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Pacific Islands Transport Forum & Expo

On November 8-10, the Pacific Islands Transport Forum and Expo brought together representatives from governments and organisations, from the region and beyond.

Laucala Declaration on Pacific Islands Transport

Delegates at the Pacific Islands Transport Forum & Expo drafted the Laucala Declaration on the Decarbonisation of Pacific Islands Transportation.

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.

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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

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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

Pacific Islands Transport Forum and Expo, November 2018

Transport is the very lifeline of Pacific Islands societies. Across the region, the need for clean, affordable, appropriate and safe air, land and sea transport is essential for all socio-economic development and well-being

Pacific Islands Transport Forum and Expo, November 2018

'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

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

Pacific Islands Transport Forum and Expo, November 2018 Pacific Islands Transport Forum and Expo, November 2018
'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
SDG 14 UN Oceans USP’s Voluntary Commitment #OceanAction19944 #OceanAction19944

Michael Traut

Director
Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport
The University of the South Pacific

Peter Nuttall

Scientific and Technical Advisor
Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport
The University of the South Pacific
+679 9979 072

Maria Sahib

Research Associate
Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport
The University of the South Pacific
+692 4568760

Professor Captain Michael Vahs

Honorary Professor
Ship Operations and Efficiency
Hochschule Emden/Leer
University of Applied Sciences

Tristan Smith

Honorary Professor
Low Carbon Shipping
Energy Institute
University College London

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