The third Quarterly Report of 2024 covers the following range of topics:

Vietnam Extended Continental Shelf Claim

On 17 July 2024, Vietnam submitted a claim to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) for an extended continental shelf (ECS) in respect to Vietnam’s entitlements in the South China Sea (SCS).

Canada–United States Maritime Negotiations

On 24 September 2024, the United States and Canada announced their intention to create a Joint Task Force to negotiate a maritime boundary in the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea. Maritime entitlements to the continental shelf generated by the US state of Alaska and by the Canadian provinces of Yukon and the Northwest Territories overlap in the Beaufort Sea.

Interested in learning more? You’re in luck! The Canada–United States Maritime Boundary Brief is currently available for free as a sample!

Germany–Denmark Boundary Demarcation Exercise

More than 500 boundary markers lie along the 146 kilometer (91 mile) long border between Germany and Denmark. Over the course of two days, 28–29 August 2024, specialists working on the German–Danish boundary committee assessed the state of the land border and surveyed where flaws or inconsistencies may exist in its demarcation.

Additional Boundary News

Some developments have occurred in the ever tenuous situation across the South China Sea, where new extended continental shelf claims have pushed the littoral States to begin the process of officially delimiting their various claims. Learn more about the South China Sea and the competing territorial claims of its littoral States by reading our South China Sea Sovereignty Analysis.

And more!

For access to the full 2024 Q3 July-September Boundary Brief, contact us.