Environment
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Baltic Exchange starts tracking shipping emissions
In a huge departure from its 265-year heritage of providing freight rate data, the Baltic Exchange is partnering with a…
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350,000 teu of world boxship fleet in drydock for scrubber installations
The number of boxships withdrawing from service for scrubber installations has surged in recent weeks and is set to climb…
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Indonesia will not introduce global sulphur cap on January 1
The global sulphur cap will not come into play in Indonesian waters on January 1 as the International Maritime Organization…
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China extends open-loop scrubber ban
China’s Ministry of Transport has issued a draft plan for measures to deal with the 2020 IMO sulphur cap, five…
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BHP demands greater green efforts from its shipping partners
Mining giant BHP yesterday announced a five-year, $400m climate investment program to develop technologies to reduce emissions from its own…
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UN warns of environmental catastrophe posed by stranded FSO off Yemen
An abandoned FSO off Yemen with 1.1m barrels of oil onboard has been branded a potential environmental disaster in waiting…
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Intercargo raises sulphur cap safety concerns
With the global sulphur cap just 163 days away, international dry bulk shipping association Intercargo has voiced its concern over…
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Maersk fined in Spain after locals spot boxship belching excessive emissions
Observant Spanish locals last week spotted a boxship belching out more smoke than normal, leading to a swift EUR20,000 ($22,435)…
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Global decarbonisation agenda could see huge swathe of merchant fleet become stranded assets
Tanker owners have been given a stark warning today that potential radical global decarbonisation agendas could see tanker demand fall…
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Reframing the 2020 operational debate
Cassandra Higham from Castrol gives the big picture viewpoint on the impending sulphur cap. Very soon we will be measuring…
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BHP makes huge LNG newcastlemax play
After almost two years of preparation, BHP’s Green Corridor joint industry project has taken off with the mining giant issuing…
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UK demands ships built from 2025 onwards ought to be zero-emission capable
All new ships for UK waters ordered from 2025 should be designed with zero-emission capable technologies, according to ambitious plans…
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AP Moller Holding makes first moves in the renewable energy market
A.P. Moller Holding, which controls Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, made its first move into the renewable energy market yesterday, revealing it…
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Solomon reefs damaged irreparably from latest bauxite spill
The coral reefs off Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands are likely to be permanently damaged from the latest shipping…
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Total fined by Denmark for discharging chemicals into North Sea
Denmark has fined French oil and gas firm Total DKK500,000 ($75,100) for discharging chemicals into the North Sea. According to…
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Augusta teed up as low sulphur bunkering hub
Genoa-based Bunker Energy is promoting the port of Augusta as a leading hub for low sulphur fuel bunkering for ships…
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Revolutionary new tug delivered
Hailing a new era in shipping, Finnish technology group Wärtsilä today unveiled the Vilja, a hybrid tug that can run…
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Solomon Islands bay hit by another big spill
With authorities still assessing the scale of the environmental impact from the bunker spill in February of the bulk carrier,…
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Louis Dreyfus signs up for kite system
France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) Group is the latest shipowner to invest in wind power. LDA Group owns, charters and…
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France commits to sail roros
French car manufacturer Renault is to get 80-90% reduction in CO2 emissions transporting its vehicles on newly commissioned sail roros…
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