Environment
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Mexico highlighted as potential zero emission fuels hub for shipping
Mexico has the potential to establish itself as a global leader in maritime decarbonisation by engaging in green fuel production…
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MSC presses ahead with glycerine-based biofuel trials
Cyprus-based MSC Shipmanagement a subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a framework agreement with London-listed alternative-fuels company Quadrise…
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Liners get a preview of alternative fuel costs
Two German consultancies have collaborated to pen a detailed report on expected bunker costs for the largest boxships afloat, the…
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Platts to launch first carbon-accounted tanker assessments as shipping faces EU emission trading system coverage
S&P Global Commodity Insights has announced it will launch daily Platts price assessments for freight emissions under the European Union’s…
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NYK starts Japan’s first 100% biofuel supply trial for ships
Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) have started a test navigation using Neste renewable diesel (NesteRD) supplied by Itochu…
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Silverstream forges Japanese air lubrication tech alliance with Mitsui & Co
Silverstream has teamed up with Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co and its subsidiary Orient Marine to encourage the adoption…
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Global drop-in biofuels pilot project launches
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) is leading a consortium of 18 industry partners to launch a drop-in biofuels…
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More than 75% of all tankers, bulkers and containerships not EEXI compliant
With just 163 days to go until the International Maritime Organization’s Energy Efficiency Existing Index (EEXI) comes into play, more…
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MAN engines can now be retrofitted to become climate-neutral
MAN PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales brand, is now offering its customers the opportunity to retrofit older MAN 48/60 marine…
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K Line pushes for battery-powered tugboats
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) announced that its harbour logistics business unit, Seagate Corporation, will build a new battery-powered…
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Leak causes 35,000-gallon diesel spill off The Bahamas
Platform supply vessel Arabian has leaked about 35,000 gallons of diesel while discharging fuel on July 20 off the coast…
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Synergy eyes non-flammable rechargeable batteries for shipping
Synergy Marine, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Synergy Group, has partnered up with US-based battery developer Alsym Energy and Japanese owner…
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California offers $125m in incentives for zero-emission equipment
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has opened the second round of its Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE),…
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Shipping shown pathway to battery-powered future
A new study in the Nature Energy Journal exploring the economic and environmental benefits of direct electrification of containerships shows…
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White paper finds more than 40% of Southeast Asia’s shipping pollution linked to Singapore bunker sales
Washington-based independent nonprofit organisation the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), has published a white paper on greenhouse gas (GHG)…
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K Line signs up for more sail tech
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has signed for more sail tech. Having already decided to install Seawings, an automatic…
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$173 per feu: Maersk warns EU’s emissions trading plans will be ‘significant’
One hundred and seventy euros ($173). That’s the price Danish carrier Maersk estimates clients will have to pay extra per…
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UK firm debuts green ‘system-of-systems’ delivering 92% cut in GHG emissions
UK-based engineering company Expleo is trumpeting a closed-loop, e-methanol fuel cell, which it claims delivers a 92% reduction in greenhouse…
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OSV sector shown path to slash emissions this decade
Offshore support vessel owners and operators have been shown a way to decarbonise current working practices and facilitate the transition…
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University of Delaware study finds height of wind turbines plays important role in changing surface weather
A new study from the University of Delaware published in Environmental Research Letters looked at the potential effects of offshore…
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