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German election results put Europe and climate change centre stage

German election results put Europe and climate change centre stage

Monday 27 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.39.1

Commentary: Germany heads for pro-European centrism in complex post-Merkel switch

By David Marsh in Berlin

Germany will form a pro-European centrist government with stronger spending and investment to fight climate change and near-certain Greens’ participation. The next chancellor will be conservative Armin Laschet or Olaf Scholz, Social Democrat finance minister. For the first time in 60...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/27/german-election-results-put-europe-and-climate-change-centre-stage/

Three solutions to data governance problem, Exploring green technology

Three solutions to data governance problem, Exploring green technology

Thursday 23 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.38.4

Commentary: Solving the transnational data governance problem

By Douglas Arner, Giuliano Castellano and Eriks Selga

Without an international legal framework governing data, domestic policy-makers are developing different systems of rules and processes to extend their jurisdictional control over the digital world. Data governance frameworks are becoming transnational in nature and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/23/three-solutions-to-data-governance-problem-exploring-green-technology/

Monaco sets eyes on Sanremo port…

Monaco sets eyes on Sanremo port… 

Good Morning Monaco – Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Monaco has eyes on Sanremo Port
The Société d’Exploitation des Ports de Monaco is seeking to expand its ownership of yacht harbours in Italy, and is now targeting the old port of Sanremo…

Feadship makes waves with Future Concept
Feadship will mark the opening of the 2021 Monaco Yacht Show in the purest form possible by unveiling its latest Feadship Future Concept.

Sentence handed down in puppy killing case
The young...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/22/monaco-sets-eyes-on-sanremo-port/

Proman welcomes UK push for absolute zero shipping emissions by 2050

Proman welcomes UK push for absolute zero shipping emissions by 2050

More ambitious targets and a well-to-wake approach for calculating emissions will be vital to accelerate the global transition to clean shipping 

WOLLERAU, Switzerland, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Proman has welcomed the UK Government’s commitment to push for a world-leading absolute zero target for international shipping emissions by 2050, as announced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on 13th September 2021.

This target,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/16/proman-welcomes-uk-push-for-absolute-zero-shipping-emissions-by-2050/

Prince Albert makes it a first…

Prince Albert makes it a first…

Good Morning Monaco – Thursday, September 16, 2021

Prince Albert makes it a first for a head of state
HSH Prince Albert took to the skies above Monaco on Tuesday in a two-seat all-electric aircraft, the Pipistrel Velis.

Numbers in hospital continue to fall
Only seven patients are currently being treated for coronavirus at Princess Grace Hospital. Of the five residents, one is in intensive care.

France and Monaco collaborate on Ocean
The Oceanographic Institute and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/16/prince-albert-makes-it-a-first/

Asset owners should be part of the net-zero finance revolution

Asset owners should be part of the net-zero finance revolution

Thursday 16 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.37.4

Commentary: Asset owners can be game changers in climate fight

By Pedro Guazo in New York

With over 40 institutional investors representing over $6.6tn of assets under management, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance demonstrates that major financial actors can align their investments with the 1.5°C target set out by the Paris agreement. Pedro Guazo, representative of the secretary-general for...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/16/asset-owners-should-be-part-of-the-net-zero-finance-revolution/

DSV wins Climate Strategy Award: “Frontrunner in the industry”

DSV wins Climate Strategy Award: “Frontrunner in the industry”

Jens Bjørn Andersen

DSV is awarded this year’s Climate Strategy Award, which was personally handed over to Group CEO, Jens Bjørn Andersen, at a ceremony in Copenhagen Wednesday. The award is given to a Danish company that acts strategically and ambitiously and distinguishes itself when actively working with climate change.

Wednesday afternoon, at a ceremony in Copenhagen hosted by EY in Denmark and the Danish Chamber of Commerce, DSV...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/15/dsv-wins-climate-strategy-award-frontrunner-in-the-industry/

Maritime sector’s commitment to act on climate change highlighted in new video

Maritime sector’s commitment to act on climate change highlighted in new video

Making Waves: The Future of Shipping, a news-style video launched at IMO Headquarters (13 September) as part of London International Shipping Week.
“The IMO community is highly committed to tackling climate change,” IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim says, in an interview for Making Waves: The Future of Shipping, a news-style video launched at IMO Headquarters (13 September) as part of London International...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/15/maritime-sectors-commitment-to-act-on-climate-change-highlighted-in-new-video/

Scholz takes pole position as German election campaign enters final stretch

Scholz takes pole position as German election campaign enters final stretch

Tuesday 14 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.37.2

Commentary: Finance minister favourite to take Merkel’s difficult legacy

By David Marsh in London

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, in a startling turnaround of fortunes, is now favourite to follow Angela Merkel as German chancellor after the 26 September election. What kind of leader could he be? Is this a new Helmut Schmidt, Germany’s internationally renowned Social Democrat...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/14/scholz-takes-pole-position-as-german-election-campaign-enters-final-stretch/

UK Shipping Industry demands Net-Zero by 2050

UK Shipping Industry demands Net-Zero by 2050

In a landmark decision, the UK shipping industry has agreed that the international shipping sector must pursue a net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050.

International regulations require the global shipping industry to cut their emissions by 50% compared to 2008 levels. But the UK Chamber of Shipping has now confirmed it wants the  International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to double this target and commit to net-zero emissions by 2050.

The shipping...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/13/uk-shipping-industry-demands-net-zero-by-2050/

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