The port organisations of Singapore, Japan, and Rotterdam have signed a memorandum of cooperation aiming to develop a roadmap on the adoption of clean marine fuels. Next to research and development, the parties will collaborate on possible joint bunkering pilot runs with identified shipping lines to
Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion organization have climbed the Scottish Parliament and dropped a banner reading ‘Choose Oil or Choose Life: Act Now’ over the entrance.
French Port of Le Havre, in partnership with Serep, a subsidiary of Sarp Industries, has set up a local industry for the treatment of scrubber residues.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out commitments to ensure that offshore wind will produce more than enough electricity to power every home in the country by 2030, based on current electricity usage, boosting the government’s previous 30 GW target to 40 GW. The commitments, part of the Build
The Antwerp@C consortium has won EU funding for a project that aims to study and develop CO2 infrastructure in the Port of Antwerp.
The RivGen Power System has made over seven million revolutions during its ten months of operation, making it the longest operating current energy converter in the United States.
Two next-generation Maid of the Mist ferries installed with all-electric propulsion from ABB have been launched in New York.
Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is exploring the viability of hydrogen and fuels derived from it as a possible fuel source for the future for container shipping. Speaking on decarbonization at Maritime Transport Efficiency Conference in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday, MSC Group’s Bu
Media and communications response to the grounding and subsequent fuel leak from MV Wakashio was insufficient, belated, and lacked in empathy with those affected by the spill, according to Navigate Response, a global crisis communications network. The Japanese Capesize bulker ran aground on a reef o
Finnish ferry operator Finnlines, part of the Italian Grimaldi Group, has secured a loan of EUR 30 million (about $35 million) to finance the acquisition of its three new hybrid cargo vessels.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting crew change crisis combined with the latest cyber-attack hitting the headlines have made it quite difficult for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to advance its decarbonization goals this year. The efforts haven’t been completely derailed, on the c
In 2019 the Port of Los Angeles cut air emissions between 5% and 7% when compared with 2018 levels, the port said in a recently released study. The progress report shows that the port managed to cut nitrogen oxides emissions by 62% compared to its 2005-baseline, while sulphur oxide and diesel partic
California’s Port of Long Beach, the second-busiest container port in the United States, has reduced diesel soot by 88 per cent and greenhouse gas emissions by 19 per cent compared to 2005 levels, a newly completed study of air pollution at the port found.
A new fuel cell project aimed at constructing a pilot system that can use different types of fuel was presented to Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on 1 October 2020.
