Pacific nations launch regional shipping body to modernise island fleets

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Seven Pacific island nations have established the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), a regional organization aimed at modernizing domestic shipping fleets through investments in cleaner vessels, maritime infrastructure, and workforce development.

Seven Pacific island nations have signed the charter establishing the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), a new international organisation aimed at transforming domestic shipping across Oceania through investment in cleaner vessels, maritime infrastructure and workforce development. Ministers from Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Naoero, the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu signed the charter …