Annual Report 2018 The Australian Academy of Science 2018 Annual Report covers 1 January to 31 December 2018. Online Read the online annual report PDF Download or print the annual report (PDF 2.6MB)

Official Statistics Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 2018 Export control licensing data for 1 January to 31 December 2018. From: Export Control Joint Unit and Department for International Trade Published 16 April 2019 Last updated 8 November 2022 — See all updates Get emails about this page Documents Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 1 January to 31 December 2018 PDF, 1.82 MB, 701 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email exportcontrol.help@trade.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. Details This report covers export licensing decisions made by the government between 1 January and 31 December 2018. Published 16 April 2019 Last updated 8 November 2022 + show all updates 8 November 2022 Strategic export controls: licensing statistics .pdf file updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 12 April 2022 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 11 February 2022 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 12 October 2021 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 13 July 2021 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 13 April 2021 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 9 February 2021 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 13 October 2020 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 14 July 2020 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 15 April 2020 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 14 January 2020 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 15 October 2019 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 16 July 2019 Updated to reflect amendments made to existing licences since previous publication. 16 April 2019 First published. Get emails about this page Related content Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 2016 Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 2009 Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 2013 Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 2015 Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 2017 Collection Strategic export controls: licensing data annual reports Explore the topic Export controls and licensing

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas paid a visit to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on 27 February 2019. Dr. Hashida and Prof. Taalas Professor Taalas held discussions with JMA Director-General Dr. Toshihiko Hashida, who serves as a Permanent Representative of Japan with WMO, and other senior JMA officials. Agenda items included high-priority issues for WMO such as WMO Constitution Body Reform, public-private engagement and further potential for Japan's contribution to WMO activities. Professor Taalas also gave a presentation titled WMO 2030 outlining a global agenda in the fields of meteorology and climate as well as related WMO activities. Prof. Taalas's presentation at JMA headquarters Professor Taalas additionally talked about WMO activities, candidate qualifications and positions with WMO at a career seminar held jointly by WMO, JMA and Sophia University. The event was attended by around 50 young professionals and students, and was followed by an active question and answer session. Prof. Taalas's presentation at the WMO career seminar

With the benefit of hindsight, 2018 is now widely seen as a transformative year in both politics and ethanol. So as 2018 comes to a close and we look back with nostalgia and toward 2019 with hope, we offer our annual Out/In list to begin 2019 with a chuckle. Out Speaker Paul Ryan Motorcycle Fearmongering High Octane Scott Pruitt Seasonal E15 Small Refiner Exemptions EPA Secrecy "RINsanity" 2.25 Billion in Demand Destruction NAFTA RFA Chairman Mick Henderson 95 RON Brazil's TRQ Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley China's 70% Duty on Ethanol Europe's Anti-Dumping Duty Protectionism Ethanol Strong Bob Dinneen In Speaker Nancy Pelosi American Chopper's RFA E85 Cycle High-Octane, Low Carbon Andy Wheeler RVP Waiver 10th Circuit Lawsuit FOIA Lawsuit $0.15 RINs DC Circuit Court Lawsuit USMCA RFA Chairman Neil Koehler 98 RON with Anti- Backsliding President Jair Bolsonaro Finance Committee Chairman Grassley Chinese Imports of Ag and Energy Products EU Court Decision Free Trade! Powered with Renewed Energy Geoff Cooper

Victor Ajayi, Karim Anaya and Michael Pollitt wrote a report “Productivity growth in electricity and gas networks since 1990” for the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), as part of the RIIO-2 consultation. It was published on 17 December 2018. You can read the report here For the full dataset (ED, ET, GD, GT) click here

