Polar codes appear to have been accepted into a certain role in 5G, driven perhaps more by political forces than immediate differentiation As the festive season approaches, there is nothing better ...

The Standard Club introduced the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (‘Polar Code’) as well as Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) amendments which were adopted in November 2014, in ...

Polar codes represent a seminal breakthrough in error-correcting coding, enabling communication systems to approach the theoretical capacity of a channel with low-complexity decoding methods. Their ...

In an address to the general assembly of the International Maritime Organization, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp encouraged the IMO to address the pressing issues facing the international ...

A historic milestone was reached on New Year's Day 2017 when the International Maritime Organization's Polar Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters came into force. The "Polar Code," as it is widely ...

The International Maritime Organization has just signed off on an International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters, more simply known as the Polar Code. This was developed in response to already ...

The first-ever global framework governing commercial shipping in polar zones isn't even in effect, yet activists and scientists are already pushing for stronger environmental protections. The ...

The recent announcement that insurer Lloyds of London is adopting its own Arctic shipping guidelines highlights troubling gaps in a coming set of shipping regulations, says Lars Erik Mangset, climate ...