Environment
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First CO2 storage in the Danish North Sea
Hailed as a “big moment for Europe’s green transition” the Danish carbon capture and storage project has marked its first…
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Boxships first to feature Wärtsilä carbon capture-ready scrubbers
Finnish marine technology group Wärtsilä has received its first order for carbon capture and storage (CSS)-ready scrubbers for delivery in…
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Vale invests in more rotor sails
Having installed a first Norsepower rotor sail on a 325,000 dwt bulk carrier newbuild two years ago, Brazilian miner Vale…
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Environmental groups file lawsuit to challenge decision to open 73m acres of Gulf of Mexico for oil leasing
US environmental groups this week filed a legal challenge in federal court to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) lease…
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Philippine tanker spill widens
The Philippines is bracing for one of its worst oil spills in recent years as beaches and protected areas become…
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Ratification of High Seas Treaty expected to take many years
Shipping is still digesting the weekend’s big news from New York where close to 200 member states of the United…
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Singapore announces clean harbour craft rules
Singapore’s senior minister of state for transport Chee Hong Tat has announced that from 2030, new harbor craft operating in…
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UN’s High Seas Treaty contains significant ramifications for the global merchant fleet
Global merchant shipping could be in for a shake-up following the signing of the High Seas Treaty at the United…
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Concern grows about size of spill from sunken product carrier off Philippine island
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Manila has warned that Tuesday’s product tanker sinking off the coast…
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IMPA SAVE: A plastic bridge to the moon
The global fleet’s annual consumption of plastic drinking water bottles at sea could build a 1.5 m wide bridge to…
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Methanol boxship orders growing more rapidly than all other fuel types
The container segment is leading shipping to green new pastures, taking a massive lead when it comes to investing in…
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AET teams with Petronas trading arm for green ammonia-fuelled aframax tanker
AET, the tanker arm of Malaysia’s top shipping line MISC, has hooked up with Petronas’ Petco Trading Labuan Company Ltd…
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Net-zero voyage across the Atlantic completed using bio-methanol
Methanex Corporation and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have completed the first-ever net-zero voyage fuelled by bio-methanol. The Cajun Sun, operated…
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Imabari debuts low-carbon steel plate
Shipbuilding is entering a new green phase with Japan’s top yard debuting a low-carbon steel plate it will use in…
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Shipping’s green bullet
Shipping’s singular focus on alternative fuels to lower costs and GHG emissions ignores the most immediate renewable energy solution: Wind.…
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Chevron announces lower carbon LNG fleet modification project with Sembcorp Marine
Chevron has tasked Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine with a contract to reduce the carbon intensity of the oil major’s LNG fleet…
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Canada tightens ballast water regulations
Canada’s Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra last week announced funding of C$12.5m ($9.2m) to launch the Ballast Water Innovation Program,…
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Largest wind-assisted shortsea roro returns to service
Luxembourg-headquartered CLdN is bringing back its roro into service following a successful retrofit of two tilting rotor sails. The 2018-built…
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Saipem looks at biofuels for its vessels
Italian energy services contractor Saipem has teamed up with compatriot energy firm and shareholder Eni with the aim of reducing…
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Turkish tanker cleared in Spanish pollution probe
After being detained by Spain for allegedly discharging hydrocarbons in open waters of the Mediterranean, the Turkish tanker was released…
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