Tag: Shipping
Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn’t...
Rockford Weitz, Tufts University
For decades, the frozen Arctic was little more than a footnote in global economic competition,...
Today’s global economy runs on standardized shipping containers, as the Ever...
Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Take a look around you.
Perhaps you’re snacking on a...
Gulf of Oman attacks: how merchant ships can keep safe in...
Robert McCabe, Coventry University
The latest attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman have once again highlighted the vulnerability of merchant ships...
Where’s my package? Common carrier freight lockers can ease city traffic...
Barbara Ivanov, University of Washington and Anne Goodchild, University of Washington
Online shopping is a big convenience for many Americans, but porch piracy can ruin...
Cargo ships are emitting boatloads of carbon, and nobody wants to...
Henrik Selin, Boston University and Rebecca Cowing, Boston University
Maritime shipping transports 90 percent of the goods traded around the world by volume. Moving large...
As Arctic ship traffic increases, narwhals and other unique animals are...
Donna Hauser, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Harry Stern, University of Washington, and Kristin Laidre, University of Washington
Most Americans associate fall with football and raking...
How transshipment may undercut Trump’s tariffs
Patrick Conway, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
President Donald Trump is vowing to crack down on deceptive transshipment. That is the practice...
The urgency of curbing pollution from ships, explained
James J. Winebrake, Rochester Institute of Technology and James J Corbett, University of Delaware
The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency that regulates global...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
