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Course charted for carbon free shipping by 2050

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  • Vessels will soon use future fuels and plug into shipping ‘chargeports’ as part of UK’s new goals for shipping operators to reach net zero by 2050, part of the Government’s Plan for Change to make the UK a clean energy superpower
  • Worst polluting vessels will decarbonise first as Government sets out new plans to deliver energy security and build a clean maritime future.
  • News comes ahead of the UN’s maritime meeting where the UK mission will push for global greenhouse gas reductions across...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/25/course-charted-for-carbon-free-shipping-by-2050/

Ship-specific decarbonization plans keep AET on target

AET strengthens decarbonization roadmap with DNV

Pursuing ambitious decarbonization goals, shipowner AET uses DNV expertise to select the best optimization options for each ship. 

Utilizing DNV’s Decarbonization Plan service and computational fluid dynamics analyses performed in Hamburg, DNV worked with AET to optimize its decarbonization strategy by developing tailored plans for each vessel class. This is brought to life through an intuitive digital dashboard, which gives users a...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/22/ship-specific-decarbonization-plans-keep-aet-on-target/

4.1 Magnitude Earthquake rattles Monaco

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco
Good Morning Monaco

Thursday, March 20, 2025

4.1 Magnitude Earthquake rattles Monaco

A series of earthquakes jolted Monaco and the surrounding Alpes-Maritimes region one the evening of Tuesday, March 18, leaving residents shaken but unharmed…

BeMed celebrates a decade of action against plastic pollution

This week marks the 10th anniversary of Beyond Plastic Med (BeMed), an initiative launched under the leadership of the Prince Albert II of...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/20/4-1-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-monaco/

Update from Stena Bulk on Stena Immaculate (17 March)

Gothenburg: March 17, 2025
Stena Bulk continues to work closely with Crowley and UK agencies following the incident when the container ship SOLONG struck Stena Immaculate while at anchor last Monday, 10 March. 

Salvage experts from SMIT Salvage are continuing with their detailed onboard assessments of Stena Immaculate. As of yesterday, Sunday, 16 March, the third-party salvage team has confirmed that damage resulting from the containership SOLONG striking the Stena Immaculate was limited to one...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/17/update-from-stena-bulk-on-stena-immaculate-17-march-2/

MacGregor Carbon Calculator wins 2025 GREEN4SEA Sustainability Award

From the Carbon Calculator Award; on a l to r: Janina Aalto, Arto Toivonen, Atte Virta, Henrik Grönlund,
Stelios Christoforou and Athena Kanellatou.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won the GREEN4SEA Sustainability Award 2025, in recognition of the contribution its digital Carbon Calculator tool makes to maritime decarbonisation.

Available free of charge on the MacGregor website, Carbon Calculator allows container shipping companies to estimate the carbon dioxide emissions they can eliminate from...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/13/macgregor-carbon-calculator-wins-2025-green4sea-sustainability-award/

Kick-off meeting of ALL-DC-SHIPS project: paving the way for low-emission vessels

University of Birmingham scientists are joining experts from across Europe in a €10.2 million project to create a working prototype ship powered by full DC electrical systems. 

The ALL-DC- SHIPS project will advance the electrification of maritime transport with a fully DC-based architecture, including the secondary network supplying hotel loads. There will be developments on power converters with wide bandgap components, solid-state protection devices and energy management systems for better...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/12/kick-off-meeting-of-all-dc-ships-project-paving-the-way-for-low-emission-vessels/

Scientists, fishers & civil society respond to Commissioner Kadis

10 March 2025— Following the conclusion of EU Ocean Days, leading ocean advocates BLOOM, Blue Marine Foundation, Défense des Milieux Aquatiques, Empesca’t, National Geographic Pristine Seas, Oceana, Only One, and Seas At Risk, in collaboration with fishers and scientists are urging Commissioner Kadis to call for a ban on destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling in MPAs, following his comments when asked about the regulation of bottom trawling in marine protected areas (MPAs),...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/10/scientists-fishers-civil-society-respond-to-commissioner-kadis/

SEA GUARDIAN Threat & Risk Assessment 21 Feb – 26 Feb 2025

Vice Admiral (ret.) H.N. John (Ioannis) Pavlopoulos, Honorary Commander in Chief of the Hellenic Fleet,  Former Military Representative of Greece  to the NATO and EU 

THREAT & RISK ASSESSMENT BRIEF UPDATE ​

​​ Brief Update No 25/07 Date: 26 Feb 2025

​​ STATEMENT

This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive from open sources, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Joint Maritime Information Center...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/27/sea-guardian-threat-risk-assessment-21-feb-26-feb-2025/

International Windship Association launches new survey to gauge perception of low/zero emission vessels and wind propulsion technology

London, 26th February 2025: With the number of ships using direct wind energy for propulsion increasing at a rate of knots, perceptions of wind propulsion technology are seemingly changing in the shipping industry, a sector which, until the middle of the 19th Century, relied solely on sail.

The potential of wind energy to rapidly decarbonise the shipping industry by enabling the realisation of low or zero emission vessels is well-known. However, barriers to the large-scale adoption of wind...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/26/international-windship-association-launches-new-survey-to-gauge-perception-of-low-zero-emission-vessels-and-wind-propulsion-technology/

IMO Working Group progresses talks on greenhouse gas reduction from shipping

Countries expressed their willingness continue exploring common ground in negotiations for new binding measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping.
International efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping took a step forward as the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 18) concluded its latest round of discussions today.

The IMO’s 2023 GHG Reduction Strategy commits Member States to adopting...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/21/imo-working-group-progresses-talks-on-greenhouse-gas-reduction-from-shipping/

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