Environment
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South Korea readies 0.1% ECA
South Korea is taking steps to green its coastline with the introduction of voluntary speed limits and an impending emission…
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Equinor and Ørsted launch coalition to accelerate offshore wind capacity
The Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition has been launched to advance the development of ocean-based renewable energy such as offshore…
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Coastal shipping along India’s east coast grinding to a halt on lack of VLSFO
The IMO 2020 regulation has its first global trade scalp with news from south Asia where coastal shipping operations along…
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Beijing grants tax waiver on VLSFO exports
Beijing has given the green light to a tax waiver on exports of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) with…
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London decarbonisation debate questions IMO targets
Shipping got plenty of insight into its potential zero-carbon future yesterday at an event organised by the UK Chamber of…
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Anti-Arctic shipping alliance grows
Eight more companies have agreed this week not to ship goods through the Arctic Ocean and signed the Arctic Corporate…
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Maersk Tankers launches standalone green tech business
Maersk Tankers has launched a new standalone digital business, to be led by Soren Meyer, to develop and sell the…
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Welcome to the roaring twenties. Bold moves required from this point on
Around a century ago, on November 2 1920, 25m US citizens cast their vote in the first presidential election of…
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K Line adopts ‘LNG+’ plan to meet IMO’s 2030 goals
One of the world’s keenest users of LNG as a fuel has admitted his company needs an “LNG +” plan…
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Equinor targets near zero emissions by 2050 as part of new emissions reduction plan
Energy major Equinor has announced new climate ambitions to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its offshore fields and onshore…
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Goodbye to all that crap
“We burn crap on our ships. The end of the refining cycle, the residue; one step up from the asphalt…
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Value Investor’s Edge: Top stock picks for 2020
As 2019 comes to a close, J Mintzmyer, the founder of Value Investor’s Edge, is totting up the numbers in…
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Global shipping bodies propose $5bn decarbonisation R&D fund
Attempting to keep the general public and regulators at bay, the world’s top shipowning bodies today preempted the growing environmental…
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The ghost of shipping’s Christmas future
It’s Christmas in Airdrie in Scotland, but Mr Prospector’s dreams take a somewhat darker turn. Last week marked the turning…
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MSC defends its carbon footprint
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has defended its carbon footprint, having been labelled Europe’s eighth largest polluter in an NGO report…
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Case made for LNG-fuelled VLCC newbuilds
Lobby group SEA\LNG has released the results of its latest investment study, which makes the case for LNG as a…
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Liners accused of blatant profiteering as 90% variance in low sulphur surcharges is revealed
Low sulphur surcharges implemented by the world’s top liners from the start of this month vary by as much as…
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SAL Heavy Lift in world-first use of hydrogen, methanol injection technology
Hamburg’s SAL Heavy Lift has become the first shipping company in the world to adopt a new hydrogen/methanol technology to…
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Energy transition and uncomfortable questions for shipping
Greg Atkinson, chief technology officer at Japan’s Eco Marine Power, explains to Splash readers how shipping can learn and flourish…
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Wood to modify Equinor platforms for wind power
UK offshore engineering firm Wood has been awarded a new contract by Equinor to modify two offshore installations in the…
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