Environment
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Canadian environmental groups appeal decision on oil and gas drilling off Newfoundland
Lawyers from Ecojustice, representing the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, World Wildlife Fund Canada and Ecology Action Centre, filed an appeal…
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Tankers International rolls out carbon offset offering for VLCCs
VLCC pool operator Tankers International has partnered with Hartree Partners’ subsidiary Vertree to launch what it calls a climate compensation…
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Maritime tech in 2022
Kicking off our maritime tech forecast Manish Singh, CEO of Ocean Technologies Group, neatly sums up likely developments in 2022.…
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The glorious year of 2022
The editor asked me to write something about a wish list for 2022. The first wish is dead easy. I…
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Maersk ups the green ante, brings net zero targets forward to 2040
Maersk has once again upped the ante among shipping industry participants, bringing its green goals forward by a decade. In…
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White paper shows dry bulk’s path to zero emissions
Independent nonprofit organisation the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has published a white paper in which it shows how…
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Ørsted takes stake in Swedish e-methanol project
Danish utility Ørsted is expanding its footprint in green fuels with the acquisition of a 45% stake in FlagshipONE e-methanol…
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Danish Shipping lays out new green transition strategy
Denmark has set out to accelerate the global green transition of shipping as part of the new strategy launched by…
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Oakland dispatches waiting boxships away from the coast
Authorities in northern California have decided to replicate what Los Angeles and Long Beach have done recently to handle the…
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Maersk firms up methanol-fuelled quartet at Hyundai Heavy
A.P. Moller – Maersk has declared options with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to build four additional 16,000…
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KCC and South32 conclude first sustainability-linked contract of affreightment
KCC Chartering, a subsidiary of Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC), and South32 Marketing, a subsidiary of miner South32, have signed a…
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Conoship unveils its next series of vessels
Dutch firm Conoship International Projects has revealed a design for six “future proof” ships ordered by an undisclosed client at…
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Solstad Offshore receives grant to invest in green technology
Solstad Offshore has received a grant from Innovation Norway as it targets a 50% emissions reduction by 2030 across its…
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Three companies charged over California offshore oil leak
A US federal grand jury last week accused three companies with illegally discharging oil during a pipeline break in early October…
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Splash Extra: Inconsistencies of IMO’s Annual Efficiency Ratio laid bare
Criticism has been heaped on the International Maritime Organization-approved Annual Efficiency Ratio (AER), the key measure to define how ships…
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The embarrassment of riches
I stole that title from a book by Professor Simon Schama, who, before he was famous, was one of my…
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Norwegian ammonia-powered shipping project moves ahead
Ammonia bulker startup Viridis Bulk Carriers and consortium partners have moved one step closer to realising a carbon free short…
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Scrubber carbon capture conversion tests show signs of success
Scrubber manufacturer Langh Tech, which doubles up as a shipowner via sister firm Langh Ship, has started researching the possibility…
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The stalled energy transition
Showered with cash like never before, what is it that containership owners know that the rest of us have yet…
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North Star sets out to decarbonise its fleet
UK OSV owner and operator North Star has launched a fleet decarbonisation scheme with an in-depth sustainability study across its…
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