sustainable maritime

Report: Sustainable marine fuels should meet expansive criteria

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative released a report that defined sustainable marine fuel criteria.

Big-name shipping companies, such as A.P. Moller – Maersk, are taking action to reduce emissions and transition to more sustainable fuels. But guidelines on what makes a marine fuel sustainable have yet to be established. 

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) recently released a report on how to define sustainable marine fuel criteria, in partnership with Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Maritime. 

Marine fuels are currently considered based on availability, cost and technological...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/report-sustainable-marine-fuels-should-meet-expansive-criteria

World Oceans Day offers a reminder about the plastic problem

The Ocean Cleanup continues efforts to rid the ocean of plastic.

Discarded plastic that winds up in oceans traps marine animals, pollutes waters, breaks down into microplastics and can end up on the dinner plates of seafood lovers. 

Maybe you heard the World Economic Forum’s dire prediction: There will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by weight by 2050. But one Netherlands-based nonprofit is working to “turn off the tap” by intercepting river plastic before it reaches the ocean and clean up 90% of floating plastic in the oceans by 2040.

The Ocean Cleanup...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/world-oceans-day-offers-a-reminder-about-the-plastic-problem

GSCW chat recap: The road to a sustainable maritime industry

This fireside chat recap is from Day 8 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 8 focuses on global maritime.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The road map to maritime sustainability

DETAILS: Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, and Andrew Stephens discuss the path to maritime sustainability created by the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI). They dive into topics including sustainable finance, green bonds, sustainable shipping fuels of the future and the role of regulations to achieve...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/gscw-chat-recap:-the-road-to-a-sustainable-maritime-industry

Aluminum-air battery innovator wins spot in Yara Marine X program

Yara Marine X accelerator program chose Phoenician Energy for its aluminum-air battery innovations.

Phoenician Energy’s aluminum-air batteries won a place in Yara Marine X’s accelerator program for startups working for greener shipping, Yara Marine X announced recently. 

Yara Marine Technologies is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and has offices in Sweden, China and Singapore. The company’s goal since being founded in 2010 is to enable a greener maritime industry through technology such as high-quality scrubber systems.

The six-month accelerator program is tailored to give Phoenician Energy the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aluminum-air-battery-innovator-wins-spot-in-yara-marine-x-program

SSI releases guidelines for sustainable shipping

FreightWaves interviewed the Sustainable Shipping Initiative.

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) is helping chart the course for a maritime industry that is “very slow to change.”

SSI released a statement last week saying its updated “Roadmap to a sustainable shipping industry” is a “resource for stakeholders across the shipping value chain to navigate the major, pressing sustainability challenges facing the industry.” 

SSI Executive Director Andrew Stephens told FreightWaves he has seen a shift in the past five to seven years from the industry doing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ssi-releases-new-guidelines-for-sustainable-shipping

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