Environment
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Keppel Offshore & Marine forms sustainable energy partnership with Energy Market Authority
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and government body Energy Market Authority (EMA) have formed a $10m partnership for…
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China comes out in support of applying mandatory efficiency rules to all the world’s existing ships
China and Brazil have submitted a paper to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in support of applying mandatory efficiency rules…
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Megawatt-scale fuel cell systems capable of powering ocean-going vessels to be built in France
The quest to decarbonise shipping moved a big step forwards yesterday with news from Europe where Swiss engineering giant ABB…
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Vanishing food waste flouts maritime and national law
Many ship waste systems allow potentially hazardous food waste to disappear into sewage and grey water, by design and with…
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Another Dutch owner signs up for wind technology
Netherlands-based eConowind and Boomsma Shipping have announced their collaboration with eConowind contracted to install two of their wind-assist VentiFoil units…
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Asahi Tanker to build world’s first zero-emissions electric bunker tankers
Japanese owner Asahi Tanker has announced a plan to build the world’s first two zero-emissions electric bunker tankers. The vessels…
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IMO 2020 capped by coronavirus, stretched authorities ditch fuel checks
Less than three months after being introduced the global sulphur cap risks being another victim of the coronavirus with news…
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Stena Bulk MR tanker takes on biofuel
Swedish tanker owner Stena Bulk has commenced a test to run one of its MR tankers on 100% biofuel. The…
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Owners cancel planned scrubber installations
Reports are emerging of owners cancelling planned scrubber installations in China on account of the narrowing fuel price spread and…
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Poorly designed oily water separators put seafarers at risk
In a special one-off today, Splash is calling all seagoing engineers to take part in an Australian survey looking at…
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MOL’s Unix Line cops $1.65m fine in the US for concealing oily water discharges
Singapore-based Unix Line, the primary shipmanagement arm of MOL Chemical Tankers, was fined $1.65m and placed on four years probation…
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NYK starts world’s first large-scale survey of microplastics in oceans
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) to use…
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UECC and GoodFuels commence car carrier biofuel trial
Norwegian-headquartered roro operator UECC has teamed up with marine biofuel firm GoodFuels to launch a trial of GoodFuels Bio-Fuel Oil…
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Scope 3: Addressing transport’s gaping lack of GHG transparency
Melbourne-based startup Scope 3 is at the forefront of the transport carbon footprint debate, developing solutions to help companies measure,…
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Fuel carriage ban comes into effect
Port state control authorities began to enforce the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) fuel carriage ban yesterday, whereby ships without a…
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New study makes the case for hydrogen-powered boxships on the transpacific by 2030
Regular hydrogen-powered containership services on the transpacific could be a common sight by 2030, a new report from Washington-based non-profit,…
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Measuring maritime emissions well-to-wake can drive development of renewables
The challenge of achieving net zero carbon emissions should be shared along the supply chain, not placed on shipowners alone,…
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Dark patches around grounded Polaris VLOC spark fears of bunker spill
Aerial images recorded by the Brazilian Navy yesterday show a series of dark spots around the , a fully laden…
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Coronavirus spurs China Shipowners Association to seek lifting of the sulphur cap
The China Shipowners Association (CSA) has called for a suspension of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) global sulphur cap in…
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France, Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar latest to impose restrictions on the use of open-loop scrubbers
Restrictions on the use of open-loop scrubbers are spreading across Europe with the Standard Club reporting France, Spain, Portugal and…
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