The UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and DNV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new UAE Maritime Decarbonization Center, which will work to connect stakeholders from…
https://gcaptain.com/uae-and-dnv-to-launch-middle-east-maritime-decarbonization-center/
The World Shipping Council, representing the international liner shipping industry, has issued a response to the preliminary agreement by the European Parliament, Council and Commission to include the maritime sector…
Tankers may face challenges when calling California ports and terminals once new amendments to the state’s Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth Regulation take effect, according to classification society DNV. A DNV report…
By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Shipping’s global regulator ruled that vessels must slash the sulfur content of fuel used for voyages in the Mediterranean Sea, as part of wider efforts to…
https://gcaptain.com/imo-clamps-down-on-dirty-fuel-in-mediterranean-sea/
Achieving the green transition is “both technically and politically very difficult,” said World Shipping Council President John Butler. By Augusta Saraiva and Olivia Rockeman (Bloomberg) The ocean shipping industry, among…
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Ocean freight costs are likely to remain high in 2022 as investors and regulators scramble to accelerate decarbonisation of the shipping industry and companies…
https://gcaptain.com/global-shipping-n-the-crosshairs-as-environmental-scrutiny-deepens/
By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) –Global talks on how to clean up shipping are set to begin Monday as momentum builds to cut pollution from the sector. The International Maritime Organization “is…
https://gcaptain.com/imo-challenged-steering-175-member-states-toward-cleaner-shipping/
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – World leaders attending COP26 climate talks from the end of the month must ratchet up pressure to make shipping decarbonise by 2050, a senior…
Finnish shipping company ESL Shipping, compatriot ferry operator Viking Line and development services provider Attracs have recently joined forces with Åbo Akademi University and PBI Research…
By Isis Almeida (Bloomberg) — The pandemic-driven shopping spree is having at least one unintended consequence: emissions from shipping are on the rise again. Bored at home, consumers ordered everything from…