Governments, shipping companies and trading industries will need to balance economic, social and environmental concerns to achieve sustainability in maritime transport, experts will say at an UNCTAD meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21–23 November. The Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/experts-seek-sustainability-solutions-to-freight-transport/
Uncertainty, Transition and Volatility are all words that we are coming to associate with the future of shipping and it was with these words in mind that wind propulsion advocates have come together in Hamburg to start charting a new course in this new low carbon technology segment that recently is...
The MEPC approved the Programme of follow-up actions of the initial IMO strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships up to 2023. The programme of action is intended to be used as a planning tool in meeting the timelines identified in the initial IMO strategy, which was adopted in April 2018....
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/reduction-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-ships/
If no drastic action is taken, CO2 emissions from international shipping could increase between 50% and 250% by 2050 Maritime transport emitted 938 tonnes of CO2 in 2012. This represented 2.6% of total global carbon emissions. By 2050, shipping CO2 emissions are projected to increase between 50%...
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As a part of the NYK Group’s medium-term management plan “Staying Ahead 2022 with Digitalization and Green,” a new future concept ship has been designed by incorporating innovative technologies that will result in an emission-free vessel — the “NYK Super Eco Ship 2050.” 1. Background The NYK...
The new bulk carrier m/s Viikki, owned by ESL Shipping, a subsidiary of the Aspo Plc, has started operating on the Baltic Sea. The 25,600-dwt vessel, 160 metres long and fuelled by liquefied natural gas, produces less than half of the carbon dioxide of previous vessel generation, thanks to LNG and...
Leading global maritime technology company Kongsberg Maritime has selected Leclanché, one of the world’s leading storage solutions companies, as its battery partner and supplier of customised marine energy storage solutions. The partnership contributes to KONGSBERG’s new generation of hybrid power...
With the end of 2018 arrive new important deadlines for the shipping activity. During this present year ship owners had the obligation of monitoring data from vessel’s activity, being the most important the monitoring fuel consumed and the tonnes of CO2 emitted. With EU MRV, companies had the...
The University of the South Pacific (USP) and The China Navigation Company (CNCo), parent of Swire Shipping and Swire Bulk, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct feasibility studies for the design costs and plan for new generation ships for the Pacific region which is committed...
TORM plc (“TORM” Ticker: TRMD) has established a joint venture with ME Production, a leading scrubber manufacturer, and Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), which is part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation group. The joint venture, ME Production China, will manufacture and install...