Robert Beckman, Bikashita Choudhury, Amanda Wee and Yulu Liu contributed two blogs to the CIL-NCLOS Dialogue Symposium 2026

CIL Ocean Law and Policy has published two blog posts, forming part of the CIL-NCLOS Dialogue Symposium 2026, on the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) Blog. The symposium follows after the CIL-NCLOS Dialogue in November 2025, in which the theme was "Arctic Governance: Contemporary Trends in Shipping, Environment, and Security". The dialogue examined current issues and challenges in Arctic shipping and was hosted in Singapore by CIL with funding support from the Singapore Maritime Institute. 

Senior Adviser Robert Beckman and Research Associate Bikashita Choudhury co-authored a blog post titled "The Impact of Western Sanctions on the Development of Shipping on the Northern Sea Route between Russia and East Asia" (https://site.uit.no/nclos/2026/06/24/the-impact-of-western-sanctions-on-the-development-of-shipping-on-the-northern-sea-route-between-russia-and-east-asia/). Research Assistant Amanda Wee and Research Fellow Yulu Liu co-authored a blog post titled "Black Carbon and the Heavy Fuel Oil Ban in the Arctic" (https://site.uit.no/nclos/2026/06/24/black-carbon-and-the-heavy-fuel-oil-ban-in-the-arctic/). The other blog posts and the symposium may be accessed at this link: https://site.uit.no/nclos/2026/06/24/2026-cil-nclos-dialogue-symposium-ecosystems-security-and-shipping-regional-and-global-challenges/.

CIL Ocean Law and Policy thanks the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea for the longstanding collaboration on various joint events and for collaborating on this symposium.