Green Shipping

New global fund focused on healthy oceans

In line with its commitment on green financing, the World Bank Group announced in late September the creation of PROBLUE, a new multi-donor trust fund intended to support healthy and productive oceans by tackling marine pollution, managing fisheries and fostering sustainable growth of coastal economies.

PROBLUE, which was announced on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, supports the implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 14, which covers the sustainable use of oceans, seas...

https://safety4sea.com/new-global-fund-focused-on-healthy-oceans/

MSC Wins Greenest Shipowner At International Marine Summit

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MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is delighted to win The Greenest Shipowner of the Year at the annual Green Shipping Summit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. MSC was commended for its efforts to promote the sustainable use of marine resources and investments in green technologies.

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For example, MSC has retrofitted hundreds of ships with technologies to improve energy efficiency, lowered its carbon emissions per cargo movement and prepared its fleet for regulatory changes...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/msc-wins-greenest-shipowner-at-international-marine-summit/

What’s on the agenda for MEPC 73?

The 73rd session of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee will take place on 22-26 October 2018, at IMO Headquarters in London, focusing on key environmental challenges facing the shipping industry. Among the key topics on the agenda are the hot issues of the GHG reduction from ships and 2020 sulphur cap, as well as marine litter and BWM Convention.

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships

​The MEPC is expected to develop and agree a programme of actions to implement the initial IM...

https://safety4sea.com/whats-on-the-agenda-for-mepc-73/

BIMCO, partners to create hull underwater cleaning standard

Responding to the increasing concerns regarding the impact of hull biofouling on the marine environment, BIMCO and a group of industry partners have set out to create an internationally recognised standard.

The group includes eight different organisations, among of which paint manufacturers, ship owners and cleaning companies. They aim to establish an international standard that will work in practice. The standard is expected to be finalized in the autumn of 2019.

The standard aspires to ensure...

https://safety4sea.com/bimco-partners-to-create-hull-underwater-cleaning-standard/

Australia plans to block shark drumlines photography

As part of its Shark Control program, Australia’s government of Queensland is set to implement legislation to criminalise close proximity to shark control equipment, to prevent any photography of lethal drumlines and shark nets.

As part of a suite of amendments to the QLD Fisheries Act, the Government is proposing implementing exclusion zones of 20 metres around shark control equipment, making it almost impossible to independently capture photography and videos of sharks and other marine...

https://safety4sea.com/australia-plans-to-block-shark-drumlines-photography/

NOAA: Global warming to boost major hurricanes

A new NOAA research looks at the devastating 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. It notes that if similar weather conditions happen in the future, it’s likely the number of major hurricanes to increase by two in a similar active year at the end of century. Climate warming would be the cause of this.

Last year’s six major Atlantic hurricanes included hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria that caused loss of life in communities across Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. The three hurricanes caused an...

https://safety4sea.com/noaa-global-warming-to-boost-major-hurricanes/

G7 takes action to promote healthy oceans

Canada and its G7 partners acknowledged the need for action to address the impacts that plastic pollution and marine litter, overexploitation of fish stocks, and extreme weather events have on the health and sustainability of the oceans, seas, coastal communities and entire ecosystems.

G7 Environment, Oceans and Energy Ministers concluded their joint meeting on Healthy Oceans, Seas and Resilient Coastal Communities, to support the G7 theme of ‘Working Together on Climate Change, Oceans and Clean...

https://safety4sea.com/g7-takes-action-to-promote-healthy-oceans/

Are electric vessels the future of shipping?

As the world is changing, technologies that were the absolute norm, are now becoming old-fashioned. Up until now, ships have been sailing using fuels. However, it seems that electric vessels are gaining momentum, with many countries considering them as the future.

Electric vessels with energy storage in batteries and optimized power control can provide significant reductions in fuel consumption, maintenance and emissions.

A study by DNV GL shows how maritime batteries can contribute to achieving...

https://safety4sea.com/are-electric-vessels-the-future-of-shipping/

New project aims to advance use of solar heat

Solar Heat Industrial Processes (SHIP) deployment is currently very low because of economic competitiveness, low prices of fossil fuels charged to industries and to the complexity of their integration in existing industrial processes. SHIP2FAIR project aims to solve this issue using competitive and environmentally friendly solar technologies, innovative business lines and a user-friendly approach.

SHIP2FAIR has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation...

https://safety4sea.com/new-project-aims-to-advance-use-of-solar-heat/

Port of Bergen to build Europe’s largest onshore power supply

Port of Bergen will build Europe’s largest onshore power supply in Norway’s largest cruise port. The aim is for the facility to be ready at the beginning of the cruise season in 2020.

The shore power facility will be able to supply three cruise vessels with power simultaneously. The aim is for the facility to be ready at the beginning of the cruise season in 2020. In addition, a more limited facility that will serve one cruise vessel at a time will be ready by 2019. Now, vessels that dock at...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-bergen-to-build-europes-largest-onshore-power-supply/

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