Environment
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Shipping all at sea when it comes to defining decarbonisation
Shipping has no clear understanding of what decarbonisation means in real terms for the industry, a new poll suggests. Prompted…
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Stricken bulk carrier off Mauritius tipped to break up in the coming hours
With the cracks widening along the buckled hull of the giant bulk carrier, locals are bracing for the 203,000 dwt…
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NYK teams with JMU to commercialise ammonia-fuelled vessels
Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is teaming with compatriot yard Japan Marine United and local class society Nippon…
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Mauritius PM concedes grounded bulk carrier will break up
Salvors have managed to halt the worst of the spill from the grounded bulk carrier off the south coast of…
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Stricken bulk carrier lying on reef off Mauritius at risk of splitting in two
Locals have spent the past days fabricating their own oil booms made out straw, clothing, plastic bottles and dried sugar…
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Mauritius faces up to its worst environmental crisis as oil slick snakes around the south of the island
An environmental crisis is playing out in the Indian Ocean where a grounded Panamanian-flagged newcastlemax is spewing bunker fuel onto…
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Bulk carrier sitting on reef off Mauritius starts to leak bunker fuel
The 203,000 dwt bulk carrier, which ran aground on a reef just off the southeast coastline of Mauritius on July…
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LNG-fuelled ships in the crosshairs as IMO details landmark GHG study
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has released its keenly awaited fourth greenhouse gas study, which starkly shows the huge challenge…
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Slow steaming won’t necessarily cut emissions – so what will?
Dr Teemu Manderbacka from NAPA Shipping Solutions writes on how to use operational data to validate new ship designs. Recent…
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Evergreen joins the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corporation has become a signatory to the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) to improve the sustainable lifecycle…
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Misuga Kaiun fined for cover up of oily water discharge
Japanese shipping company Misuga Kaiun was fined by a federal court in the US for activities violating the Act to…
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Maersk Drilling invests in new Carbon-Negative Energy
Maersk Drilling is investing $1m in a California biomass company to help offset its emissions. Maersk Drilling has tied up…
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CMA CGM and NYK sign up to the Hydrogen Council
CMA CGM, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), the Port of Rotterdam and TechnipFMC are among the latest companies to sign up…
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Hyundai Mipo Dockyard makes progress in its bid to commercialise ammonia-fuelled ships by 2025
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is pressing ahead with plans to commercialise ammonia-fuelled ships by 2025. The Korean yard has been working…
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LNG retrofits touted as way to meet IMO 2030 targets
Newport Shipping, a UK-based ship repair coordinator, is touting LNG conversions as a new angle for business in the post-scrubber…
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Maersk among big names including Unilever and Microsoft in new net zero initiative
The heads of nine companies including Maersk yesterday announced the establishment of a new initiative to accelerate the transition to…
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Shipping’s decarbonisation puzzle: a barometer of industry views
Castrol’s Cassandra Higham reveals details of a decarbonisation survey her firm carried out with owners, operators and managers. Shipping is on…
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Al Gore spearheads new initiative to track and publish every ship’s carbon footprint
Former American vice-president Al Gore has set out to track and publish data on all greenhouse gas emissions – including…
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UN warns risk of Yemen FSO breaking up poses an environmental threat ‘four times worse than Exxon Valdez’
Inger Andersen, the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, has told the UN security council that a deteriorating,…
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What zero-emissions means for our industry
Richard Klatten, CEO of Future Proof Shipping, writes for Splash on a thorny issue shipping is trying to resolve. At…
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