emissions annually, around 2.9 per cent of the world's man-made emissions. Under an IEA ‘business as usual' scenario, this is forecast to rise to almost 1.7 Gt per year by 2050. The industry's principal regulatory body, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), aims to […] The post Oxford Energy Podcast – The role of Ammonia and Hydrogen in meeting International Maritime Organisation targets for decarbonising shipping appeared first on Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

Several senior figures have been arrested at Hong Kong's pro-democracy paper Apple Daily. We get reaction to the developments from Hong Kong investor Alan Zeman of the Lan Kwai Fong Group, and Selina Cheng, who is a senior reporter with Hong Kong Free Press. Also in the programme, a slim majority of countries at the UN's shipping agency, the International Maritime Organisation, have voted in favour of a package of measures that will require companies to reduce their carbon intensity in the coming years, but will allow overall emissions to keep rising. Critics have dismissed the plans as not being ambitious enough, and we find out more from Simon Bergulf, regulatory affairs director at the world's largest shipping company, Maersk. The BBC's Adam Easton brings us the latest in a dispute between the Czech Republic and Poland over water shortages said to be caused by a coal mine in Poland. Plus, with the popularity of one-day and Twenty20 cricket formats on the rise, we ask whether it is game over for the five day test match version of the game.

OGV Energy welcomes you to our OGV Community event for April, where we will be looking at the factors affecting the global marine and shipping industry and the various options available to help it de-carbonise in the future. What fuels should the shipping sector explore? How is artificial intelligence and new technology re-shaping fuel consumption and navigation and how do we ensure vital skills are kept in the industry and passed on to future generations?It is clear that ambitious policies are needed to meet the objectives set by the International Maritime Organisation to reach carbon neutrality in the second half of the century. Reducing carbon intensity in the near term, for instance through energy efficiency measures and slow steaming, is clearly a big priority. Over the longer term, policies are required to promote the adoption of low- and zero-carbon fuels and technologies for oceangoing vessels.Chair IMarEst - John Butler, Elected Council memberPanellistsZero Emissions Ship Technology Association (ZESTAs) - Madadh MacLaine, Founder and Secretary-GeneralSeall - Barry Booth, CCOStena Drilling - Alan Crowley, Master Mariner/OIM, Stena DrillingHeerema Marine Contractors - Vincent Doedee, Sustainability DirectorTechnipFMC - Marit Mork, Manager, Innovation Projects, Deep Purple hos Librestream Technologies Inc. - Michael Murphy, Vice President of Emerging MarketsOGV Taproom Be Bold. Be Adventurous. The craft beer for the energy sector

Chris Low of FTN Financial gives us the market reaction as America's central bank has hit back after the Trump administration said it was ending some emergency lending programmes established to provide economic support during the pandemic. Plus, we ask what Donald Trump will do next and consider the future of the Trump brand. Also in the programme, the International Maritime Organisation introduces more stringent targets by 2030 for the carbon footprint of sea freight. And, the hair shampoo that doesn't come in a plastic bottle, but like a bar of soap.

We ask what Donald Trump will do next, and consider the future of the Trump brand. Dan Alexander is a writer with Forbes magazine, and explains how Mr Trump built his business empire. Robert Maguire of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington discusses what his organisation claims are more than 3,500 conflicts of interest for the president since he took office. Nancy Wallace, professor of real estate finance at the Haas Business School in California tells us loans worth more than $480m will come due for Mr Trump in the next four years. And Colm O'Callaghan, former vice-president of Trump International Hotels, suggests a role at the centre of a new television network may be a likely next step for Donald Trump. Also in the programme, as the International Maritime Organisation introduces more stringent targets by 2030 for the carbon footprint of sea freight, Guy Platten, secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping considers the potential impact of the move. Plus, as haircare brand Garnier unveils a hair shampoo that doesn't come in a plastic bottle, instead working like a bar of soap, Adrien Koskas, global brand president for the firm, explains the thinking behind the launch.

