World leaders attending COP26 climate talks from the end of the month must ratchet up pressure to make shipping decarbonize by 2050, a senior industry official involved in the meeting said.Shipping, which transports about 90% of world trade, accounts for nearly 3% of the world’s CO2 emissions.U.N.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/industry-looks-un-climate-talks-steer-491658
Shipping, to many, is something of an afterthought. Raw materials and goods are moved around the globe thanks to the vast network of routes around our oceans, and many of us are naive to the fact that the products we use in our everyday lives are available thanks to this – that is, until something goes wrong.
In our cover story, we look at the shadow conflict between Iran and Israel, and how geopolitics can have an impact on the logistics of goods from region to region.
In this issue, we also...
https://www.ship-technology.com/features/in-the-shadows-ship-technology-global-issue-79/
The Danish Maritime Authority is launching digital certificates for seafarers as well as a number of other digital self-service solutions for shipping companies, staffing companies and educational institutions.
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Danish utility Ørsted is looking into an incident involving one of the malfunctioned turbines at the Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm, 22 km off the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland. The malfunction, which subsequently led to a fire in the unit’s nacelle, took place while no employees were present at...
https://splash247.com/orsted-investigates-turbine-fire-at-dutch-offshore-wind-farm/
With the United Nations Climate Summit coming closer, the Greenpeace activists have increased their protest against the usage of fossil fuels. Now for the third time this month, they have disrupted the natural gas operations in Europe. On 26 October …
Original post at FleetMon.com, 2021-10-28...
Falling freight and charter markets leave container sector on a knife-edge
The Mull & Iona Ferry Committee have been undertaking an extensive public consultation on what the users want from their new ferries. The completed Specification of User Requirements (SUR) was delivered to the Government department that manages the ferry system, Transport Scotland. Extract: “The...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/mull-iona-ferry-committee-knows-what-kind-of-ferries-users-want/
Seaspan became the first Canadian marine company to pilot the use of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced by its LNG-powered fleet. Seaspan expects that data from the pilot will confirm that, by using RNG, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by upwards of 85...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/seaspan-ferries-believes-in-carbon-neutral-renewable-natural-gas/
IMO-Singapore project to implement digital ship clearance system in the Port of Lobito, Angola – the aim is to support more ports in future. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Singapore have selected the Port of Lobito (Angola) for a pilot project to establish an efficient digitalized system for the electronic exchange of information in ports for ship clearance.
The Single Window for Facilitation of Trade (SWiFT) Project was launched in March 2021 with a call for expressions of...
How to build a sustainable future in the marine industry
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