The "MIMA Maritime Affairs Journal" is a solid platform for maritime professionals and the academia to discuss matters of the sea. It has a digital format that allows a bigger reach, and it is registered at the Malaysian National Library with the ISSN 3009-0830 and e-ISSN 3009-0822. The publication aims to disseminate information about the various maritime spheres, such as conventions and laws, the marine environment, security and safety at sea, maritime economics and industries, and anything ocean related. MIMA Maritime Affairs Journal (Volume 1 2023) 1- We Need to Talk About Maritime Legal Education! (Jason Chuah) 2- Revisiting Maritime Education in Malaysia (Mohd Yazid Zul Kepli & Ganesan Vethiah) 3- Maritime Education and Training (MET): Exploration on the Issues and Challenges in the Malaysian Education System (Syuhaida Ismail, Muhammad Zulhilmi Mohd Nizam, Edy Mustaqim Muhamad & Muhammad Khalid Ahmad Kamal) 4- Upskilling the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industry Towards Enhancing Malaysia’s Competitiveness (Nazery Khalid) 5- Considering Submarine Cable Projects as a Subject of Maritime Education in Malaysia (Wahab Jumrah)

Special focus: Navigating Climate Change: A Brief Summary on Innovative Ocean Solutions Abstract: The ocean plays a crucial role in sustaining life on Earth by harbouring a significant portion of biodiversity, regulating the climate, contributing to the economy, and ensuring global food security. Nevertheless, the anticipated rise in worldwide temperatures, in addition to the acidification of the oceans and the elevation of sea levels, presents significant dangers to vital marine ecosystems and the benefits they provide. In spite of the commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as outlined in the Paris Agreement, they are inadequate in restraining the global temperature increase to within +2°C by the year 2100. Hence, there is an immediate requirement for more ambitious measures to reduce GHG emissions. Ocean-based interventions show promise in mitigating the effects of climate change—such as ocean warming, acidification, and sea-level rise—on marine ecosystems. However, there is a lack of guidance in prioritising these interventions, and limited research, development, and deployment have been conducted in this field. This concise article offers an evaluation of ocean-based measures or schemes aimed at lessening climate-related drivers and negative impacts on selected marine ecosystems and their services. The assessment gauges the potential of each measure based on eight factors that encapsulates the environmental, technological, social, and economic criteria. These factors encompass effectiveness, technological readiness, lead time, duration of benefits, co-benefits, disbenefits, cost-effectiveness, and governance implications. The study highlights the significance of con-sidering the ethical, equitable, and governance implications of ocean-based interventions and the associated risks to oceanic life and human populations. Overall, this research illuminates the potential of ocean-based interventions in addressing the consequences of climate change on marine ecosystems and ecosystem services. It emphasises the need for further research, development, and deployment in this realm and underscores the importance of considering the broader implications and risks associated with these interventions. Content: - Editorial - From the Bridge - Special Focus: Navigating Climate Change: A Brief Summary on Innovative Ocean Solutions (Noorashikin Md Noor) - Demand for Halal Containers at Ports Buoyed by Increased Muslim Population (Mazlinawati Abdul Majid, Muhammad Khalid Ahmad Kamal, and Syuhaida Ismail) - Green Initiatives Towards GreenVoyage 2050: Have We Done Enough? (Nur Zulaikha Yusof) - New Era for ocean Governance: Understanding the High Seas Treaty (Wahab Jumrah) - Book on Malaysian Shipping and Logistics (Thatchaayanie Renganathan)

This book is written with a semi-empirical approach. The book refers to cases, authoritative articles from reputable journals and books. However, reference is also made to statutes, guidelines, online news, white papers, government reports, and policymakers report. This book will be a definitive reference on topic related to shipping and logistic laws in Malaysia.

In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that reshaped manufacturing. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, years of high-stakes bargaining, and delicate negotiation on standards. Now with a new chapter, The Box tells the dramatic story of how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur turned containerization from an impractical idea into a phenomenon that transformed economic geography, slashed transportation costs, and made the boom in global trade possible. -- from back cover.

Since the mid-1990s, the emergence of a hydrogen economy and the speed with which it will arrive have been vigorously debated. As a disruptive technology, dominant designs for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen have not yet been established. Neither have performance characteristics been achieved to compete with the existing combustion engine, though the efficiency and durability of hydrogen fuel cells are improving. This publication highlights the uncertainties involved in making choices about hydrogen and fuel cells in planning the development policies on national energy, environment and transport sector.--Publisher's description.

This book analyses the competing power politics that exists between the three major Asian powers - China, India and Japan - on infrastructural development across the Indo-Pacific. It examines the competing policies and perspectives of these Asian powers on infrastructure developmental initiatives and explores the commonalities and contradictions between them that shape their ideas and interests. In brief, the volume looks into the strategic contention that exists between China`s "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI; earlier officially known as "One Belt, One Road" - OBOR) and Japan`s "Expanded Partnership for Quality Infrastructure" (PQI) and initiatives like the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) that position India`s geostrategic and geo-economic interests in between these two competing powers and their mammoth infrastructural initiatives.