Environment
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Fiji and the Marshall Islands seek $500m to decarbonise local shipping
Fiji and the Marshall Islands launched the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership at the United Nations Climate Action Summit yesterday in…
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Kirsi Tikka appointed to Ardmore’s board
Shipping lines keen to advance their understanding on sustainability issues are increasingly peppering their boards with experts in this field.…
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Top names vow to make zero emission vessels commercially viable by 2030
At the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York today a host of top shipowners, managers, ports, banks and…
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Fuel spread uncertainties rise with 100 days to go until the global sulphur cap
Today marks 100 days until the global sulphur cap kicks in with many in the shipping community still scrabbling to…
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Capsized car carrier off Brunswick leaks bunker fuel
The 2017-built, 7,700 ceu car carrier , which capsized near the American port of Brunswick earlier this month, has leaked…
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Where sustainable biofuels fit in shipping’s bunker mix
Elizabeth Petit, Nicole Rencoret and Thordis Thordardottir from the Sustainable Shipping Initiative write exclusively for Splash today ahead of Climate…
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Shipping associations demand all IMO member states remain resolute as sulphur cap approaches
Amid reports of a number of Asian countries mulling delaying the implementation of the global sulhur cap, due to come…
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NYK becomes first Japanese shipping line to complete a carbon-neutral voyage
NYK has become the first Japanese shipping company to complete a carbon-neutral voyage by offsetting 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide…
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Top 14 yards retrofitting scrubbers are all Chinese
Latest data from Clarkson Research Services shows that the top 14 yards handling the most amount of scrubber retrofits are…
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Petronas urges Kuala Lumpur to assist local lines in switching to greener fuels
Malaysia’s energy major Petronas has urged the national government to provide incentives to local owners to help switch to cleaner…
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Sovcomflot and NYK seal $176m LNG vessel refinancing incorporating Poseidon Principles
Sovcomflot and NYK Line have sealed a new $176m credit facility which will be used to refinance LNG carriers Grand…
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Batteries now in use across almost every shipping segment
An updated maritime forecast through to 2050 from class society DNV GL published yesterday predicts that LNG will be the…
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Wind propulsion interest set to rocket from European Space Agency investment
Shipowners will soon be able to see for themselves how much money they could be saving by deploying wind propulsion…
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India toys with giving domestic shipping a sulphur cap pass
The Hindu Business Line, one of India’s premier financial newspapers, is reporting New Delhi is contemplating not imposing the global…
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Weekly Bunker: Singapore cash premiums at record highs
Singapore cash premiums are at record highs (September/October hit over $40 and physical premiums are still over $70) so for…
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Euronav leaves door open to ‘second mover advantage’ scrubber investments
Belgian tanker giant Euronav has detailed its ultra large IMO 2020 sulphur cap plans today, and, under new management, gave…
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RightShip comes under scrubber pressure
The Environmental Protection Alliance (EPA) has written an open letter to the CEO of RightShip, the world’s leading third party…
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Maersk and Koole Terminals to produce 0.5% sulphur fuel in Rotterdam
Maersk Oil Trading and Koole Terminals today announced the signing of an agreement to produce IMO 2020-compliant bunker fuel, putting…
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Weekly Bunker: High fives for the scrubber advocates
BunkerEx’s Ishaan Hemnani has good news for scrubber buyers in his weekly column on fuel price differentials. With 3.5% HSFO…
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Shipping divided on Macron’s go-slow movement
Shipping is divided on French president Emmanuel Macron’s call on Saturday to legislate for a global speed limit for ships.…
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