Environment
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DP World and Maersk step up green drive at Jebel Ali
Dubai-based terminal operator DP World is joining forces with Danish liner giant A.P. Moller – Maersk to boost operational efficiencies…
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Cargill orders landmark methanol-powered bulkers in Japan
With 2023 being tipped by many as the year methanol goes mainstream as shipping’s alternative fuel for the 2020s, an…
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Chinese LNG newbuilds getting air bubble treatment
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the Shanghai-listed energy transport unit of China Merchants Group, has signed up to install air…
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US government releases blueprint to decarbonise America’s transportation sector
The Biden administration yesterday released the US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization. Developed by the departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing…
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Hibernia pleads not guilty to charges related to 2019 oil spill off Newfoundland
In July last year, Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) was charged by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB)…
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Israel introduces 0.1% sulphur directive
Israel is jumping ahead of littoral states in the Mediterranean, introducing a sulphur emission control area (ECA) in its waters…
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Let’s make collaboration more than a buzzword in 2023
Shipowners say they are willing to collaborate on decarbonisation, but there are barriers to overcome before the reality matches the…
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IMO adopts new protections for endangered whales along the California coast
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a US proposal to increase protections for endangered blue, fin and humpback whales…
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Swedish charterers map out green fleet renewal
DNV and the Responsible Shipping Initiative (RSI), an alliance of Swedish dry bulk charterers, have launched a feasibility study to…
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Evergreen to pay further fines over Chesapeake Bay grounding
Evergreen, the Taiwanese owner of the 11,850 teu , has been told to pay Maryland more than $676,000 to enhance…
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BIMCO responds to criticism of its CII charter clause
Following widespread criticism from a host of shipping heavyweights this week over its Carbon Intensity Indicator operations clause for time…
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Shipping heavyweights hit out at BIMCO’s CII clause
Heavyweight shipowners and charterers, including Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), A.P. Moller – Maersk, Oldendorff Carriers, Trafigura and Vitol, have strongly…
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Little concrete outcome from last week’s MEPC
Last week’s 79th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization…
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Mediterranean to become an ECA from 2025
At this week’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) held at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the…
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Maersk taps Houston firm for green methanol supplies
A.P. Moller – Maersk has signed a green methanol letter of intent with Houston-based SunGas Renewables, which provides technology and…
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Aker Solutions in line for up to $412m offshore electrification deal
Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions has signed a letter of intent with fellow oil and gas operator OKEA for the…
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The marine fuels market outlook for 2023
Jesper Lindegaard Sørensen, managing director of KPI OceanConnect Singapore, gives readers an Asian-flavoured look at where the bunker markets are…
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ITF calls for carbon pricing
The International Transport Forum (ITF), part of Paris-based OECD, has called for the swift implementation of carbon pricing for shipping…
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Poseidon Principles signatories show they have a long way to go to meet IMO targets
More than two dozen international banks have reported emissions data of their ship finance portfolios in the third Poseidon Principles…
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CMA CGM and Shanghai port develop cold ironing infrastructure
French liner CMA CGM and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) have signed today a long-term strategic collaboration to develop the…
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