Erin Spampinato is the Georgetown, Maine-based price reporting specialist of SeafoodSource. Erin has held staff writer and editor positions at a number of mission-driven organizations, and her freelance journalism has appeared in various publications, including Electric Literature and The Guardian. She is also the author of numerous academic publications on the topics of gender, literature, and history. Erin holds a PhD in English Literature from the Graduate Center, CUNY, an MA from Columbia University, and a BA from Smith College.
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Spot rates for ocean shipping have remained relatively stable in mid-June, but experts are warning industry stakeholders to prepare for more upheaval as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates.
Average spot rates between the Far East and the U.S. West Coast, according to shipping price analysis service Xeneta, rose just slightly, reaching USD 5,345 (EUR 4,639) per 40-Foot Equivalent Unit (FEU), up from USD 5,082 (EUR 4,411) on 5
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Samut Sakhon, Thailand-headquartered Thai Union used the United Nations Ocean Conference, which ran from 9 to 13 June in Nice, France, as an opportunity to call others to join its global sustainability strategy: SeaChange 2030.
“Safeguarding the ocean is not just an environmental priority but a shared responsibility and a long-term investment in global resilience,” Thai Union CEO Thiraphong Chansiri said. “Through SeaChange
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have used their attendance at the UN Ocean Conference, taking place 9 to 13 June in Nice, France, to warn of the dangers of deep sea mining, which the U.S. recently announced plans to commercialize.
“I think it’s madness to launch predatory economic action that will disrupt the deep seabed, disrupt biodiversity, destroy it, and release
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Representatives of two countries, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, announced their intention to create the first Indigenous-led ocean reserve at the UN Ocean Conference, taking place 9 to 13 June in Nice, France.
"For millennia, the Indigenous Peoples of Melanesia have been the wisest and most effective stewards of these sacred waters. That is why the governments of Melanesia are joining forces to create an unprecedented ocean reserve that
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