Creating Islands in Arabian Sea Nature Based Solutions (NBS) leverage natural processes and features, including ecosystem-based management approaches to address societal challenges and to provide engineering, economic, and environmental benefits (IUCN 2020). In the context of the port sector, NBS can involve measures that leverage natural systems and processes to enhance resilience, optimize infrastructure, and/or
Civilian Mariners Support US Navy A civil service mariner (CIVMAR) is a US federal government employee who pursues a civil service career while assigned aboard U.S. government-owned ships supporting the US Navy’s warfighters and warfighting platforms deployed world wide.Such CIVMARs comprise almost 80% of US Navy workforce and reflect standards found aboard civilian merchant or
Complexities of Maritime Laws In the last two decades there has been a tremendous development in maritime logistics, shipping and trade accompanied by advancement in technology, concern about exploitation of oceanic resources and a massive increase in the tonnage of sea going vessels. Approximately one third of global maritime trade, passes through the South China
