global environment

When world leaders sign the final text of the Rio+20 Earth Summit Friday, they will be signing off on a document most see as falling far below expectations for concrete action.

Next week’s Rio+20 summit in Brazil is meant to pave the way to a sustainable future via building a global green economy and improving international coordination on sustainability issues.

The maritime industry is without a doubt the major freight transportation vehicle for international trade since time immemorial. It still transports almost 90 percent of all of the world’s raw and manufactured products around the globe.