MCST - Home

Pricing Table Particle

Quickly drive clicks-and-mortar catalysts for change

Basic
Standard Compliant Channels
$50
Completely synergize resource taxing relationships via premier market
1 GB of space
Support at $25/hour
Sign Up

Premium
Standard Compliant Channels
$100
Completely synergize resource taxing relationships via premier market
10 GB of space
Support at $15/hour
Sign Up

Platinum
Standard Compliant Channels
$250
Completely synergize resource taxing relationships via premier market
30 GB of space
Support at $5/hour
Sign Up

Login Module

A Catalyst for Change

Target: The Republic of the Marshall Islands has set a policy target of reducing its transport emissions by 16% by 2025 and 27% in 2030 (2015 RMI INDC), the first Pacific country to make such a commitment.

MCST Framework

Vision/Goal: A center of excellence to prepare and implement a whole of country strategy to transition the Marshall Islands to a low carbon transport future as a pilot and catalyst for other Micronesian and small island states.

High Level Policy Unit

In 2014, RMI requested assistance from USP on the nexus between UNFCCC and the IMO in regard GHG emissions and reduction targets. Being profoundly impacted by the effects of climate change RMI was concerned that international shipping pays its “fair share” in emissions reduction.

Newsflash:

Decarbonising Maritime Transport: The Case of Sweden ... Read More

RMI Removed from Non-Cooperative Countries List in Greece ... Read More

Beacon the key to Tuvalu fishermen being found ... Read More

Speed limits: why won’t the shipping industry commit? ... Read More

A new fleet of all-electric ferries with massive battery packs is going into production. Several recent projects seem to indicate that maritime transport is well on its way to go electric and ferries are at the forefront. ... Read More

Brazil should support ambition in the climate deal of the year. With countries set to agree a climate target for international shipping in April, Brazil has the chance to be a green seas leader, not a laggard. ... Read More

Crunch time is approaching for many players in shipping to make critical choices for the future of their business in the post-2020 emissions environment. ... Read More

MCST Home

Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport

Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport – housed at USP’s Long Island Campus in Majuro

Jabor Port

Jabor Port, Jaluit Harbour, Marshall Islands 1935

Rebbillib

Micronesia is a collection of over 2,000 islands in the South Pacific, covering almost three million square miles of ocean. It was settled thousands of years ago, and came into contact with European explorers in the 16th century. But one piece of technology was already in Micronesia long before the Europeans came: the map.

Message from the MCST Board Chair

Achieving the targets we have set ourselves is an ambitious undertaking and as the late Tony de Brum was fond of reminding us, 'time is not our friend'.

Hon. Wilbur Heine

MCST Board Chair

'Flettner Rotors': potential game changing technology for Pacific low carbon shipping

The Magnus Effect and the Flettner Rotor: Potential Application for Future Oceanic Shipping

This technical review documents the literature of Flettner Rotor technology to make it available to researchers seeking potential means for reducing Oceanic shipping costs for both transport and fishing at all levels of vessel size.

Future Oceanic Shipping

King Canute muses in the South Seas: Why aren’t Pacific Islands transitioning to low carbon sea transport futures?

Transition to low carbon sea transport is a logical response to the extreme dependency of the Pacific Islands region on imported fossil fuel, its significant vulnerability to the effects of climate change and the critical shipping needs of Pacific Island countries (PICs).

Low carbon sea transport

Blue-Green Symposium, Majuro 1-2 December 2017

Sponsored by the Korean Ambassador to Micronesia, H.E. Song-in Kim and hosted by the Micronesia Center for Sustainable Transport, the 2017 Blue-Green Symposium focussed on two emerging Korean technologies, Wingships and Biomass Power plants. The Symposium was well attended by RMI government, Korean government, industry and researchers, MCST, World Food Program and LCSTTP staff.

Symposium

SDG 14 UN Oceans USP’s Voluntary Commitment #OceanAction19944

In June 2017 Sweden and Fiji co-hosted the first UN Oceans Conference in New York. USP;s voluntary commitments to achieving SSDG14 include opening and staffing a research and development centre based in the Marshall Islands, termed the Micronesian Centre for Sustainable Transport, initially focusing on sustainable shipping solutions for the Pacific.

#OceanAction19944

'Flettner Rotors': potential game changing technology for Pacific low carbon shipping Future Oceanic Shipping
King Canute muses in the South Seas: Why aren’t Pacific Islands transitioning to low carbon sea transport futures? Low carbon sea transport
Blue-Green Symposium, Majuro 1-2 December 2017 Symposium
SDG 14 UN Oceans USP’s Voluntary Commitment #OceanAction19944 #OceanAction19944

Irene Taafaki Manager

USP Campus Director - Marshall Islands
Manager - Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport
+692 247 7279

Dr Peter Nuttall Scientific and Technical Advisor

Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport
The University of the South Pacific
+679 9979 072

Professor Captain Michael Vahs Honorary Professor, Ship Operations and Efficiency

Hochschule Emden/Leer
University of Applied Sciences
michael.vahs@hs-emden-leer.de

To Top