Environment
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Data is the key to a future of emissions trading
High profile decisions at July’s Marine Environment Protection Committee will accelerate the International Maritime Organization’s decarbonisation ambitions for shipping, but…
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NYK aids ammonia bunker boom development
A shipping line more heavily invested than most in ammonia as a future fuel has outlined plans to develop a…
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Odfjell signs up for suction sail system
Odfjell has become the first company to sign up for suction wind propulsion on a deepsea chemical tanker, opting to…
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BW Offshore and Dyna-Mac eyeing opportunities in carbon capture and storage
BW Group’s Oslo-listed floater specialist, BW Offshore, has teamed up with Singapore-based fabricator Dyna-Mac to jointly pursue carbon capture and…
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Canadian steelmaker taps Norden to slash coal supply chain emissions
Danish owner and operator Norden and Canadian mining company Teck Resources have signed an agreement to reduce CO2 emissions in…
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UN completes delicate operation to remove oil from stricken FSO off Yemen
On Friday evening, the United Nations successfully completed the transfer of oil from the FSO off Yemen’s Red Sea coast,…
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Denmark puts off tender for second CO2 storage licences
The Danish Energy Agency has postponed the second tender round of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage licences in the North Sea.…
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Not all CO2 is the same
Carbon capture and storage has been at the top of many news feeds in recent weeks but the challenges of…
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Cruising’s fuel cell future just got more real
Cruise vessels ordered today will last beyond the target date set for shipping to reach carbon neutrality. Building in flexibility…
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Report card published on carrier and retailer shipping emissions
A report card released by the Ship It Zero campaign suggests carriers are better than retailers when it comes to…
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Methanol-powered orders pile in, breaking new records
Methanol as the alternative fuel of choice for the 2020s looks increasingly a given with record amounts of orders for…
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Wind-assisted propulsion installations on track to double this year
Wind-assisted ship propulsion installations are on track to double this year over last year’s figure of just over 20, according…
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Gibraltar grapples with bunker spill
Between 1,000 and 2,000 litres of very low sulphur fuel oil were spilt from the Panama-flagged LPG carrier off Gibraltar,…
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Yanmar starts selling zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell systems
Japan’s Yanmar Power Technology, a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings, has commercialised a maritime hydrogen fuel cell system for ships. The…
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Bunker spill shuts down Gibraltar port
Operations at the Gibraltar port have been called off after an oil spill incident in the bay earlier this week.…
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COSCO electric vessel capable of 1,000 km Yangze voyages launched
COSCO Shipping Development, the financing arm of Chinese state giant COSCO Shipping, has announced the launch of a 700 teu…
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SunGas funding $2bn green methanol plant for Maersk ships
Houston-based SunGas Renewables has invested $2bn to construct a new green methanol production facility in central Louisiana which will fuel…
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Carbon insetting can help close the new fuel price gap
Fossil fuels will remain cheaper than renewable fuels for some time, but carbon insetting is an effective remedy that can…
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Drought conditions see Panama Canal restrict daily transits
The Panama Canal Authority has decided to restrict the number of daily transits to 32 vessels a day as Central…
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EU adopts green fuel law for shipping
After two years of intense negotiations, the European Union (EU) has agreed on the final rules for climate-neutral shipping, with…
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