Regulatory
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Netherlands and OECD make the case for more swift adoption of longer term emissions regulations
The International Maritime Organization-convened Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meets virtually next month for what promises to be a more…
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US government issues Jones Act waivers to combat temporary fuel shortages
The cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline that resulted this week in gas and diesel shortages at the pump and prices at…
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Conflict at the top for LNG in the race for decarbonisation
Ned Berry, an environmental analyst at MCA Consulting, on the pros and cons of LNG as a fuel. The International…
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Jones Act waiver may be required to ship petroleum products after Colonial Pipeline cyberattack
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) said in a release yesterday that the government is considering a “temporary and targeted…
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FMC commissioner to examine China’s role in container shortage
The United States is beginning to question whether China is to blame for the box shortages plaguing global supply chains…
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Greece calls for charterers to pay for impending European maritime carbon scheme
Greece’s shipping minister, Ioannis Plakiotakis, has written to the European Commission, demanding that charterers stump up cash when shipping joins…
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CO2 emission rules should target fleets not individual ships: Danish Shipping
The roadmap for reducing CO2 emissions from shipping could be best achieved by choosing a fleet-based approach to efficiency requirements…
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EU postpones climate and energy legislation
The European Union has been forced to postpone its energy and climate legislation, which is highly likely to include CO2…
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Egyptian court blocks Ever Given’s departure
An Egyptian court ruled yesterday that the 20,388 teu containership which blocked the Suez Canal in March will continue to…
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EU urged to rethink policies on supporting shipbuilding
The German Shipbuilders Association has today called for a fundamental restructuring of the framework conditions for European shipbuilding, as Asian…
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Shipping’s decarbonisation requires both the IMRB and an MBM
John Butler, president and CEO of the World Shipping Council, writes for Splash today, laying out the liner lobbying group’s…
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Scrubber proponents hit back at ICCT’s washwater claims
Scrubber tech advocates Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) fired back on Friday responding to the controversial washwater discharge report issued Thursday…
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Aswan bulker banned from Australian ports
Australian maritime authorities have banned the Aswan Shipping-owned bulk carrier from entering Australian ports for 18 months following outstanding mechanical…
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Politicians urged to act as interactive map shows scale of global scrubber washwater discharges
The Washington DC-headquartered International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has issued a first-of-its-kind 28-page report, along with an interactive map,…
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Regulatory purgatory is heaven for rates
Well, what a wonderful position shipowners find themselves thanks to regulatory purgatory. The waiting for confirmation of the next stage…
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Lobby groups come under pressure to ditch ‘moonshot’ R&D proposal in favour of $100 per tonne carbon levy
The shipping industry’s leading global lobby group, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), last week ended its years-long opposition to…
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Islands and industry say it’s time for a carbon tax. Can Kerry help deliver it?
Jimmy Nuake, deputy secretary at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development of the Solomon Islands, writes for Splash today demanding more…
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The Suez Canal legal fight
Carlos Luxul wonders why beneficial cargo owners aren’t kicking up a greater fuss to get their goods from the stranded…
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Biden’s ambitious GHG cuts will target shipping
President Joe Biden on Thursday officially announced the new target for the US to achieve a reduction of up to…
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US calls for shipping to have zero emissions by 2050
Shipping has been waiting, expecting environmental legislation to tighten up. The industry was served its marching orders yesterday with John…
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