This three-dimensional reconstruction of the wreck of the American Heritage was created using still images from MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts. Image: Ben Erwin © 2018 MBARI “Hey come on guys, the American Heritage is sinking! We are going after it.” These were the words Knute Brekke, chief pilot of one of MBARI’s remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), heard in the middle of the night 23 years ago. It was a night of mayhem. As soon as they heard the news, Brekke and his co-workers at American Pacific Marine, the diving and ROV company that owned the American Heritage, began to gather gear and cranes to salvage the sinking ship. But they never left port. It was too late. The ship had sunk. “The propeller shaft separated and there was water coming through a six-to-eight-inch hole in the engine room. And down it went,” said Brekke. Fortunately, before the ship sank, the Coast Guard managed to rescue everyone on board. On May 4, 1995 the Los Angeles Times reported the incident and pinned the location of the sunken ship about 13 kilometers (eight miles) south of Malibu, in Santa Monica Bay. Flash forward to 2008—MBARI researchers were using an underwater robot to map around Santa Monica Canyon and saw something unusual on the seafloor. In the end, however, the researchers decided it was just bad data. “They called it an anomaly,” said Brekke. In May 2018, MBARI researchers returned to Santa Monica Bay and surveyed the same spot as part of a larger seafloor mapping project. This time, the maps clearly revealed a 60-meter-long shipwreck lying on the seafloor almost 700 meters (2,300 feet) below the ocean surface. This screen shot shows several sonar images of the wreck of the American Heritage. These images were created using data from MBARI’s seafloor-mapping AUV during a survey of faults and submarine canyons offshore of Santa Monica Bay. Image: Dave Caress © 2018 MBARI Four months later, in September 2018, MBARI geologist Charles Paull led a research expedition using the research vessel Western Flyer and ROV Doc Ricketts to investigate faults and submarine canyons in this same area. But they were also on the lookout for the mysterious sunken ship. Brekke was one of the pilots operating the ROV during this expedition. When he first looked at the seafloor maps of the area, Brekke was immediately drawn to the shipwreck. It looked like a typical oil-field supply boat that might have been servicing oil rigs between Los Angeles and Point Conception. His curiosity piqued, Brekke found a nautical chart and drew a line along the route the sunken supply boat should have taken during its last passage. The line passed right over the position of the wreck shown on the sonar. “I may know what boat this is,” Brekke exclaimed. The wreck of the American Heritage was heavily colonized by deep-sea sponges and other animals. But the name of the boat was still partly visible at the bow. Image: © 2018 MBARI On the last day of Paull’s cruise, the researchers were conducting an ROV dive barely 600 meters from the shipwreck site. Having a little extra time, they decided to dive on the wreck. Brekke was operating the ROV when its video cameras revealed a giant object covered in sponges. He and the other pilots flew the ROV around the wreck, from bow to stern, up and down, for three hours. Although poor visibility and loose ropes and cables prevented the ROV from getting too close to the wreck, the pilots eventually spotted the letters A, M, E, and R on the bow of the boat. “That’s it. It says American Heritage,” said Ben Erwin, Brekke’s copilot. The company emblem on the smokestack confirmed that the ship belonged to American Pacific Marine. “Wow. That’s pretty cool,” Brekke exclaimed. Using MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts, researchers explored the wreck of the American Heritage and even peered inside the door to the ship’s wheelhouse. Image: © 2018 MBARI Mesmerized by the shipwreck, Erwin decided to create a three-dimensional (3D) rendering of it. Over the next few months, he pieced together thousands of still images of the shipwreck that he had extracted from the ROV video. After weeks of heavy number crunching, Erwin posted the final product on the Sketchfab website. Now anyone can examine the wreck of the American Heritage on the seafloor in the deep waters of Santa Monica Bay. Article by Priyanka Runwal You can view Ben Erwin’s 3D model of the wreck of the American Heritage below (courtesy of Sketchfab). Some parts of the wreck are missing because they were not clearly visible in video of the wreck taken by MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.

Document Programme List of Participants Final Report Program Session 1: Introduction Introduction of WIGOS –Integration– WMO X CIMO-17 outcomes and CIMO activities –Quality management– WMO X Development framework –Application– JMA X CIMO TECO-2018 highlights –Towards fit-for-purpose environmental measurement– WMO X Session 2: Open seminar –Integration, quality management and application GSMaP –Integrated application with developer and user collaboration– JAXA X Proposed framework for Integrated regional radar network JWA X Innovative remote sensing measurements as new data sources NICT X Observation for 2030 Vision JMA X Measurement quality classifications for surface observing stations on land WMO X Survey results JMA X Discussion on measurement quality classification All participants X Poster Viewing NICT JAXA JMA Session 3: Operation of RWC mandatory functions Update on WIGOS and RWCs WMO X Introduction of RWC mandatory functions JMA X Country report Bangladesh Bhutan Lao PDR Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand UAE Viet Nam China India Russian Federation Saudi Arabia The Philippines Survey results JMA X Discussion on RWC mandatory functions All participants X X Session 4: Technical support as RWC optional functions Review of Day 1 recommendations about Measurement Quality Classifications WMO X Introduction of RIC-RWC collaboration JMA X RIC Beijing report RIC Beijing X RIC Manila report RIC Manila X RIC Tsukuba report RIC Tsukuba X Discussion: How do we encourage skilled staff? Invited speakers X Discussion: How do we develop an expert community based on inter-regional collaboration? Invited speakers X Discussion: How do we improve observing system? –Review of Tokyo Action Plan 2018 status– Invited speakers X Discussion: How do we develop products and train experts? –JMA’s 10-year plan and collaborative approaches– Invited speakers X X Discussion: What can RWCs do for developing human resource in the region? Future RWCs X Discussion summary –Development framework as RWCs optional functions All participants X Session 5: Wrap up of the workshop Future operation and activities of RWCs All participants X X Outcomes of the workshop All participants X Workshop Recommendations