Why are maritime laws failing to protect the ocean? | | Show Colors

War and territorial disputes are rewriting international shipping laws.

From the Strait of Hormuz to the Panama Canal, and the Red Sea to the Black Sea, maritime traffic is under serious threat.

Will shipping become the new global battleground? So why are the decades-old laws governing the sea failing?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests:

Rockford Weitz – director of the Fletcher Studies program at Tufts University

George Theocharidis – professor of maritime law and policy at the World Maritime University

Stavros Karamperidis – associate professor of marine economics at Plymouth University