Environment
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No time to lose
Katharine Palmer has a strong message for the world’s shipping industry. LR’s global sustainability manager insists that zero-emission vessels (ZEVs)…
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K Line swoops for Seawing’s kite system
Announced on Thursday at Nor-Shipping, Japanese shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has decided to install a giant kite…
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BHP chastises owners over carbon footprint ignorance
Dry bulk owners have received a public rebuke from one of the world’s largest miners for their ignorance of their…
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ABS sets out its decarbonisation vision to 2050
During the Nor-Shipping exhibition yesterday class society ABS launched a guide on how shipping might meet its decarbonisation goals for…
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Norway’s prime minister warns regulators will get tougher on shipping
Norway’s prime minister used the opening speech at Nor-Shipping today to urge shipping to pursue a more urgent, swift decarbonisation,…
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UN report calls for collaboration to clean the world’s oceans
The first event on Tuesday morning at the Nor-Shipping exhibition saw Norwegian prime minster Erna Solberg invited to the launch…
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DNV GL hits out at slow accident reporting
At the traditional press event the day before the Nor-Shipping exhibition opens, class society DNV GL hit out at the…
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Sulphur cap claims stack up six months ahead of implementation
At a conference held in town downtown Oslo today organised by class society DNV GL, delegates were warned of the…
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Splash Extra: Satellite technology to be deployed to publish ship emissions data
The May issue of Splash Extra launches today with exclusive news of Google-backed firms and their plans to track and…
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Iceland drafts SECA regulation
Icelandic authorities are looking at creating a 0.1% sulphur content emissions control area (SECA) around its territorial waters. The Icelandic…
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Nine ships selected for landmark methanol trials
The Green Maritime Methanol consortium has selected nine ships for research on the application of renewable methanol as a marine…
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Scandinavian firms team up to develop green fuel infrastructure
Six Scandinavian maritime companies have jointly launched a new initiative called called Zero Emission Energy Distribution at Sea (ZEEDS). Annually,…
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Ships ought to be designed with dismantling in mind
Panagiotis Galanis, aged 14, is a grade nine student at the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation. He writes exclusively for Splash on…
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Singapore rules scrubber residues are toxic
Shipowners keen to get rid of their scrubber discharges in Southeast Asia’s largest port will need to fork out a…
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Speed limit proposal shifts up a gear as MEPC closes
The 74th meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) came to a close this afternoon at the London headquarters…
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Greenhouse gas stalemate at MEPC
Splash understands that with just hours to go no short-term greenhouse gas (GHG) cutting measures are likely to be thrashed…
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Anglo American offsets carbon emissions on iron ore shipment
Global mining company Anglo American has teamed up with RightShip and South Pole to offset the carbon emissions for a…
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MEPC chairman comes in for criticism
Of the more dry topics being discussed at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London this week…
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The rebels versus the deckchair shufflers at MEPC74
Peter Jackson from BLUE Communications looks at the narrative aspects of the Extinction Rebellion protests outside the International Maritime Organization…
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Port of Rotterdam debuts Douglas Adams-inspired smart shipping experiment
The Port of Rotterdam issued a white paper today on smart shipping in which it revealed details of a new…
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