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Tides of change: Steering towards improved mariner safety and welfare in the Indo-Pacific

  • Dr Mary Ann Palma-Robles & A/Professor Lowell Bautista,

Seafarers, often out of sight, must navigate harsh working conditions, a lack of legal protection and geopolitical tensions.

INTERVIEW: Shipping in maritime Asia is vulnerable to geopolitical tension

  • Jennifer Parker,

Maritime Asia is a major international trade route, but the South China Sea is hotly disputed. What are the possible impacts on shipping of geo-political tensions?

Migrant fishers from Southeast Asia are increasingly subject to forced labour and human trafficking

  • A/Prof Sallie Yea,

One of the most pressing problems in terms of fishing supply chains is modern slavery of migrant fishing crew.

Securing the backbone: Security challenges to and governance of submarine cables in the Indo-Pacific

  • Jeslyn Tan,

Despite the importance of submarine cables to global supply chains and economy, this critical infrastructure is vulnerable to attacks and damage.

The challenges of cleaner fuels for shipping supply chains

  • Peter Cook,

Unless governments across the Asia Pacific make decisions about the fuels for the ships they depend on they are likely to be disadvantaged.

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