Environment
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University of Delaware study finds height of wind turbines plays important role in changing surface weather
A new study from the University of Delaware published in Environmental Research Letters looked at the potential effects of offshore…
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Challenging conventional thinking on implementing clean tech
There isn’t time to install clean technologies one at a time, and it doesn’t make sense to do so, argues…
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Europe and Japan team up to slash methanol production costs
A group of European and Japanese researchers have been working to develop processes to optimise CO2 hydrogenation in terms of…
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K Line partners with key Middle East client to work on decarbonisation
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of its top clients in the…
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Berge Bulk adds more wind power
Singapore-based owner Berge Bulk has contracted a British maker of rotor sails Anemoi Marine Technologies to supply and fit two…
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Worley awarded FEED contract for Santos’ offshore carbon capture project
Australian offshore engineering company Worley has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Santos-led Bayu-Undan carbon capture…
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US Congress debates clean shipping bill
Congressman Alan Lowenthal who represents the Port of Long Beach, along with co-sponsor congresswoman Nanette Barragán, yesterday introduced the Clean…
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Drax signs up for MOL’s hard sail solution
British power firm Drax Group has come out in support of Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) hard sail development. Drax is…
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NYK to trial energy saving devices on 50 bulk carriers
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has moved to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing vessels by installing and testing…
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DHL taps into Hapag-Lloyd’s biofuel offering
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has signed an agreement with compatriot…
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World’s first dual-fuel LNG suezmax tanker enters service
The world’s first dual-fuel LNG suezmax tanker has completed its maiden voyage to Malaysia, followed by its first bunkering operation.…
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Early planning is the best tool to cut contractual EEXI risks
Simon Hodgkinson, head of loss prevention at West P&I, with some useful advice to owners ahead of imminent new regulations.…
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Vale presses ahead with multi-fuel bulkers
Brazilian miner Vale has developed a design to incorporate multi-fuel tanks on iron ore carriers. The system, which could see the…
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French unveil hydrogen barge plans
Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy) and a host of French partners have given details of the Elemanta H2 project, a…
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MOL unveils updated microplastics collection device
Mitsui OSK Lines, Japan’s largest shipowner, has unveiled an updated device to collect microplastics.The centrifugal-type microplastic collection device, developed in…
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Vestas and CMB’s Windcat Workboats pilot hydrogen-powered CTV
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has joined forces with Windcat Workboats, part of Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), in launching a…
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Barely one in three of the world’s top shipping firms have made 2050 net zero commitments
Only 33 out of 94 (35%) of the world’s major shipping companies have committed to being net zero by 2050…
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Braemar gets into the carbon offset business
Braemar has become the latest broker to launch a digital platform to offset vessel and cargo emissions. Braemar Offset has…
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Switzerland, the world’s top commodity trading hub, debates its overall maritime carbon footprint
The government of Switzerland is formulating its international shipping strategy for the coming decades, including the adoption of a tonnage…
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European Council agrees ETS scheme for shipping
Environment ministers in the European Council have agreed to include maritime shipping emissions within the scope of the EU emissions trading…
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