Maritime decarbonization

Safety Culture is Key to Maritime Decarbonization and Digitalization

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The crucial role of safety culture in maritime decarbonization and digitalization, highlights a DNV news source.

DNV and Lloyd’s List Intelligence

A safety report from DNV and Lloyd’s List Intelligence finds incidents are rising and looks at the possible safety challenges of decarbonization and digitalization. The focus on establishing strong safety cultures for maritime is needed to navigate the big transformations underway successfully and safely.

“With great...

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Maritime Decarbonization is an Urgent Global Challenge

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A Standard Media news source intrigues Why maritime decarbonization is an urgent global challenge – according to blue economy envoy Nancy Karigithu.

Africa’s economic development

The shipping industry is crucial to Africa’s economic development and international trade, but it also emits 2.2 per cent of global carbon emissions.

Therefore, maritime decarbonization is an urgent global challenge that requires innovative and sustainable technologies to reduce emissions while...

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Artemis Wins Green Maritime Tech Innovation Award

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The UK Government has launched a £60m clean maritime competition to mark World Maritime Day. The Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has announced the funding as part of the clean maritime demonstration competition (CMDC), reports Digit News.

Innovation in green maritime technology

The competition is set to take place between April 2023 and March 2025, and it aims to promote innovation in green maritime technology. The government has set an ambitious target of...

https://mfame.guru/artemis-wins-green-maritime-tech-innovation-award/

International Carbon Collaboration Could Reshape Shipping Markets

Five industries representing more than 50% of global emissions need stronger international collaboration to deliver reductions in line with the Paris Agreement, according to the first report from a new group aiming to reshape major charter markets and accelerate development of green fuels and technologies.

The Breakthrough Agenda was signed by 45 nations at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow last year to drive emissions reductions in the power, hydrogen, road transport, steel and...

https://mfame.guru/international-carbon-collaboration-could-reshape-shipping-markets/

ClassNK Approves Ammonia Bunkering Vessel by NYK Line

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia bunkering vessel (ABV) developed by NYK Line. This is the Society’s first AiP for ABVs.

First approval for ammonia bunkering vessels

The ABV developed by NYK Line will be used as a bunkering vessel for ammonia-fueled vessels, which are expected to be widely used from the late 2020s.

The company has developed its own design drawings, and introduced a method of creating 3D models linked to the drawings at an early stage of concept...

https://mfame.guru/classnk-approves-ammonia-bunkering-vessel-by-nyk-line/

Mitsui Joins Copenhagen-based Coalition for Emission Reduction

  • Mitsui & Co. is the latest company to join the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
  • The center has seven founding partners and six strategic partners including Mitsui.
  • Mitsui will plan and operate projects and also provide its knowledge throughout the entire supply chain.

Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd. became a strategic partner of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS), a not-for-profit international research and development center dedicated to...

https://mfame.guru/mitsui-joins-copenhagen-based-coalition-for-emission-reduction/

Singapore To Launch 2-Month Consultation on Decarbonization

  • Singapore’s government is seeking suggestions for how it should address decarbonisation in the run-up to 2050.
  • The government has launched a 2-month consultation exercise seeking suggestions and views on the city-state’s Maritime Singapore Decarbonisation Blueprint 2050.
  • The consultation will focus on port terminals, domestic harbour craft, future marine fuels and bunkering standards.

Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) plans to set up a global maritime decarbonisation centre in the...

https://mfame.guru/singapore-to-launch-2-month-consultation-on-decarbonization/

K Line Promotes ‘Carbon Neutrality’ As Decarbonization Strategy

K Line plans to establish a new department focusing on businesses and projects for carbon neutrality including renewable energy effective on April 1st, 2021, reads the company newsletter.

Need for maritime decarbonization

The requirement of de-carbonization is rapidly growing in the world and it accelerates the
expectation for business field of carbon neutrality, such as Renewable Energy projects
including offshore wind, Carbon dioxide Capture, Utilization and Storage projects, Energy
Transition...

https://mfame.guru/k-line-promotes-carbon-neutrality-as-decarbonization-strategy/

Industry Leaders Back $5b UN Proposal To Decarbonise Shipping

  • Industry partners welcome “moon-shot” proposal from governments to set up a $5 billion USD fund to help shipping meet UN decarbonisation goals.
  • Governments controlling a major share of world shipping to submit detailed proposals to the United Nations International Maritime Organization.
  • Shipping leaders are calling on governments to ‘be on the right side of history’ and take forward the proposal at a critical meeting in June.
  • Zero-emission ocean going ships deployed at the scale required by...

https://mfame.guru/industry-leaders-back-5b-un-proposal-to-decarbonise-shipping/

IMO Sets Options To Ensure Shipping’s Decarbonization

Various low- and zero-carbon marine fuels will allow shipping to meet its emissions targets, but more work is needed to address availability, safety, and other issues, says a press release published on the IMO website.

IMO online symposium 

The state-of-play of low and zero-carbon fuel options to ensure shipping’s path to decarbonization was set out in an online symposium hosted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on 9-10 February 2021.

About the aspects explored

Different fuel options

S...

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