Singapore, Japan get rich on city’s e-waste
Tonnes of e-waste from Bangalore and across India are shipped to Singapore, Belgium and Japan. For the country doesn’t have a single fullfledged unit capable of extracting precious metals like gold,...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists accuse govt of inaction on Sethusamudram project
Environmentalists yesterday expressed regret over the country’s failure to address its concerns over the controversial Sethusamudram Project. They accused state officials of years of inaction on the...
View ArticleReview of maritime transport 2012
UNCTAD's Review of Maritime Transport has provided 44 years of uninterrupted coverage of the key developments affecting international seaborne trade, shipping, the world fleet, ports, freight markets,
View ArticleThe Doha gateway: opening a pathway for sustainable transport?
A summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, and their significance for the land transport sector. This report, prepared by the Bridging the Gap...
View ArticleSooty ships may be geoengineering by accident
Oil-burning ships are fertilising the north Pacific with iron – inadvertently putting a proposed geoengineering idea into practice.
View ArticlePollution alarm: Over 40 ships stranded off Mumbai coast
MUMBAI: Raising concern over threat to the coastal eco-system, Union minister of environment and forests Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday said there are more than 40 ships stranded off the Mumbai coast and
View ArticleLong-term potential for increased shipping efficiency through the adoption of...
This research provides a novel analysis that connects 2011 in-use shipping fleet characteristics, first-ever satellite data on ship movement, and technical literature on ship efficiency technology to...
View ArticleDenmark's DFDS sees shipping hit by sulfur regulation
Some shipping firms will likely go out of business and others will be forced to close routes in 2015 when environmental rules on fuel oil are tightened in parts of Europe, a senior executive told Reuters.
View ArticleSingapore, Japan get rich on city’s e-waste
Tonnes of e-waste from Bangalore and across India are shipped to Singapore, Belgium and Japan. For the country doesn’t have a single fullfledged unit capable of extracting precious metals like gold,...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists accuse govt of inaction on Sethusamudram project
Environmentalists yesterday expressed regret over the country’s failure to address its concerns over the controversial Sethusamudram Project. They accused state officials of years of inaction on the...
View ArticleReview of developments in transport in Asia and the Pacific 2013
This 2013 review of developments in Transport in Asia and the Pacific looks at emerging trends in transport in the region and presents initiatives, including those of ESCAP, that are making transport...
View ArticleReport of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Autonomous Bodies
This report for the year ended 31 March 2012 has been prepared for submission to the President under Article 151 of the Constitution. The results of test audit of the financial transaction of the central
View ArticleIndia transport report: moving India to 2032
This Planning Commission report is devoted to setting the conditions for a coherent transport strategy for India in the long term: the horizon is 2032, two decades from the beginning of the country's...
View ArticleEurope set for compliance chaos with new ship fuel sulphur rules
Ships are typically powered by heavy fuel oil or bunker oil, both of which produce harmful pollutants such as sulphur dioxide which can cause respiratory and heart problems. Such fuels contain 2.5 to
View ArticleExperts urge China to detail port emissions
China should establish emissions inventories for all major port cities as soon as possible to detail pollutants from ships and ports, experts have suggested. They say these pollutants may account for
View ArticleSpatial and temporal occurrence of blue whales off the U.S. West Coast, with...
Mortality and injuries caused by ship strikes in U.S. waters are a cause of concern for the endangered population of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) occupying the eastern North Pacific. We sought to
View ArticleDo ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific...
Blue whales were targeted in the North Pacific from 1905–1971 and are listed as endangered by the IUCN. Despite decades without whaling, abundance estimates for eastern North Pacific (ENP) blue whales
View ArticlePrevention and control of shipping and port air emissions in China
China’s largely unregulated ports and shipping system generate significant air pollution that imposes a huge health and environmental burden and contributes to the country’s over 1 million...
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