Environment
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Green as standard
Jon Chaplin from Lucion Marine on the realities of sustainably recycling a ship. An email from Lucion HR arrived last…
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Campaign launches to cut waste disposal in the Baltic Sea
Today the Baltic Sea is considered one of the most polluted seas in the world. The severe and interwoven problems…
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Stolt Tankers trials biofuel on Atlantic crossing
Stolt-Nielsen subsidiary Stolt Tankers is teaming up with alternative fuels pioneer GoodFuels to test the use of marine biofuel. The…
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Meriaura lays out new carbon neutral concept
Finnish shipowner Meriaura Group has started the preparation and design of a transport concept that targets 100% carbon neutrality by…
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Royal IHC makes headway on hydrogen-powered dredger
Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC is moving forward with its hydrogen-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger project. Referred to as the LEAF…
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European ports look at onshore power supplies
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has released a framework document: “Towards An Intelligent Legislative Framework For Onshore Power Supply”.…
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Norwegians set out to launch ammonia-fuelled dry bulk fleet by 2024
Ammonia fuel specialist Amon Maritime has teamed up with two Norwegian shipowners – Navigare Logistics and Mosvolds Rederi – to…
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Navig8 onboard for Korean ammonia bunkering project
Another key part of the ammonia maritime fuel supply jigsaw has been pieced together with news today from South Korea…
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Enviva and MOL explore hard sail possibilities
Enviva, an energy company specialising in sustainable wood bioenergy, and Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have signed a memorandum…
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Japanese ports waive fees for LNG-fuelled ships
Japan’s ports of Tokyo, Yokohama and Kawasaki will waive an entry fee from next month for vessels fuelled by LNG…
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Shipping major Wilhelmsen switches focus to renewables
Wilhelmsen, one of Norway’s best known shipping brands, is having a major change of focus, going all out for renewables.…
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Norwegian green equipment leasing company launches
The teams behind Norway’s Storm Capital Partners and NorthCape Capital along with Grieg have debuted a new business to lease…
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UK mulls adding shipping to its emissions trading system
The British government could follow the European Union in adding shipping into its own new carbon market. Maritime minister Robert…
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Jan Dieleman to lead the Sea Cargo Charter
Cargill’s shipping head Jan Dieleman and his counterpart at Trafigura, Rasmus Bach Nielsen, have been appointed as chair and vice…
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British green shipbuilding fund launched
The British government under Boris Johnson is determined to rejuvenate the nation’s shipbuilding sector with a host of nearly shuttered…
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From pipeline to pipe dream: why there’s no such thing as shipping carbon-neutral LNG
There’s been a lot of talk about carbon-neutral LNG in recent weeks. It’s all fake news, argues Wijnand Stoefs, shipping…
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Hyundai Heavy pursues fuel cells
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the holding company of South Korea’s top shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, has signed a memorandum…
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Shipping of CO2 goes mainstream with MOL investing in Norwegian pioneer
Shipping of CO2 is going mainstream with news Japan’s largest shipping line is moving into the sector. Until now, the…
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Ships born again with ‘smoothie’ fuel
In a 12-month trial, United European Car Carriers (UECC) replaced conventional fuel with biofuel onboard the 20-year-old, 140 m long…
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Number of installed scrubbers has doubled since last year’s global sulphur cap introduction
The price gap between low and high sulphur fuel oil has failed to hit the highs scrubber advocates would have…
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