Environment
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Carisbrooke trials solar cells
UK shipowner Carisbrooke Shipping is trialling solar energy cells on the deck of one of its multi-purpose vessels. The company…
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Port of Montreal adopts AI technology to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of vessels
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) and Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS), a Canadian company that specialises in applying artificial intelligence…
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Singapore and Norway sign maritime decarbonisation deal with IMO
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment have signed an agreement…
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Maersk shows off its new methanol dual-fuelled ship
The next generation of alternatively fuelled ships look remarkably like existing vessels if images released today by Danish carrier Maersk…
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IPCC report adds impetus to IMO’s green deliberations
The International Maritime Organization’s greenhouse gas working group meeting in London this week has been given added impetus following the…
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Philippine oil spill spreads to one of the nation’s richest marine biodiversity areas
The oil spilled by the sunken Princess Empress product tanker has reached the shores of Isla Verde along the marine…
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Onboard pre-combustion carbon capture system gets stamp of approval
Nordic hydrogen production company Rotoboost has been granted approval in principle by leading classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its…
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Ships with CII’s lowest rating suffer significant drop in value
Brokers and owners are starting to observe the impact of energy efficiency regulation on the S&P market, particularly regarding the…
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European Commission launches Net-Zero Industry Act
The European Commission launched its Net-Zero Industry Act yesterday, legislation that could see carbon capture technology rolled out more rapidly…
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Oil spill fears off Thailand after fatal incident on FSO
Thai authorities ordered their navy to assist in preventing an oil leak from a damaged floating storage and offloading (FSO)…
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MSC gets onboard Singapore’s decarbonisation drive
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has partnered with the Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD), committing to a five-year collaboration…
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Number of scrubber-equipped vessels to grow despite drop in fittings last year
Despite a significant drop in the number of installations, the share of scrubber-fitted vessels is expected to increase in the…
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Amazon becomes a founding member of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance
Amazon, clothing firm Patagonia and German coffee chain Tchibo have founded the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) along with…
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Financial hurdles facing green ammonia retrofits
Retrofitting ships for green ammonia propulsion is currently prohibitively expensive, an in-depth study has found. A cross-company, cross-discipline group of…
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Blue fuels are a vital component of the maritime energy transition
In looking beyond fossil fuels, shipping’s regulators should not seek to cut the industry off from the sources it needs…
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Port of Oakland calls for zero-emissions cargo-handling plans from tenants
The Oakland board of port commissioners approved an environmental ordinance at its March 9 meeting. The port law includes requiring…
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Philippine tanker responsible for dire oil spill did not have the correct paperwork
As the Philippines grapples with its worst oil spill since 2006, it has emerged that the sunken tanker at the…
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Blue sky thinking on CII and the weather
Advances in predictive analytics and weather forecasting accuracy are key to shipping’s smart response to climate change, writes Eleni Polychronopoulou,…
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Tanker oil spill spreads far and wide in central Philippines
The Philippine government has said it will take up to four months to clear the oil spill from the Princess…
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Wrecked bulker off Gibraltar battered by storms
Recent storms have hammered the wreck of the , a bulk carrier which sank off the coast of Gibraltar last…
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