This is our last episode before a summer break, and we have the last of the three episodes looking at the development of autonomous ships and autonomous vessel systems.We have heard about the commercial projects and the development of international regulations earlier, but not all the technologies on autonomous vessel systems are bound for vessels that need to company with the international regulations that have been written by the International Maritime Organisation. There are many drones, and autonomous systems that have, and still are being developed for research and military space.So in this episode we will look at the startup market, and what is happening to create the link between innovation and commercial reality.I also have the second half of my interview with Brett Phaneuf, the American behind the Mayflower project that will send an IBM powered autonomous ship to resail the route of the original Mayflower, which sailed from Plymouth UK to Plymouth, USA 400 years ago. Now, autonomous systems seem to eb growing in popularity, and certainly have captured the public imagination.So, what do we mean about autonomous technology? Nick Chubb, founder and CEO at the research consultancy Thetius in the UK recently published a report on the autonomous vessel market.So I asked him to explain the potential market and where the growth will come. We also talked which countries are taking the lead in autonomous start-up systems for research and developmentHe talked about the US and Israel, and it is to Israel that we look. The country has an extremely buoyant startup market where backing is available for business to business solutions, and one nexus for shipping and maritime startups in the country is the Dock Innovation Hub, a startup accelerator that has now become a venture capital fund, backing the maritime startups that it bringing into its ecosystem. In June the Dock launched a call to find some autonomous system startups to meet the demands of two of its corporate clients.These two clients are ThyssenKrupp’s marine systems division, and a subsidiary of the same company called Atlas Elektronik. Both are based in Germany. These companies are already well now military and maritime systems developers, with a history in warfare and naval technologies, remote sensing and increasingly automation. Atlas Elektronik has already developed autonomous minesweeping which it now supplies to the British Royal Navy.They have teamed up with the Dock to find new technologies and startups that address a range of challenges. They launched the call in June this year, and hopeful startups have until August to send in applications based on a range of different technology needs that are being sought.This then is a good chance to get a feel for the autonomous systems market, and where the ideas are coming from.I spoke to Nir Gartzman, which is the chief Operating Office at the Dock in Israel to find out how many startups he thinks there are and why large corporates with existing expertise in developing innovative systems would go looking for startups?And the episode ends with the second half of my recent chat with Brett Phaneuf. Brett is in charge of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project which has built an autonomous unmanned trimaran style vessel that will use IBM software – algorithms. Artificial intelligence. As well as sensing technologies to sail later this year from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth USA. Yes, the same two ports that the Mayflower vessel sailed between with the mostly Dutch and English pilgrims 400 years earlier.My interview with him went beyond the actual voyage and to what he thinks the voyage will achieve and change things both for science and the technology and use of autonomous systems. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With international regulator, The IMO, working on how it can make international shipping, which means up to 60,000 very large ships, decarbonise, the main shipowner groups have put forward their own version of a research and development fund that could be created by the International Maritime Organisation to help with the industry reach its goal. Read more on the website:https://fathom.world/shipowners-unprecedented-self-financed-decarbonisation-fund/In this episode of Aronnax, Craig Eason, Editorial Director of Fathom World talks to Guy Platten and Simon Bennett at the International Chamber of Shipping about the proposal, how they think it might work and asks if it will be enough to make a difference. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From 1 January 2020, the International Maritime Organisation will enforce a new 0.5% global sulphur cap on fuel content in a bid to tackle growing environmental concerns. In this episode, we explore how the industry will need to adapt to the unprecedented change in the marine fuel landscape.Visit www.theshippingexchange.co.uk and for social media search The Shipping Exchange on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram!

