Fixing driver shortages: new global plan launched by employers and unions
IRU, the world road transport employers' organization, representing more than 3.5 million road transport operators, and ITF, the International Transport Workers’ Federation, representing 18.5 million transport workers, have today launched a three-point plan to help fix driver shortages.
The new approach aims to ease driver shortages and transport labour market imbalances, ensure decent working conditions and standards for drivers working outside of their home country, and simplify and enforce rules for workers and employers.
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EU, Kenya sign trade pact seen as model for East African states
The European Union signed a trade agreement with Kenya, giving the nation duty- and quota-free access to the bloc, a long-negotiated deal it said is open for other East African countries join.
The economic partnership agreement has been under discussion for at least a decade. While Kenya agreed to a joint pact in 2016, four East African Community members — Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda — didn’t approve a regional deal. Except for Kenya, all EAC partner states are considered least developed countries and still enjoy duty-free and quota-free access to the EU market.
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Dry season threatens Panama Canal
The Panama Canal will implement water conservation measures during the rainy months to help recover water in all the surrounding lakes.
The Canal is closely monitoring the development of weather events affecting water availability in the canal watershed, which according to forecasts, could worsen with the arrival of the El Niño phenomenon.
"Current estimates indicate that the economic impact is unavoidable," said Panama Canal in a statement.
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UN adopts landmark High Seas Conservation Treaty
After two decades of negotiation, the United Nations has finally adopted a marine biodiversity treaty for the high seas, the first international agreement of its kind.
“The ocean is the lifeblood of our planet, and today, you have pumped new life and hope to give the ocean a fighting chance,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement Monday.
Individual nations have jurisdiction over marine biodiversity out to the edge of their own waters, but on the high seas, there have been few if any protections for the natural environment (outside of measures enforceable by port states and flag states, like MARPOL). The new expansion on UNCLOS adds 75 additional articles intended to protect the marine environment and conserve biodiversity.
The Maritime Executive
Emerging AI regulatory ecosystems: implications for businesses and regulators
Different Artificial intelligence AI regulatory regimes are currently emerging across Europe, the United States, China, and elsewhere.
But what do these new regulatory regimes mean for companies and their adoption of self-regulatory and compliance-based tools and practices?
This article outlines how and where AI regulations emerge and how these, in some cases, seem to be on divergent paths.
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