The study analyses the characteristics of maritime transport in the 10 countries that will join the EU in 2004. The Baltic ports are regrouping in order to become a corridor for East-West transit. The result of their location is a service dominated by feeder lines, i.e. low volumes and...

Étudier, conseiller, sensibiliser et diffuser de l'information sur le transport maritime. Isemar est un centre de recherche appliquée en économie maritime. Ses études sont destinées à la fois à des professionnels du monde maritime (opérateurs portuaires, chargeurs, transporteurs...), aux...

Within the EU, the Macaronesian Region consists of three archipelagos: the Azores, Madeira (both belonging to Portugal) and the Canaries (Spain). All are of volcanic origin and this fact is reflected everywhere in the landscape. Large calderas, jagged mountains and vertiginous cliffs contrast...

This evaluation aims to provide an overall independent assessment of the European Union’s cooperation and partnership relations with the Pacific region over 2006-2012. On the basis of this assessment, it provides recommendations to improve the EU’s current and future strategies, programmes...

Der Artikel gibt einen kurzen Überblick über den weltweiten Stand der Wasserkraft sowie Potenziale zur Nutzung der Gezeiten- und Wellenenergie.

Angesichts stark wachsender Nachfrage nach Rohstoffen, insbesondere vonseiten der aufstrebenden Schwellenländer und entsprechend steigender Rohstoffpreise, richtet sich der Blick zunehmend auf die Tiefsee als enorme noch weitgehend unerschlossene Quelle reichhaltiger Rohstoffvorkommen. Der...

Ocean iron fertilization is currently discussed as a potential measure to mitigate climate change by enhancing oceanic CO2 uptake. Its mitigation potential is not yet well explored, and carbon offsets generated through iron fertilization activities could currently not be traded on regulated...

Diminishing emission budgets and increasing risks of catastrophic damages from climate change require analyses of rapid response options including geoengineering options such as ocean iron fertilization (OIF). To decide whether or not OIF might be such an option an assessment of its potential as...