The ISA Endowment Fund is inviting applications from suitable candidates interested in being sponsored to attend the 18th Session of the Rhodes Academy of the Oceans Law and Policy meetings held   June 30 – July 20, 2013 in Greece. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2013 For more details, candidates can download the Information Booklet, the 2013… Continue reading ISA Endowment Fund Announces Funding For Candidates To Attend Rhodes Academy 18th Session

On 19 April 2013, Ocean Mineral Singapore Pte. Ltd., a company sponsored by the Government of Singapore, submitted an application for approval of a plan of work for exploration for polymetallic nodules in a reserved area. The area under application is the reserved area portion of the UK Seabed Resources Ltd claim area in the… Continue reading Singapore Applies For Approval Of Plan Of Work For Exploration For Polymetallic Nodules

On 26 March 2013, the International Seabed Authority received an application for approval of a plan of work for exploration for polymetallic sulphides submitted by the Government of India. The application area is in the Central Indian Ocean and that the applicant has elected to offer an equity interest in a joint venture arrangement with… Continue reading India Applies For Approval Of Plan Of Work For Exploration For Polymetallic Sulphides

The Information Note and the Provisional Schedule of Meetings for the International Seabed Authority’s 19th Session is now available online. The Information Note is prepared to facilitate the work of the Authority at its forthcoming session from 8-26 July 2013.  In accordance with the revised pattern of meetings agreed by the Assembly at the eighteenth session, the first week of… Continue reading ISA To Host 19th Annual Session In July 2013

The Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority has received a proposal from Nautilus Minerals Inc., (‘Nautilus’) a company incorporated in Canada, to enter into negotiations to form a joint venture with the Enterprise for the purpose of developing eight of the reserved area blocks in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The terms of the proposal… Continue reading Nautilus Minerals Propose Joint Venture with the Enterprise

H.E. Mr. Akramul Qader, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, presented his credentials as the Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Secretary-General of the Authority on 3 April 2013. Ambassador Qader is a career diplomat in the rank of a state minister and  currently serves as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United… Continue reading Ambassador Of Bangladesh Presents Credentials To ISA Secretary-General