In this the 3/4 episodes with people employed by the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, you meet Karine Langlois,  Communications Officer for @IMOHQ the UN agency for Maritime Affairs, who speaks about target groups, message to the public about the maritime industry and raising the profile of our industry. Karine is from Canada but is working for IMO in London, she is the producer and the video photographer for the videos coming out from the IMO. Please have a look at Turning the tide - there are 3 videos out now.  Thank you for listening, please give me your feedback - I am @lenagothberg in all media. 

In episode 121 you meet Linda Ryan, Director Administrative Division, International Maritime Organisation, IMO, who is the first of four episodes recorded with people "inside the IMO", explaining the important work that is being done in this UN Body. Linda speaks about the "Functional review" that is going on within IMO, that is a "change" project aiming to make the organisation more effective and relevant to the maritime industry. "Young IMO" is something that I never knew existed but makes me very happy to hear about. We discuss who is deciding the theme for the year within IMO, and I get the opportunity to express my gratitude for the theme this year "Empowering Women in the Maritime Community" but also my concern for what will happen once the year is over? What do you think? Is the IMO doing what you thought they were doing or are there some more questions that you wonder about? I love feedback, please give me some, I am @lenagothberg in most channels. Thank you for listening!    

In episode 120 we meet with Patrik Dahlgren, Senior Vice President, Global Marine Operations, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. a former Master Mariner who left Sweden for more than 20 years and who now has a dream job for many, he is responsible for operations in the global cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises and six of its subsidiaries.  We talk a lot about the SDG 5 in this episode and the gender diversity programme that Patrik helped introduce into RCC and why he thinks it's so important. He also explains what change he can see after the introduction and how they went from 5 % women at the Bridge of Celebrity Cruises to 20 %, in only a year. Patrik Dahlgren goes on to speak about the Global Industry Alliance at IMO, the International Maritime Organisation, where he is representing Royal Caribbean Cruises.  I truly enjoyed recording this episode, what do you think of what Patrik says? I am @lenagothberg in most channels and I love feedback. Thank you for listening, now you have to go and tell someone else about this!   

In episode 115 you meet Helen Buni, who works at the Technical Cooperation Division at IMO and is the focal point for the programme Women in Maritime, the IMO programme on diversity.  Why did the International Maritime Organisation decide on "Empowering Women in the Maritime Industry" for 2019? And what will happen next year when the theme is something else? Will IMO still be working with the gender issue?  Listen to Helen Buni speaking about how she sees the future and what initiatives that IMO is supporting and which stakeholders that need to collaborate to move things forward.  Here is the link to the new film released by IMO on Women in Maritime, Turning the Tide.   What do you think? I love feedback, give me a shout-out, in social media @lenagothberg or drop me a line at hello@shippingpodcast.com Thank you for listening. 

Click here for more episodes from this series. Fundamentals is a new show from Fidelity Answers that taps the brains of our analysts for on-the-ground insights from around the world about the industries and businesses you're investing in. From trends to disruptions, from political upheavals to changing regulation, how are corporates responding to the growing complexity of global business and less predictable markets? Who will be the winners and who the losers? -> Shipping is the lifeblood of the global economy but it's also one of the world's worst polluters. Of the entire global transport sector, shipping accounts for 90 per cent of its sulphur dioxide emissions, a gas with grave environmental impacts: deforestation, acidic rivers, and poisoned wildlife. In an effort to tackle the problem the UN's International Maritime Organisation plans to introduce new caps to further restrict the amount of sulphur dioxide generated by commercial shipping. The regulatory impact is likely to be immense and not just for the sector - manufacturers, retailers, consumers, even fuel prices themselves. In this podcast, Editor in Chief Richard Edgar talks to two of Fidelity's senior analysts about the forthcoming law: shipping credit analyst Jonathan Neve, and North America energy equity analyst Paul Gooden.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The forecast for the marine sector is stormy, as more stringent international regulations on fuel are due to take effect in 2020, and the International Maritime Organisation has challenged the industry to halve its carbon footprint by 2050. Yet, shipping is responsible for 90% of goods transported around the world and provides an exciting way to travel. At the same time, countries are beginning to experiment with electric, methane, and natural gas-powered vessels. In the third episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore which type of vessel provides the best way forward, how the marine sector is coping with IMO’s new targets, and technological innovations that could help the sector transition into a low-carbon world.

