Environment
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Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs): Choosing the right EAL type for your application
There is a wide range of performance levels among both readily biodegradable and petroleum-based lubricants. It’s important to know that…
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Shipping’s $5bn decarbonisation R&D fund proposal comes in for attack
With the hybrid short term emissions cutting measures agreed yesterday, much of the remaining days of the 75th gathering of…
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CMA CGM markets new carbon neutral offerings
CMA CGM, the world’s fourth largest containerline, has debuted a series of offerings to help clients lighten their environmental footprint.…
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MEPC agrees on hybrid emissions measures
As expected, member states at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) rubber stamped plans outlined last…
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Grieg Star sets up sustainable innovation company Grieg Edge
Norwegian shipowner Grieg Star has set up a separate company named Grieg Edge to develop sustainable innovations within the maritime…
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Contentious MEPC 75 kicks off
This week’s delayed 75th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) – to be held virtually by the International…
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Renewables forecast to overhaul natural gas in 2023 and coal the following year
Renewables are forecast to overhaul natural gas in terms of global power generating capacity by as soon as 2023 and…
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The greatest impediment to the widespread adoption of nuclear power across the merchant fleet?
What’s the single greatest thing holding back atomic energy from being deployed as a major form of ship propulsion? Nuclear…
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MEPC 75 is expected to fix ballast water commissioning testing, but shipowners will still be left with real compliance risks
Dimitrios Tsoulos from ballast water management system manufacturer De Nora writes for Splash today ahead of next week’s IMO-convened MEPC…
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Why the IMO’s draft Arctic HFO regulation will not protect the Arctic, and how to fix it
Dr Sian Prior, lead advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance, writes for Splash today ahead of next week’s MEPC 75…
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Odfjell sets out to create climate neutral fleet by 2050
Norwegian owner Odfjell has announced its environmental targets, aiming to reduce its carbon intensity by 50% by 2030 compared to 2008…
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Ørsted and BP to develop German renewable hydrogen project
Ørsted and BP have agreed to jointly develop a potential large-scale renewable hydrogen project at BP’s Lingen Refinery in northwest…
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Siglar Carbon: How to slash tanker emissions in half
Siglar Carbon, previously known as Freixchange, has come out with a bold statement this week, claiming it has the platform…
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Bilobe tank breakthrough paves way for upscaling of carbon capture projects
Two European companies have developed what they claim to be groundbreaking new vessel designs to advance maritime CO2 transport capacity…
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Signatories of the Sea Cargo Charter account for 11% of all spot tanker fixtures this year
Tanker broker Gibson has crunched the spot fixture numbers to show the collective power of the first signatories of the…
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Wah Kwong to buy carbon credits generated from Indian wind farms
Hong Kong bulk shipping operator Wah Kwong Shipping has entered into a memorandum of understanding with CLP Innovation Enterprises, a…
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Shipping reacts to energy rankings news
The shipping community is digesting yesterday’s Splash exclusive news that the ‘A’ to ‘E’ operational efficiency rating of every ship…
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Wakashio stern to be removed from reef in complex process taking months
Nagashiki Shipping, the Japanese owner of the newcastlemax that ran aground on coral reefs off Mauritius in July, has appointed…
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Tharsis to install wind propulsion system onboard general cargo vessel
Dutch owner Tharsis Sea-River Shipping has entered into a contract with eConowind and NG shipyard to install two sets of TwinFoil…
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Every ship’s efficiency rating will be made public, says ICS
The ‘A’ to ‘E’ operational efficiency rating of every ship above 5,000 gt will be made fully public and updated…
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