Environment
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Philippe Louis-Dreyfus: The case for slow steaming
Throughout this decade there has been a lone voice calling for ship speed regulations. All of a sudden however Philippe…
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European ports back call for harmonised action on scrubber discharges
The European Sea Ports Organisation (EPSO) has called for urgent scientific research into the impact of liquid discharges from scrubbers.…
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Wilhelmsen Ship Management takes up the fight against plastic
Singapore-headquartered Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has announced that it will be enforcing a new criteria in vendor selection that targets…
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Speed reduction proposals favour old inefficient ships: Maersk
Maersk’s point man for crunch greenhouse gas (GHG) talks next week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London has…
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Maersk Drilling to upgrade jackup into hybrid, low-emission rig
Maersk Drilling is upgrading 2014-built jackup rig in cooperation with Equinor to provide low-emission drilling on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.…
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Ports address climate change to support investment decision-making
At the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) 2019 World Ports Conference opening in Guangzhou, IMO secretary general Kitack…
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Shipping gets the Greta Thunberg treatment as crunch IMO talks get underway in London
Shipping got the Greta Thunberg treatment today. As delegates made their way this morning to the start of discussions at…
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European nations rally for more ECAs
Yesterday at the G7 meeting of environmental ministers in Metz, France the Italian minister Sergio Costa met with his French…
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Japan pushes for engine power limitation system on all ships
A power limiter, not dissimilar to those used in automotives, has emerged as a dark horse contender to hasten shipping’s…
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European Commission study backs three short-term measures to speed up shipping’s decarbonisation
Ahead of this month’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, a study…
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Go slow movement driving shipping away from decarbonisation breakthroughs
Two wrongs don’t make a right. That was one of my Dad’s most annoying maxims that he’d deploy to drown…
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UK tipped to lead shipping’s hydrogen drive
The UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the government’s official advisory body, yesterday recommended it adopt a “net zero” goal…
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Green ammonia touted as shipping’s silver bullet to decarbonise
A new report suggests green ammonia can be shipping’s silver bullet towards decarbinsation. International shipping can meet its target of…
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Huge swathe of the merchant fleet predicted to fail to be ready for the sulphur cap
A very significant swathe of the global merchant fleet will be non-compliant during the first year of the sulphur cap,…
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110 shipowners send open letter to the IMO calling for speed limit regulation
France’s bid to introduce speed limits for ships as a quick way to cut industry emissions has been endorsed by…
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European nations demand more urgent ship emission regulations
European nations are determined to get ship emissions cut quicker than current timelines proposed by regulators and lobbyists. Following France’s…
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Boxship scrubber retrofits to accelerate in the coming months
Expect a sizeable chunk of the boxship fleet to head into repair yards in the coming months leading up to…
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Video highlights path owners must take to comply with the sulphur cap
Just what do owners and operators need to have prepared by the end of this month in order to be…
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D’Amico hit with $4m pollution fine in the US
D’Amico Shipping Italia, company part of d’Amico Società di Navigazione group, admitted to dumping oily waste and other pollutants in…
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BP and Nouryon developing green hydrogen supplies at Rotterdam port
BP, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), and the Port of Rotterdam have joined forces to explore the opportunity of making…
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