PARIS, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Container shipping group CMA CGM will expand its use of liquified natural gas (LNG) to 26 vessels, it said on Thursday, as part of efforts to reduce pollution in ocean shipping. After announcing three years ago that it would adopt LNG, French-based CMA CGM has made several...
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IMO’s Passage Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships in the Spotlight
By Barry Parker – Over the past year, “sustainability” has ratcheted upward to the top of the shipping industry’s radar. The activity will be ramping up now as the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) takes steps to actualize objectives specified in its 2018 statement of strategy to reduce...
Total Delivers First ‘Carbon Neutral’ LNG Cargo
French energy giant Total says it has delivered its first carbon neutral liquefied natural gas cargo to China. The loading operation was carried out at the Ichthys liquefaction plant in Australia, and the shipment was delivered to Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) at the Dapeng...
Shipping to Advance Global Deal to Cut Greenhouse Gas Pollution from Ships
By Jessica Shankleman and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) –Nearly 200 countries are nearing a legally-binding agreement to reduce pollution from the world’s cargo ships, a step forward after two years of talks on how the industry should clean up its emissions. A series of virtual meetings will start on...
Rotterdam Lays Out ‘Ambitious Goal’ for Shore-Based Power By 2030
- Rotterdam port is aiming to see a significant share of sea-going vessels plug in to shore-based power by 2030.
- Rotterdam Municipality and the Port of Rotterdam Authority will initiate a series of projects to accelerate and scale up the adoption of shore-based power, or cold ironing systems.
- The shore-based strategy includes an objective for 90% of all public quays in built-up areas to be fitted with cold-ironing systems.
- This programme is expected to require a total investment of some EUR125m...
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Opinion: Shipping Needs Tighter Limits on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
By The Editors (Bloomberg Opinion) –Shipping emits a much greater share of greenhouse-gas emissions than you might think — more than a million tons annually, nearly 3% of the global total, and rising steadily. The problem is soluble — but work to solve it has been outrageously slow. Any further...
Construction Contracts Signed for First Battery-Powered Tankers
Tokyo-based shipping company Asahi Tanker Co. has placed an order for the world’s first electric-powered tankers. The two tankers, which were ordered at Kawasaki Heavy Industries, will be 100% powered by large-capacity lithium ion batteries for zero-emission operations. The vessels will serve as...
Trafigura Oil Head Makes Rare Call for Greener Shipping
By Andy Hoffman (Bloomberg) –The top oil executive at one of the world’s biggest commodity traders is calling for stricter regulations to force the shipping industry to cut carbon emissions and make the switch to greener fuels. The call by Trafigura Group is a rare offer to be subjected to more...
Global Energy Giants Vow to Disclose GHG Emissions From Shipping
By Aaron Clark (Bloomberg) –Global energy and commodity titans including Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Trafigura Group Ltd. and Cargill Inc. plan to start disclosing greenhouse gas intensity and total emissions from their shipping operations. Under the initiative, companies will calculate emissions and...
Sniffer Drones Trialed To Monitor Shipping Emissions
- The Ministry of the Sea is deploying on a trial basis a sniffer drone in the strait of Pas-de-Calais, the world’s busiest area for ship movements to curtail ship emissions.
- The drones are made available to France by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).
- Operations have started on 23 of September for a period of three months with flights taking off from the Regional Surveillance and Rescue Operational Centre (CROSS).
- The information collected from the drone will be transmitted live and...
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