Environment
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Crowd-solving worked in 1714. Why not try it again?
Harry Sangree, the founder of SeaFreight Labs, recalls how the British government created a public challenge in the 18th century…
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Kuwait follows India’s lead in banning single-use plastic onboard
Kuwait has joined India in banking single-use plastic onboard ships Enforcement of India’s requirement for ships to keep single-use…
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Shippers call for urgent changes in liner CO2 reporting
Containerlines have been urged to adopt a common, internationally recognised way of calculating their CO2 emissions in the wake of…
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Ammonia grows in stature at Marintec China
Ammonia as a future fuel for shipping has been one of the main talking points at Asia’s largest maritime exhibition…
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Liner C02 calculators branded useless
Shippers keen to track their carbon footprint are being misled by containerlines, significant new research from Copenhagen analysts Sea-Intelligence shows.…
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Saadé gets Macron to lead shipping’s new fuel quest
The president of France had an especially busy day yesterday. Prior to locking horns with Donald Trump over NATO matters…
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LPG makes late run to outmuscle LNG as shipping’s next fuel
Future fuels for shipping are dominating discussions across the busy halls at Asia’s largest maritime exhibition, Marintec China in Shanghai,…
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Ammonia-fuelled boxship design revealed at Marintec
Making headlines at Marintec China in Shanghai this week is ammonia. UK class society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted approval…
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Europe to regulate emissions trading for shipping
The European Commission will shortly introduce emissions trading for shipping in what could be the industry’s next greatest shift after…
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Hamburg port operator vows to be carbon neutral by 2040
German port and transport logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has jumped ahead of terminal rivals, vowing this week…
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CO2 emissions reduction still too slow, experts warn
News carried on Splash yesterday that shipping is on course to cut its CO2 emissions by 1.1% this year, according…
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Low sulphur fuel delays hit Singapore
Bloomberg is reporting that ships are queuing more than twice as long as normal to stock up on new low…
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Henrik Madsen leads pioneering new onboard carbon capture and storage project
The former head of DNV GL is leading a new maritime carbon capture and storage initiative. Henrik Madsen, who was…
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CLIIN: Dry bulk shipping can easily avoid spilling 300,000 tonnes of chemicals into the world’s oceans
Simple measures could save as much as 300,000 tonnes of chemicals from spilling into the world’s oceans, according to the…
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Scandinavian ports link up to fight climate crisis
The Port of Gothenburg has joined a collaboration with ten other Nordic ports to cooperate, exchange information and share approaches…
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Shipping’s C02 emissions predicted to fall 1.1% this year
Clarksons Research is predicting that shipping’s total C02 emissions will drop by 1.1% this year to 818m tons and that…
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IKEA pieces together marine biofuels solution
Marine biofuels have been hailed by one of Sweden’s largest shippers as an “important part of the puzzle going forward”…
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FIS concludes landmark March low sulphur futures trade at $503 per tonne
Freight Investor Services (FIS) has concluded its first futures trade on the SGX Platts Marine Fuel 0.5% FOB Singapore Index…
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MSC makes clear its position on LNG-fuelled ships
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second largest containerline , has made its position clear on LNG as a fuel.…
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IMO dismisses Greek minister’s call to delay sulphur cap implementation
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has swiftly moved to quash the latest efforts to slow down or derail implementation of…
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