The European Commission on Wednesday proposed adding shipping to the bloc’s carbon market for the first time, a move international shipping has been bracing for for a number of years. Under the EU plan, shipping would be added to the European Union Emissions Trading System (ETS) gradually from 2023...
https://splash247.com/shipping-reacts-as-eu-splinters-global-environmental-regulations/
There sure are a heck of a lot of conferences these days focused on so-called green finance. The term has become a buzzword, and yet, just what does it really mean? I certainly hope it is not some cunning way of trading pollution.We are bombarded daily with claims of net zero, carbon neutral and...
Wärtsilä, one of the world’s two largest ship engine manufacturers, is getting closer to offering clients ammonia and hydrogen engine options. Full-scale engine tests have been recently carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland, assessing the optimum parameters for operating the...
https://splash247.com/wartsila-sets-dates-to-be-selling-ammonia-and-hydrogen-engines/
European shipowners welcome the Fit for 55 climate package but fear lack of consistency among proposals may undermine increased climate ambition
ECSA welcomes the increased climate ambition of the ‘Fit for 55’ climate package published today, recognising that the climate crisis is one of the greatest humanitarian, economic and environmental challenges our societies are facing. However, European shipowners...
NAMEPA Becomes Founding Member of the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
July 14, 2021: Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), announced its position as a Founding Member of the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition. Other founding members include ABS, American Waterway Operators, Bay-Houston Towing, Caterpillar, Chamber of Shipping of America, Citibank, Crowley, Green Marine, Holland & Knight, Kirby,...
Wärtsilä launches major test programme towards carbon-free solutions with hydrogen and ammonia
Wärtsilä Corporation, 14 July 2021 at 10:00 AM E. Europe Standard Time
The technology group Wärtsilä continues to lead the ongoing transformation of the energy and marine sectors towards carbon-free solutions...
Listed shipping companies are dramatically improving their carbon disclosure, but there are still many laggards, research from one of shipping’s closest ESG watchers shows. Webber Research & Advisory recently published its latest ESG scorecard, looking at the environmental, social, and corporate...
https://splash247.com/listed-companies-getting-better-at-carbon-disclosure/
The UK government has publishes what it claims to be the world’s first ‘greenprint’ to decarbonise all modes of domestic transport by 2050. Included in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan are commitments to make shipping green as weak a pledge to end the sale of all new, polluting road vehicles by...
https://splash247.com/uk-vows-to-decarbonise-all-domestic-transport-by-2050/
FUELSAVE and Seadrill announce first partnership to decarbonise offshore drilling
FUELSAVE’s ground-breaking FS MARINE+ technology will be installed on Seadrill’s 6th generation West Saturn drillship, in a first that will help reduce emissions from offshore drilling.
| Hamburg (Germany), 13 July 2021 – Cleantech provider FUELSAVE will deploy its advanced combustion conditioning... |
Atlantic Towing selects Vard Electro for implementation of battery technology to reduce Green House Gas emissions
Ålesund, Norway / Vancouver, Canada, 13 July 2021 – Vard Electro is pleased to announce the award of the contract for an innovative hybrid battery power system with Atlantic Towing to be integrated on their vessel Atlantic Shrike. Atlantic Towing is the first company to implement this multiple mode application of battery technologies on a single vessel in the Canadian...