sustainability

Wärtsilä introduces ‘lifeboat for buildings’ to stress climate change

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä launched a lifeboat for buildings, as a product ‘that should never see the light of day’, in a bid to highlight the potential adverse effects of climate change in the world. The lifeboat for buildings is not a real product, even though it could be, as it could be used in severe flooding and rising sea levels caused by climate change.

During the Slush Helsinki event 2018 Wärtsilä launched the ‘lifeboat for buildings’ project. The project is conceptualised and...

https://safety4sea.com/wartsila-introduces-lifeboat-for-buildings-to-stress-climate-change/

Maersk sets zero CO2 emission target by 2050

Danish Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, revealed plans to become carbon neutral by 2050. Under this goal, the company eyes carbon neutral vessels commercially viable by 2030, acceleration in new innovations and adaption of new technology.

In the company’s announcement, Maersk points out the importance of climate as one of the most important issues in the world.

Furthermore, the 80% of global trade is performed through shipping and it is vital to finding solutions, Maersk...

https://safety4sea.com/maersk-sets-zero-co2-emission-target-by-2050/

Denmark’s most modern container to be completed by 2021

Denmark’s most modern container port will be completed by the end of 2021 and it will be a sustainable and automated container terminal in Copenhagen. The area in Outer Northern Harbour is fairly anonymous, however, the current works remind that this is where the container terminal will be in three years from now.

Namely, the terminal will strengthen CMP’s role and make it the leading actor concerning freight handling in the capital region and throughout Eastern Denmark. CMP has long been...

https://safety4sea.com/denmarks-most-modern-container-to-be-completed-by-2021/

Shell announces short-term climate targets

British oil major Shell revealed plans to set short-term targets as part of a long-term ambition to reduce the Net Carbon Footprint of its energy products. The plans were announced in a joint statement developed with institutional investors on behalf of Climate Action 100+, an initiative led by investors with more than $32 trillion in assets under management. The company plans to link these targets to executive remuneration, subject to shareholder approval.

Shell aims to reduce the Net Carbon...

https://safety4sea.com/shell-announces-short-term-climate-targets/

COP 24 opens in Katowice to boost action against climate change

The 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has opened in Katowice, Poland, on 3 December, gathering parties to push further work on the fight against climate change. The conference, which coincides with the three year anniversary of the Paris Agreement adoption, is expected to finalize the rules for implementation of the Paris Agreement under the Paris Agreement work programme (PAWP). It will also include a number of high-level...

https://safety4sea.com/cop-24-opens-in-katowice-to-boost-action-against-climate-change/

d’Amico: Raising the bar for a more sustainable future

While the voting procedure for the 2019 SMART4SEA Awards is open, Mr. Salvatore d’Amico, Fleet Director of d’Amico Group, outlines few of the measures that d’Amico has taken for which the Group has been shortlisted in the ‘Energy Efficiency’ category, alongside other distinguished nominees. Their aim is to become one of the most efficient and sustainable shipping groups worldwide, Mr. d’Amico mentions, highlighting that this also requires investment in the training and development of ship and...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-damico-raising-the-bar-for-a-more-sustainable-future/

India endorses growth of Blue Economy, says Minister

On the occasion of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference underway in Kenya, India’s Union Minister for Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari highlighted the importance of Blue Economy for India’s economic development. The conference is being organized by Kenya, with Canada and Japan as co-hosts.

Shri Gadkari said India has a strategic location in the Indian Ocean region, and on this basis, it endorses the growth of the Blue Economy in a sustainable, inclusive and people centred manner through the...

https://safety4sea.com/india-endorses-growth-of-blue-economy-says-minister/

Renault to transport its cars on Neoline’s windship

French automobile company Renault announced the signing of a 3-year partnership with Nantes start-up Neoline, aiming to develop a wind-powered maritime transport service, and to contribute to the environmental management of its logistics chain, as nearly 60% of the Group’s parts and vehicles are transported by sea. The agreement was unveiled on the sidelines of the Assises de la Mer maritime conference.

The project is in line with Renault’s environmental strategy in the aim of reducing its...

https://safety4sea.com/renault-to-transport-its-cars-on-neolines-windship/

World’s first installation of tidal turbines at port to take place

MAKO Tidal Turbines is about to install its MAKO.7 tidal turbine at the Gladstone Port Corporation’s (GPC’s) Barney Point Terminal in Queensland, Australia. This will be the world’s first installation of tidal turbines at a working port.

The installation will take place at the Gladstone Port Corporation’s (GPC’s) Barney Point Terminal in Queensland, Australia and the tidal turbine will be attached to an existing structure adjacent to GPC’s wharves. The facilities and tidal flows at Barney Point...

https://safety4sea.com/worlds-first-installation-of-tidal-turbines-at-port-to-take-place/

Shipping industry ready to move away from tradition?

– Well over the half of the participants (64%) in SAFETY4SEA poll concerning shipping industry’s transition from the traditional operational model to a modernized one reply that industry is ready for to move away from tradition

 – Only 36% believe that the industry should not switch to a different operating model

SAFETY4SEA poll’s purpose was formed under the hypothesis that there is need to accelerate not only the transition to news technologies, but also the transition to a different mindset...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-shipping-industry-ready-to-move-away-from-tradition-safety4sea-poll-finds/

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