Environment
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Send toxic containers back to Canada, Manila NGO urges
Manila: An environmental group has chipped in with its own idea to help cut congestion at the Port of Manila.…
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Sustainable Shipping Initiative: “We are entering a new era”
London: On July 1, Alastair Fischbacher became the director at the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a coalition of companies from…
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Call to cap ship emissions at Chinese ports
Beijing: There has been a call for China to set up emissions inventories for all major port cities as soon…
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Efthimios Mitropoulos: Shipping’s priorities
Athens: In his time as the head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) he completed vast amounts, and since then…
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Weir-Jones Engineering: Draught indicators
Vancouver: The latest version of the automatic draught indicator system (ADIS) developed by Canada’s Weir-Jones Engineering interfaces with handheld devices…
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Eco Marine Power: Innovative prototype nears
Fukuoka: It’s been just over a year since Maritime CEO last caught up with Greg Atkinson, the founder of Japan-based…
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Maritime CEO 300: Innovation
Singapore: Maritime CEO has sailed past the 300-interview mark. The portal designed to tap leading insights from the top movers…
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Tidetech: Green first mover advantage
Hobart: Penny Haire, managing director of oceanographic IT firm, Tidetech, is absolutely convinced that shipping will have to embrace green…
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The Switch: Green revolution in the offing
Vantaa: The coming five years will see a dramatic green change in shipping, argues the head of Finnish new energy…
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OceanSaver: Ballast water treatment market to remain “commercially challenging”
Drammen: Ballast water treatment systems (BWTSs), once sensationally expensive, now a fraction of the price they were just two or…
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Nanyang Technological University advances green technology
Singapore: Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is establishing an advanced maritime energy test facility – the first in Southeast Asia.…
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Bunker spill poses environmental catastrophe
Dubai: Bunker fuel has spilt from the stranded Shang Yang bulker off the port of Mulkalla with local authorities warning…
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Qingdao Port violates environmental regulations
Dalian: The Ministry of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report of Qingdao Port’s Huangdao oil…
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Sugar refinery fire causes environmental catastrophe
Doha: The fire that ripped through a sugar refinery at Jeddah Islamic Port has caused significant environmental problems with the…
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Hongguan Shipyard transforms into environmental equipment factory
Dalian: Baibuting Group, a multi-sector industrial conglomerate based in Wuhan, has turned its shipbuilding subsidiary Liaoning Hongguan Shipbuilding into an…
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Chevron’s Thai port plans draw environmental ire
Bangkok: American oil giant Chevron’s plans to build a deepsea port in the south of Thailand is meeting plenty of…
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