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IMO is seeking Lead Pilot Countries (LPCs) to participate in the upcoming GloNoise Partnership project, which aims to address the issue of underwater noise from shipping. The project is currently in a preparatory phase and is expected to launch in mid-2023, subject to approval and funding by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). If approved, the project is expected to receive $2 million in funding under the GEF International Waters focal area, and will be executed by IMO over a period of two years.

The Getting to Zero Coalition's updated Mapping of Zero Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects uncovers emerging trends, sees a strong climb in the number of identified projects as well as increased activities in Asia.

A significant increase in the human population on marine coast and steady growth of maritime water transport causes the construction of port infrastructure and the creation of new lands, which affects the ecosystems of coastal waters. Despite the widespread occurrence of such large-scale engineering projects in coastal areas, their impact on various components of aquatic ecosystems, including phytoplankton, is still poorly understood. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of the construction of ports and the alluvium of new lands in the Neva Estuary in 2000s on the productivity of phytoplankton. Digging and dredging of bottom sediments results in one order of magnitude elevation of suspended particulate matter (SM), which mostly consisted of sand and clayed deposits and in significant decrease water transparency, as compared to the average long-term values. Concentrations of total phosphorus in the estuarine waters during the works significantly positively correlated with the concentrations of SM. However, the multiple increase in nutrients was less important for phytoplankton development than expected. Analysis of variance and stepwise multiple regression analyses showed that the main predictor of the primary production of plankton in the periods of construction was water transparency. Gross primary production decreased significantly. In contrast to short-term effects caused by wind-induced events, which often stimulated phytoplankton development, long-term construction works of new port facilities negatively influenced phytoplankton productivity. Apart from pristine conditions when the phosphorus concentration was the main factor limiting the primary production in the estuary, the main limiting factor during long-term engineering projects became water transparency. Taking into account plans for further development of ports in coastal areas around the world, the influence of the large-scale engineering projects on the conditions for the development of phyto

India Identifies Major Ports Under Sagarmala Project.

Project aims to cut air pollution from ships in the Mediterranean.

Project MARTHA sheds new light on fatigue at sea.

The main target of DSP in respect of Contship Italia Group, is to address the IT strategies of the various companies to guarantee an harmonious development respecting the peculiarity and the autonomy of the single realities. In the last years DSP, using the acquired know-how in the IT problems of shipping, port management and intermodal transportation has enlarged is portfolio of activities offering to the market professional services in terminal operations processes and systems deployment and optimisiation. In 2007 DSP became partner of NAVIS (part of Cargotec Corporation) and certified its staff as SPARCS 3.7 and SPARCS N4 senior consultants, carrying out various international projects. DSP has recently developed for Contship Italia Group an innovative and flexible system for automatic invoicing (Fatteuro) for container and general cargo terminals interfaced with other systems in order to manage all the necessary information to calculate and register the invoices. It is currently is use at CICT (Cagliari), EGT(Tangier), LSCT(La Spezia) and at the General Cargo Terminal SPETER of La Spezia. DSP is also tightly linked with the new University of Applied Science of Southern Switzerland. In his team a professor of this university is leading analysis and design activities and most part of his personnel has a degree in Computer Science and where recruited there. This also gives the chance to DSP to participate to research projects on the transport and IT area and to remain always skilled with the newest technology

China Leader Inaugurates Sri Lankan Port Project.

There have been numerous projections regarding the Panama Canal expansion's impact on the shipping industry. The rosiest projections envision substantially greater volumes of container cargo entering the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean trade.

Video: Panama Canal Pilots Warn Expansion Project Pose Higher Risks Of Accidents.

Video: Panama Canal Pilots Warn Expansion Project Pose Higher Risks Of Accidents.

Egypt says Suez Canal project on track, tolls unchanged.

Egypt says Suez Canal project on track, tolls unchanged.

Port of Seattle Plans $340M Cruise Terminal Project.

Singapore Launches Autonomous Tug Project.

Ponant Partners with the Aldabra Clean Up Project.

Ships arrive in Arctic peninsula Gydan, deliver first goods to new LNG project.

Modernisation project to double capacity of Florida International Terminal.

World's First Fully Autonomous Vessel To Sail Across Atlantic Ocean - Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project.

Ocean Cruise Passenger Projections Exceeded in 2017.

Russia invests billions into Arctic dredging projects.