Environment
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Huntington Beach City Council to support ban on new offshore drilling after recent spill
Following the oil spill off the California coast earlier this month, Huntington Beach City Council voted this week to support…
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Amazon, Ikea and Unilever pledge zero emission shipping by 2040
Amazon, Ikea, Unilever and Michelin are among nine multinational companies that have committed to switching all of their ocean freight…
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Will emissions pledge sound the death knell for LNG as a fuel?
If you’re a top 10 carrier you will rely on the likes of Amazon, Ikea and Unilever for a very…
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K Line makes history with successful carbon capture at sea
Carbon capture and storage at sea is now a thing following landmark trials onboard a Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)…
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QatarEnergy and Shell forge UK hydrogen partnership
QatarEnergy, formerly Qatar Petroleum, and Shell have agreed to pursue joint investments in blue and green hydrogen projects in the…
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Case made for ports to receive cash from any shipping decarbonisation fund
Ports ought to be getting a sizeable chunk of any decarbonisation fund in the offing, a new submission to the…
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US Coast Guard boards MSC ship in ongoing California pipeline spill probe
The California pipeline spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, south of the Los Angeles, at the start of October…
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MOL joins queue for ammonia-powered engines
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is joining the growing throng of owners queing up for ammonia technology to fuel the next…
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UN secretary-general lashes shipping’s decarbonisation ambition to date
With just over two weeks to go until COP26, a major international climate summit, the secretary-general of the United Nations,…
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Case made for green hydrogen ahead of COP26
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has issued a 115-page report in which it makes a strong case for the…
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Maersk invests in Dutch lignin producer
Another piece of Maersk’s future fuel jigsaw is coming into place. Maersk Growth, the corporate venture arm of A.P. Moller…
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IEA urges global shipping to focus alternative fuel infrastructure development at the world’s major hubs
Ahead of the major international climate summit, COP26, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a decarbonisation report through to…
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Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies tap Dalian Shipbuilding for pair of CO2 carriers
Northern Lights, a joint venture between energy giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, has placed an order at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry…
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Chevron reveals net zero 2050 plans
Chevron Corporation issued on Monday its fourth climate change resilience report to provide information on the company’s ambition to advance…
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Greenpeace loses legal bid to revoke BP’s North Sea oil permit
Greenpeace has lost its court case, challenging the UK government’s decision to grant a permit to BP to drill the…
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MSC teams up with Chinese research institute to promote shipping decarbonisation
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and the China Waterborne Transport Research Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote…
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Nordic duo collaborates on first OSV ammonia retrofit
Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik Offshore and Finland’s technology group Wärtsilä have joined forces to convert an offshore supply vessel (OSV) to…
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Fortescue sets out to retrofit bulkers to run on green ammonia
Australian mining company Fortescue Metals Group has announced plans to convert its eight 260,000 dwt bulk carriers to run on…
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Ikea called out for its role in shipping emissions
Climate activists are demanding Dutch-based homeware giant Ikea to transition to zero-emissions cargo shipping vessels by 2030. Members and climate…
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US Coast Guard boards Hapag-Lloyd ship in growing pipeline spill investigation
The US Coast Guard (USCG) dispatched a team to Oakland yesterday to examine Hapag-Lloyd’s 4,843 teu as investigations ramp up…
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