Her Excellency Ms Janice Charette is High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and is the Permanent Representative of Canada to the International Maritime Organisation.  She was the second woman in Canadian history to serve as Clerk of the Privy Council, the highest non-elected office in Canada. Two years ago she came here to London to become High Commissioner.

Sulphur belched out of vessels' smokestacks is a serious health problem for coastal communities around the world. Four hundred thousand premature deaths from lung cancer and cardiovascular disease and around 14 million childhood asthma cases annually are reckoned to be related to shipping emissions. The International Maritime Organisation has finally agreed to drastically reduce polluting emissions from 2020. Gareth Mitchell discusses with James Corbett of the University of Delaware the impact of the emissions reduction on health. The nearly complete skeleton of Cheddar Man was found in a cave in Somerset in 1903. He'e been in the news because experts in human face reconstruction have created an image of what he probably looked like based on new DNA evidence. Chris Stringer, Ian Barnes and Selina Brace of the Natural History Museum have all worked with Cheddar Man and they talk to Gareth about how the study of this 10 000 year old skeleton is part of a bigger project to understand how Britain became populated with waves of peoples from Europe in the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have invented a magnetically controlled soft robot only four millimetres in size that can walk, crawl or roll through uneven terrain, carry cargo, climb onto the water surface, and even swim in it. Professor Metin Sitti, Director of the Physical Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute, explains how it works and how he sees the future use of millirobots in medicine - in delivering drugs and targeting cancerous cells. Marnie Chesterton talks to Dr Lisa Wallis from ELTE University in Hungary about her work to improve the cognitive abilities of older dogs... using touchscreens.

Meet Stine Mundal, Head of Section Environmental Certification, DNVGL a naval architect, based in Hamburg, Germany.  Stine is Norwegian, educated in Norway, a trainee in Norway, working in France and Singapore and now based in Hamburg. She shares her view as a young woman in the maritime industry and is one of the 10 Women to watch for the future in the maritime industry, awarded by YoungShip. You will have the possibility to meet the rest of the women at a later stage, but you can read more about it here  Stine is working with all types of emissions from ships and follows closely the work done by the International Maritime Organisation, IMO. We are also discussing the time of transformation and the digital age we are moving into. Thank you for listening, looking forward to your feedback. @ShippingPodcast are on all social media channels, and I am @lenagothberg all over the place!  Don't forget to spread the word about the Shipping Podcast, it's a way of raising the profile of the maritime industry.  

While the markets still try to digest the implications of the International Maritime Organisation's decision to move to a 0.5% sulfur cap for marine fuels from 2020, Platts oil products editors Joel Hanley, Ned Molloy and Eleni Pittalis discuss the visible signs of market change.We welcome any...

Andreas Chrysostomou is a naval architect who grew up through the ranks and last year was Nomination for IMO as a candidate for the position of Secretary-General at the International Maritime Organisation, IMO. Andreas was not elected in the political game of electing the head of one of the special agencies of the United Nations, UN, but he shares his experiences from taking part in the process. He got the possibility to elaborate on how he sees his dream of governing an international body like that.  Andreas Chrysostomou is not new to the IMO system, in 1999 he was elected as Chairman of the Design and Equipment Subcommittee and 2003 he was elected as Chairman of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) a position he held until 2013. As you will hear, Andreas talks a lot about e-navigation, which is not navigation but everything where navigation gets involved, and he thinks that the shipping industry should embrace the new technology for many reasons. Thank you for listening. If you want to give a shout-out to Andreas, you reach him via his Twitter account @An_Chr or by including the @ShippingPodcast in your tweet ;)