June 26th, 2013 by Tumaini Fund
The Tumaini Fund has collected enough donated goods to fill a container, just two months after the last one arrived in Tanzania where the Guernsey based charity supports 25,000 widows and orphans. However money is required to cover the cost of shipping a container filled with medical and educational supplies, and computers and clothing to […]
December 19th, 2012 by European Commission
New European environmental rules on marine fuels, entered into force on 17 December 2012. These rules will substantially reduce air pollution and its impacts on human health. Air pollutants from maritime shipping are transported long distances and contribute increasingly to the air quality problems in many European cities. Without any action, sulphur emissions from shipping […]
December 21st, 2010 by European Commission Joint Research Centre
Maritime transport causes about four percent of global man-made CO2 emissions which makes its carbon footprint approximately as high as Germany’s. There is no regulation of international maritime transport emissions yet, but this is currently under discussion in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In […]
April 27th, 2010 by Richard Lord
To download paper click link: WHITE PAPER – European transport policy for 2010 – time to decide