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Clean Arctic Alliance Reacts to Joint US – Canada Statement on Heavy Fuel Oil Ban

Clean Arctic Alliance Reacts to Joint US – Canada Statement on Heavy Fuel Oil Ban

London, 26 February 2021:- Responding to the Joint US Canada February 26th statement by Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra and United States Transportation’s Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, on their dedication “to working with the IMO to effectively implement the ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) as fuel in the Arctic”, Dr Sian Prior, Lead Advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance said [1]:

“While...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/26/clean-arctic-alliance-reacts-to-joint-us-canada-statement-on-heavy-fuel-oil-ban/

Every 10% of bio-LNG drop-in gives another two years ‘runway extension’ for GHG reduction compliance

Every 10% of bio-LNG drop-in gives another two years ‘runway extension’ for GHG reduction compliance

Bio-LNG provides competitive advantage, providing favourable finance longer through greater emissions reductions

LONDON, 25 February 2021: New analysis from SEA-LNG, the coalition for accelerating LNG as a marine fuel, has determined that for every 10% of bio-LNG dropped in and blended with LNG as a marine fuel, a vessel can achieve two extra years’ compliance with the Annual Efficiency...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/25/every-10-of-bio-lng-drop-in-gives-another-two-years-runway-extension-for-ghg-reduction-compliance/

Drilling Deep: Battery technology racing ahead; so is the price of diesel

On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, James Frith of Bloomberg NEF brings his expertise in battery technology to the show and discusses some significant technological developments in battery technology just in the past few months. How rapidly are we moving toward cost-competitive batteries?

Also on Drilling Deep, host John Kingston talks about the record set just a few days ago: 16 consecutive weeks of increases in the weekly DOE/EIA retail diesel price, used as the basis for fuel surcharges....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drilling-deep-battery-technology-racing-ahead-so-is-the-price-of-diesel

IMO regional pollution centre (REMPEC) assists with oil spill incident in Israel

IMO regional pollution centre (REMPEC) assists with oil spill incident in Israel

IMO regional pollution centre assists with oil spill incident in Israel medium

The IMO-administered Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC) is assisting the competent authorities of Israel with technical expertise regarding the beaching of a large quantities of tar balls on the Israeli shoreline.  

The cause of the pollution is yet to be identified. As of 23 February...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/25/imo-regional-pollution-centre-rempec-assists-with-oil-spill-incident-in-israel/

ESPO welcomes European Parliament TRAN Committee report on more efficient and cleaner maritime transport (Delli INI Report)

ESPO welcomes European Parliament TRAN Committee report on more efficient and cleaner maritime transport (Delli INI Report)

Isabelle Ryckbost

25 February 2021

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) supports the main outcomes of the vote on the own-initiative report on technical and operational measures for more efficient and cleaner maritime transport (Delli Report) in the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee.

“We welcome the ambition to green the shipping sector which is at...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/25/espo-welcomes-european-parliament-tran-committee-report-on-more-efficient-and-cleaner-maritime-transport-delli-ini-report/

Coalition for The Energy of The Future Unveils First Milestones

Launched in late 2019, the Coalition for the Energy of the Future aims at accelerating the development of future energies and technologies to sustain new green mobility models and reduce the impact of transport and logistics on climate change. The Coalition is pleased to announce the first milestones to be reached in 2021, says an article published in CMA CGM.

Coalition’s First 7 Projects

2021 will be a structuring year for the Coalition and its cross-industry working groups with 7 projects to be...

https://mfame.guru/coalition-for-the-energy-of-the-future-unveils-first-milestones/

That’s a record: Weekly DOE/EIA diesel price up 16 straight weeks

The weekly Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average retail diesel price has now done something it hasn’t done in the history of the series: risen 16 consecutive weeks.

Not only that, but the increase posted Monday of 9.7 cents was the largest one-week increase since the first week of September 2017, when the U.S. Gulf Coast refining industry had been slammed by Hurricane Harvey.

The latest increase takes the price up to $2.973 a gallon. That is 60.1 cents more than the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/thats-a-record-weekly-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-16-straight-weeks

Crowley Integrates Jensen Maritime into New Engineering Services Group

Crowley Integrates Jensen Maritime into New Engineering Services Group

Brings wholistic design, build and operate solutions for maritime industry clients

(SEATTLE, Wash.; February 19, 2021) ­– To bring Crowley’s complete depth and breadth of services to maritime clients seeking design-build-operate solutions, the company has now fully integrated Jensen Maritime into the Crowley Engineering Services group.

The new group will seamlessly combine Crowley’s diverse business portfolio and long history...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/19/crowley-integrates-jensen-maritime-into-new-engineering-services-group/

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