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The shipping sector’s emissions are equivalent to some industrial countries: here’s some innovative ways to help reduce them.
If shipping were a country, it would rank between Japan and Germany as the sixth-largest contributor to global carbon dioxide emissions.
To cut enough greenhouse gas emissions, the world will need technologies that are still being developed, particularly for industries that are tough to clean up, like cement, steel and shipping.
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The Suez Canal’s history has been forged over a century by multiple entities and people. Its past has been marked by colossal stumbling blocks.
Russia is attempting to claim more of the Arctic seabed, an area rich in oil, gas and minerals. It’s also expanding shipping and reopening Arctic bases. Here are two things the U.S. can do about it.
Before the container was standardized, loading and unloading goods was very labor-intensive, inefficient and costly.
Driven by the promise of efficiency, container ships have grown to monstrous proportions over the past 15 years.
Direct implications for maritime security are unlikely. But there will be ripple effects in the shipping industry and in many commercial sectors.
Maritime salvage experts will use a variety of techniques to free the Ever Given from the Suez Canal.
A bottleneck in the global shipping network will accelerate the move to more local production and shorter supply chains.
The Suez Canal is the ideal target for causing maximum disruption to global trade.
Geographers are documenting slave-built infrastructure, from railroads to ports, in use today. Such work could influence the reparations debate by showing how slavery still props up the US economy.
Whales are rediscovering their old haunts in the Arctic and Southern oceans after centuries of hunting.
COVID-19 vaccines have very specific storage requirements that make shipping a difficult task. Two ideas – fulfillment centers and cross-docking – could help overcome some distribution challenges.
In early 2020, stranded cruise ships became a stark symbol of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Now it’s seafarers stranded on cargo ships.
The Arctic has been a remote place for much of its history. But climate change is bringing global problems and opportunities to its door.
Scientists had been uncertain about why killer whales are dying in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. A new study takes an in-depth look and provides the tools to help prevent additional deaths in the future.
China’s signature foreign policy is controversial for lots of reasons. But the environmental damage potentially wrought by the project has received scant attention.
It’s high time the international shipping industry radically curbed its emissions. The industry must set a net-zero target and adopt a realistic plan to meet it.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Culture & Climate, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Energy and Transport, UCL
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Research Associate, Shipping and Climate Change, University of Manchester
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Professor and Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain, University of Bradford
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PhD (Maritime Security), University of Greenwich
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Associate Professor of Business, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Practice & Director, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy, University of Manchester
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center, University of Washington
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Research Fellow in Ocean Management, Stockholm University
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Professeur émérite de géographie, Université de Montréal
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Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University
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Professor of International Relations, University of Copenhagen
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Industrial Researcher, University of Plymouth
