Environment
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Mediterranean ECA moves a step closer
A new study to assess the benefits, costs and feasibility of implementing an emission control area (ECA) to limit sulphur…
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DHT to fit scrubbers on 12 VLCCs
VLCC and aframax tanker owner DHT Holdings has entered into agreements with Alfa Laval to install scrubbers on twelve of…
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From conventional to renewable
The maritime industry is already gaining experience with the new fuels it will need to deliver a step change in…
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Transparency International highlights transparency and accountability flaws at IMO
In advance of today’s council meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Transparency International is releasing another report that claims…
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Cargill to bankroll shipping’s decarbonisation
One of the largest charterers in shipping, agribusiness giant Cargill, has launched a global hunt for innovative technologies to help…
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Frontline buys into scrubber manufacturer
John Fredriksen’s Frontline has agreed to acquire a 20% ownership interest in Indonesia-based scrubber manufacturer Feen Marine Scrubbers (FMSI). In…
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LNG as a ship fuel branded a ‘$22bn distraction for EU shipping’
LNG has been branded as a “$22bn distraction for EU shipping” that will not decarbonise the sector in a new…
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Price war erupts among ballast water management system providers
Dr Stelios Kyriacou from De Nora writes for Splash today on the race to the bottom for ballast water management…
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Korea’s largest steel mill gets shipping partners to install scrubbers
Korea, Inc has thrown its weight behind scrubbers. In a significant move, POSCO, one of the top five steel mills…
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Owners slammed for spreading fake news on green recycling capacity
Shipowner claims that there will not be enough EU-approved ship recycling capacity following China’s exit from the international ship recycling…
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Shipowner associations issue sulphur cap submissions
The world’s leading shipowning organisations have co-sponsored a number of submissions to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ahead of a…
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Cargill in 2020 emissions pledge
Global commodities giant Cargill has vowed to cut carbon emissions from its shipping division by up to 15% by 2020.…
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Vast majority fear introduction of the sulphur cap will be an ‘unholy mess’
With less than 18 months to go until the start of IMO’s global sulphur cap an overwhelming 86% of Splash…
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Oil spill off Louisiana as vessel hits production platform
An oil spill occurred off Louisiana after a 61-foot motor vessel hit the Breton Sound 18 production platform, causing the…
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Sulphur distraction
Captain Ed Enos, a keen Splash reader, laments a missed opportunity by shipowners this week to properly address the looming…
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Scrubbers take more flak at Posidonia
Politics, scrubbers, scrapping and consolidation were themes that dominated yesterday’s shortened TradeWinds Shipowners Forum, held just in front of the…
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Veniamis hits out at shipping being targeted more than other industries during Posidonia’s opening
Monday evening saw Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras preside over the official opening ceremony of the Splash-sponsored Posidonia exhibition, which…
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Owners unite in slow steaming call to profit from the sulphur cap
The sulphur cap presents the capesize market with a once in a lifetime opportunity to cash in, delegates attending Capital…
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Mind the sulphur cap
The shipowners of the world, with a handful of specific exceptions, are not going to be scrubbing their funnel flue…
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Wait and see the smart play for 2020’s sulphur cap
Who’d be a maritime inventor? A combination of the glacial pace of legislation and the notoriously last minute approach to…
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