Environment
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British scientists to track down sulphur cap cheats by peering into the clouds
British researchers have developed a method to track down ships flouting the sulphur cap next year by watching clouds. The…
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ONE stands out with unique scrubber approach
Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE) will be the only major container carrier to operate no scrubbers come the start of…
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Maersk calls on battery makers for help
Maersk has put out a call to battery makers around the world, suggesting this could be one of the other…
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Seafarers worried they will bear the brunt of IMO 2020 disputes
Seafarers are increasingly worried that they will take the rap for botched sulphur cap transitions. While the latest Seafarers Happiness…
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Platts launches scrubber index for bulkers
S&P Global Platts is now publishing time charter equivalent (TCE) assessments basis 0.5% sulphur bunker fuel for scrubber-fitted and non-scrubber…
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Delta Tankers denies one of its suezmaxes was responsible for huge Brazil oil spill
Greece’s Delta Tankers is denying one of its suezmaxes is responsible for one of the worst oil spills in Brazilian…
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Italy votes for a Mediterranean ECA
Following Spain and France, Italy has now voted for the creation of an ECA in the Mediterranean basin. Talking at…
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Sohmen-Pao urges shipping to come up with its own carbon levy
Shipping must urgently draft its own carbon levy, one of the world’s top shipowners has said today. Speaking at the…
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Japan’s controversial EEXI proposal risks higher emissions
Sue Libenson from NGO Pacific Environment is worried about where next month’s decarbonising talks at the IMO might head. The…
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Michael Parker predicts up to 90% of shipping banks will sign up to the Poseidon Principles
One of the founders of shipping’s key green finance move, the Poseidon Principles, has said he expects the vast majority…
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Maersk and Wilhelmsen pursue ethanol en route to decarbonisation
Danish shipping giant Maersk has teamed up with partners Wallenius Wilhelmsen, BMW Group, H&M Group, Levi Strauss and Marks & Spencer…
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Russia plans to delay sulphur cap through to 2024 on its rivers
Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia are the latest countries to hint that they may not comply with the global…
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Just don’t do it: Nike and others demand ships avoid the Arctic
Major brands are increasingly dictating how shipping operates. Whether it’s demands for greener shipments or signing up to freight platforms,…
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Washwater monitoring: to be or not to be?
Rivertrace’s Graham North on a vital addendum to the scrubber debate. The global sulphur cap is just around the corner,…
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Scrubber retrofit delays see huge swathe of the merchant fleet out of service
Delays are mounting for scrubber retrofits. Broking house Braemar ACM is reporting less than half of the planned scrubber retrofits…
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Weekly Bunker: Scrubber moment of reckoning approaches
If HSFO premiums are meant to get cheaper due to a drop in demand, we’re not seeing it yet. Physical…
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Maersk identifies alcohol, biogas and ammonia as pathways to decarbonisation
In its bid to lead shipping towards decarbonisation, Maersk Line has identified three fuels to focus on, namely alcohol, biogas…
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Maersk Tankers hails ‘real breakthrough’ with 8.2% fuel savings from landmark wind project
Norsepower, together with project partners Maersk Tankers, Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company, today announced…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Scrubber ‘shenanigans’ and the blame game dominate tanker discussion
The Maritime CEO Forum made its European debut yesterday in the swish surroundings of the Monaco Yacht Club with 100…
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Fixing corroded scrubber pipes becomes hot new business in shipping
Ship equipment manufacturers have a new lucrative sulphur cap side business – repairing corroded scrubber apparatus. Hydrex, the Belgian underwater…
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