Environment
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China Navigation provides Pacific islands with waste management solution
The China Navigation Company (CNCo) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) have signed a memorandum of…
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Incentive schemes for promoting green shipping
Renilde Becqué from the Natural Resources Defense Council takes a look at what ports are doing to financially encourage shipowners…
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Pacific Islands issue position paper on shipping emissions
The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) has published a position paper in regards to shipping emissions negotiations taking place at…
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Argentina, Brazil, India and Saudi Arabia row back on shipping’s climate targets
A group of four big countries have set out to limit climate targets due to be discussed at the IMO’s…
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Oshima Shipbuilding develops new ecofuel
Japanese shipyard Oshima Shipbuilding is developing a new fuel, which it claims will meet all upcoming air emission regulations. Called…
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Heated LNG red herring debate
Part of my job as an editor of a daily shipping news title is to generate debate. So when an…
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Sea World Management and Trading fined in the US for illegal dumping
US authorities have hit a vessel operator and ship’s master with fines and jail time for illegal dumping of oil…
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EU warns IMO that April’s MEPC must deliver serious emission reduction plans
In a statement yesterday the Council of the European Union stressed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) must be firm to…
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Why LNG as the ship fuel of the future is a massive red herring
Dr Tristan Smith from UCL Energy Institute takes issue with a feature we ran last week on France’s push to…
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France’s joined-up thinking gives it the lead in race for LNG as a ship fuel
Public and private sectors have come together to push the European nation to the front of the LNG bunkering revolution.…
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More oil washes up in southern Japan from sunken Sanchi
Oil that has washed up on two islands in the south of Japan is likely to have come from the…
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ING and EIB link on green financing
ING and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement to support green investments for the European shipping market…
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Tank cleaning under the spotlight off Fujairah
Tankers passing by the port of Fujairah in the UAE have been warned authorities are on the look out for…
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IMO’s latest bunker ruling could boost scrubber adoption
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to move forward with a prohibition on the carriage of fuel oil for…
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Californians protest offshore drilling plan at BOEM public meeting in state capital
Protestors rallied outside a meeting of the Bureau of Ocean Energy management (BOE) in Sacramento, California, according to Reuters. Environmentalists…
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IMO signs sustainable shipping pact with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has signed a new partnership agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).…
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Study claims sulphur cap will reduce childhood asthma by 3.6% globally
The International Maritime Organization’s 2020 sulphur cap on ship fuel will slash childhood asthma across the world by 3.6%, according…
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Cargill partners with four NGOs to boost accountability across shipping
Cargill, one of the world’s largest dry bulk shippers, is partnering with four NGOs to advance sustainability initiatives and increase…
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Live Animal Export: Emissions reprieve?
Dr Lynn Simpson ponders whether environmental rulings might spell the end of much of the livestock carrier fleet. Here’s a…
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Alaska senator calls for limited exemption from DOI drilling plan
US Senator from Alaska Lisa Murkowski has joined the ranks of prominent politicians calling for their state to be exempted…
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