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‘IMO is the only forum to handle CO2 reduction’: ICS

December 14th, 20150 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the Paris Agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference reached over the weekend. Despite the...

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Grieg Green gets ABN Amro cash in quest to end beaching vessels

December 11th, 20150 Dutch bank ABN Amro has given cash injection to Grieg Green that the company says will be used to ensure old vessels are recycled sustainably, rather than being...

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ICS and ECSA want further CO2 reduction, outside of COP21 agreement

December 10th, 20150 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) have reiterated their support for additional measures to reduce...

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Gulfport locals unhappy at planned port expansion

December 10th, 20150 Community groups in Gulfport, Mississippi have spoken out about what they see as the inadequacies of a study into the proposed expansion of the city’s port, according...

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Shipping gets away with it again and is left out of Paris climate agreement

December 9th, 20155 The UN Climate Change Summit today released the draft text of a climate deal, but the proposed agreement fails to include emissions from shipping and international...

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Make sure shipping and aviation remain in Paris climate text, European Parliament urges

December 9th, 20150 The European Parliament has taken another swipe at shipping’s emissions. The Paris climate change agreement should not leave out aviation and shipping, two sectors,...

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Verifavia: Checking shipping emissions

December 8th, 20150 Paris: With climate change talks ongoing in Paris, one local firm is busy making sure shipping is prepared to whatever diktats are handed down by the UN...

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Beijing details ECA plans

December 8th, 20150 China’s ministry of transport has outlined details of its planned emission control areas which will now come into effect on January 1, 2019. Vessels calling in...

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USCG and MST in talks to release bulker as investigation continues

December 5th, 20150 The US Coast Guard (USCG) said on Friday it continues to hold a German owned and operated, Liberian-flagged cargo ship on suspicion of violating US law in the discharge...

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TCC and USC makes emissions breakthrough

December 4th, 20150 Hong Kong shipowner Tai Chong Cheang Steamship (TCC) and the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering have announced a significant research...

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RightShip: ‘Outsiders have poor perception of our industry’

December 3rd, 20151 Melbourne: Splash has been leading coverage of COP21 and shipping this week with more than 10 writers contributing articles on what might happen to the industry in the...

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Removing the obstacles to carbon reduction

December 3rd, 20153 A binding agreement on targets to reduce carbon emissions from shipping struck at COP21 would be a disaster for the IMO. That this is very unlikely to happen does not...

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Shipping under pressure

December 3rd, 20150 Diane Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance gives Splash readers a roundup of who said what in Paris. There were 12 speakers. One a former president, two...

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Belize to ban offshore drilling in and around its coastal reef system

December 3rd, 20150 The government of Belize has announced it will ban offshore oil exploration in the seven marine parks that comprise the Belize Barrier Reef System (BBRS). The BBRS is...

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Global Shippers’ Forum calls for market-based measures to combat emissions

December 2nd, 20151 As the COP21 climate change talks continue in Paris, the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called on the shipping industry to reach agreement on a market-based measure...

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