As the shipping industry is looking to decarbonise by using more efficient technologies and lower emission fuels, liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been highlighted as the best starting point to do something in the short term while the sector awaits a more stable regulatory framework that would set...
https://splash247.com/shipping-makes-the-case-for-lng-as-it-calls-for-clear-regulatory-framework/
Innovez One receives ISO certification for data security and management
ISO 27001 certification attests Innovez One’s compliance with best practices for handling sensitive data from ports and fleets around the world.
[Singapore, 05 November 2021] – Innovez One, a world-leading developer of port information management systems, has received ISO 27001 certification, confirming the company’s compliance with the highest standards in terms of data security and...
More than 50 Climate Vulnerable Forum countries (CVF), from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East and the Pacific, have called for the UN’s shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to establish a greenhouse gas levy on international shipping. This is...
https://splash247.com/many-more-nations-back-shipping-carbon-levy-at-cop26/
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has delivered a policy paper on the European Union’s proposal to include shipping into its emission trading scheme (ETS), and, unsurprisingly, owners are saying charterers ought to pay for the carbon costs. The policy paper suggests that since...
Proponents of LNG as shipping’s interim future fuel will face another barrage today with the White House the latest institution to go on the attack. President Joe Biden is to unveil plans today at COP26, the major international climate summit taking place in Glasgow, to limit global methane...
Denmark, the United States and 12 other countries on Monday at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow backed a goal to reduce shipping emissions to zero by 2050, something that will come up for discussion later in the month at the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection...
https://splash247.com/growing-coalition-of-nations-demand-zero-emissions-targets-for-shipping/
Carrie Lam gave her final policy address of her first term as chief executive of Hong Kong in October. As Lam’s first term comes to an end with it looking likely she will seek reelection again in March, it is clear that she has done more than most leaders post-reunification to listen to the...
https://splash247.com/hong-kong-ponders-how-to-climb-the-maritime-ranks/
American Club Member Alert (October 28, 2021) re Pre-arrival notification requirement for Changhua Wind Farm Channel, Taiwan
| OCTOBER 28, 2021 PRE-ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR CHANGHUA WIND FARM CHANNEL, TAIWAN As of October 26, 2021, vessels planning passage through the Changhua Wind Farm off of the coast of Taiwan are required to provide pre-arrival notice to the Taiwanese Marine Port Bureau. As seen in the figure below, the Changhua Wind Farm lies in the area southwest of the port... |
Carlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, believes Chinese container cranes could put American ports at risk of cyber attacks. He plans to introduce legislation “to try and wean [the US] off these Chinese cranes and other infrastructure needs that may be coming from adversary nations.”...
Many levers should be pulled for shipping’s transition to a zero emission future, a new report by UMAS for The Getting to Zero Coalition suggests. Titled “Strategy for the Transition to Zero-Emission Shipping”, the report is said to be the first major shipping analysis to use a multi-disciplinary...
https://splash247.com/new-shipping-transition-strategy-launches/