Labour shortages on land and at sea as Ukraine invasion ripples spread

Putin’s war against Ukraine will exacerbate the logistics sector’s labour shortage, as sanctions impede recruitment for seafarers and drivers. International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) data notes that Russians account for 10.5% ...

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News / Green shipping revolution could be hamstrung, UMAS warns

Global-south countries have great potential for generating the clean fuels shipping needs – but access ...

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News / Proposal for IMO-controlled shipping decarbonisation fund gains traction

Some 47 governments and industry groups are lobbying the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to implement ...

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News / Call for consistency in ocean shipping emissions calculation

The Loadstar has reported how a lack of standardisation in air cargo emissions calculation and ...

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News / Time for shipping 'to bite the bullet' and pay for its emissions, says ICS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has revised and increased its proposal for a levy ...

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Recommends / Trump protectionism threatens trade's 'natural order', says ICS DG

Guy Platten, the head of the International Chamber of Shipping, has warned the UK’s Financial ...

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News / With the US and EU putting up barriers, Chinese EVs could divert to SE Asia

Automotive intelligence company Jato has identified a lucrative alternative market for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) ...

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News / ICS uses China opening to slam EU ETS aimed at shipping

This week, ICS used the launch of its new office in Shanghai to criticise the ...

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News / ICS offers 'tax and reward' system to drive adoption of green shipping fuel

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has proposed a tax-and-reward system for early adopters of ...

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News / Shippers claim proposed carbon tax could be 'world's biggest BAF'

Shippers in the US and Europe have raised concerns about the shift of the carbon ...

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Comment / Failure to address decarbonisation issues renders ICS report worthless

Discussions on developing the maritime economy in a post-pandemic world cannot take place in a ...

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News / Maritime and transport raises the climate debate temperature

The climate change debate in the shipping industry is hotting up, reflecting the change of ...

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News / UN groups in crisis mode over key workers as Covid border restrictions return

As some countries move to reintroduce border restrictions for transport workers – a repeat of ...

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News / Shipping decarb debate manoeuvring set to run and run

Debate at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) over its level of ambition for decarbonising shipping ...

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