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Shipping Industry Proposes $5bn R&D Fund For Decarbonisation

21 June 2021

The shipping industry has welcomed the growing momentum for a USD 5 billion R&D Fund for shipping, but is calling on governments to act in line with their climate commitments and not waste more time in moving forward with decisive action to support the decarbonisation of the industry, says in article published on bimco website.

R&D Fund programme

At the recent UN IMO meeting (MEPC 76), the world’s governments agreed to continue work on the IMO-supervised USD 5 billion R&D Fund programme, to be...

https://mfame.guru/shipping-industry-proposes-5bn-rd-fund-for-decarbonisation/

Shipping industry agrees action on R&D investment and trade digitisation

11 June 2021

Shipping industry agrees action on R&D investment and trade digitisation

John Denholm; photo by Mark Earthy

As world leaders meet in Cornwall, England, for the G7, the first ever meeting of the equivalent maritime bodies, titled M7, took place on Wednesday this week, organised by the UK Chamber of Shipping.

Delegates from the shipowner associations of the G7, plus those from Australia, India, South Africa and South Korea, were joined by the Secretary General of the International Chamber of...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/11/shipping-industry-agrees-action-on-rd-investment-and-trade-digitisation/

Maritime decarbonisation: shipping industry welcomes goal to make five percent of world fleet carbon-neutral by 2030

4 June 2021

^{Pictured: the chemical formula for the compound gas, Carbon Dioxide, in chalk. Photo credit: Gerd Altmann}

An ambitious target to make 5% of the world ocean shipping fleet run on zero-emission fuels by 2030 has been welcomed by the global shipping industry.

The global trade association for ship operators, the International Chamber of Shipping, welcomed the launch of Mission Innovation’s ‘Mission for Shipping’ earlier this week.

The ‘Mission for Shipping’ aims to support public-private cooperation...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/maritime-decarbonisation-shipping-industry-welcomes-goal-to-make-five-percent-of-world-fleet-carbon-neutral-by-2030/

Guy Platten, Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping, ICS

29 January 2021

155 Shipping Podcast – Without ships, you cannot move goods – how has the pandemic helped more people realise that?

Meet Guy Platten, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Shipping, ICS, representing 80 pct of the world’s merchant fleet. He speaks about the realisations he has had during the last year.

What will the new normal look like?
What are the most pressing things to solve once we get the vaccine in place?

Guy tells me that it is a strategic ambition of ICS to build the maritime...

https://shippingpodcast.com/guy-platten-secretary-general-international-chamber-of-shipping-ics/

Management ‘by surprise’

27 October 2020

Did you know that the U.S. rail industry had a chance to be the freight industry leader in offering customers a robust cargo tracking and shipment exception service?

Yes. Between 1992 and 1994, three of the largest Class I railroads were united with American President Lines and Amtech Logistics Corp. in a venture to capture car movement data and package it for their customers’ supply chain management needs. It would have provided “freight car location messaging” (CLM in railroading terminology)...

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