The Sustainable Shipping Initiative to collaborate with Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center

On 14 July 2022, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (the Center) formalized their collaboration by signing a knowledge partnership agreement, committing to a long-term strategic partnership to accelerate the maritime industry’s...

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Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative gets 31st member: Volkswagen

Volkswagen signed on to the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative.

Volkswagen Group Logistics joined the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) as its 31st signatory on Thursday.

Launched in 2018, the SRTI is “focused on safe and responsible ship recycling at the end of life for vessels” and improving transparency in the ship supply chain, Andrew Stephens, executive director at the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), told FreightWaves in a previous interview.

The SRTI is an independent initiative hosted by the SSI, a multi-stakeholder effort aimed at...

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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

What is the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative?

AskWaves dives into the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative.

Building vessels to haul large loads of freight across the world’s oceans for years requires extensive time, materials, labor and energy.

Once these vessels are retired, what happens to them?

Two of the worst ship recycling practices are using manual labor instead of automation and releasing parts of ships into the tidal zone, according to Andrew Stephens, Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) executive director.

Confronting those types of issues is the goal of the Ship Recycling Transparency...

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