Celebrate oceans for sustainable future on June 4, 2020The awareness about environment, oceans and natural resources has been growing for about many decades, but has picked up momentum since 2008 when the United Nations adopted 8th June as World Oceans Day as an international observance. However, the idea for celebrating a day for oceans was first conceptualized at the UN Earth Summit by […]
The Real Crisis…! on May 10, 2020COVID 19 pandemic has shaken the basis of globalisation, and its tragic implications are disbursed across the continents. Economic, social, cultural as well as political practices and priorities of mankind have been challenged by a natural phenomenon, which has turned into a “global disaster” mainly due to inadequate preparedness. A comparison between mitigation strategy of […]
Small Scale Fisheries of Balochistan ;Too Important to Ignore on April 21, 2020While the world is contemplating strategies to mitigate economic losses caused due to COVID 19 pandemics, focus is more on indigenous opportunities available within any country. For rehabilitation of local economies, small scale fishing provides coastal communities an enormous potential to support food security, nutrition, livelihood and national economy in coming years. Small scale fisheries […]
Effects of IMO 2020: bunkers and beyond on March 11, 2020Shipowners striving to comply with IMO 2020 will affect other industries as well. It’s not just the bunker prices and refinery industry but growing demand for low-sulphur crude oil that will also drive up the competition between shippers and global steel and aluminium industry. Maritime sector, which consumed 3.8 million barrels per day of fuel […]
Maritime Security Management through Innovative Use of Technology on February 7, 2020Oceans are critical in safeguarding the sovereignty of any nation. In the case of Pakistan, our sustenance and economic prosperity are dependent upon maritime trade. Essentially to meet the energy security requirements, we are reliant on safe and secure sea-lines of communication. Moreover, more than 80 per cent of national import and export is also […]
Marine environment and blue economy — a reality check for Pakistan on December 26, 2019The contribution of oceans in sustaining economic prosperity of mankind is also very decisive. Almost 90 percent of the global trade by volume is carried out by seas. More than 50 percent of the world populationdwells along the coastal areas and the percentage willrise upto 75 percent by 2025. Considerable amount of valuable minerals and […]
Building national economy on paradigm of blue growth on December 2, 2019Maritime sector is the world’s leading sector for creation of jobs; besides being one of the most effective economic development driver. Global consciousness of unprecedented environmental challenges and pressuresof growing population has diverted the attention of littorals from finite land resources to the opportunities offer by oceans and seas. Gunter’s idea of sustainable development though […]