Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP30, which opens next week in Belém, Brazil, nearly 100 members of the global scientific community, including representatives from the Union of Concerned Scientists, have signed on to a letter calling on global leaders to limit a ‘dangerous expansion” of b
France-based classification society Bureau Veritas (BV), together with thirty European companies from the French and wider nuclear and maritime sectors, has formally signed a cooperation declaration aimed at speeding up nuclear applications in the maritime industry. Formally named the “Declaration o
The Clean Arctic Alliance has welcomed the Nordic Council’s adoption of a resolution concerning polar fuels, which calls on Nordic governments to craft and implement a regulation that would mandate the application of cleaner, marine fuels that could cut black carbon emissions whilst operating in the
Short-sea operator Unifeeder, a part of DP World’s Marine Services Division and India’s Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL) have joined forces to develop and scale “commercially sustainable” coastal and short-sea shipping services across the South Asian country. Through the memorandum of u
ECSA European Shipowners and Airlines for Europe (A4E) have once again urged the European Commission (EC) as well as national governments to “ensure bold action“ to speed up the availability of affordable clean maritime and aviation fuels and support production in Europe. As ECSA has reiterated in i
FortisBC has secured the endorsement from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), an independent regulatory body regulating BC’s energy utilities, basic automobile insurance rates, and intra-provincial pipeline rates, for the proposed storage expansion of its existing liquefied natural gas
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has cleared the regulatory hurdle for its planned drilling activities in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, which is located in the northern offshore region of Brazil, near the mouth of the Amazon River.
The Los Angeles–Long Beach–Shanghai green shipping corridor, a “first-of-its-kind” initiative connecting ports between California and China, has achieved new milestones. As disclosed, the green shipping corridor, which is facilitated by C40 cities (a global network of mayors working to tackle the cl
A wave of planned U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects is perceived to be under scrutiny in the aftermath of a recent court ruling, which revoked a permit for an LNG export terminal over alleged climate harms. This decision is anticipated to halt the project’s construction activities on the wes
Maritime officials in Ecuador have reached an agreement concerning a national information network aimed at connecting ports, vessel operators and environmental authorities to help address the rising issue(s) of biofouling. The development is reportedly one of a set of ‘vital’ outcomes that stemmed f
RWE has installed around 75,000 reef cubes developed by the nature-inclusive technology designer ARC marine at the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the Rampion owner says is a “global first”. The cubes are a specially eco-engineered scour protection solution for wind turbine foundations
Japan-based Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha (SNK), a NYK Group company, has obtained third-party certification for the environmental value representing the quantified greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduced through ammonia-fueled tugboat Sakigake’s towage services.
Swiss energy storage solutions provider Leclanché SA has outfitted a hybrid ocean cruise vessel with marine battery power systems in collaboration with marine technology resource supplier Century Ship Service. The two partners revealed the completion of this project on October 9. As disclosed, Lecla
On a global scale, the utilization of biofuels has led to a greater uptick in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than the fossil fuels that they are envisioned to replace, a new study done on behalf of Europe’s Transport & Environment (T&E) suggests. The report, which was released by consultancy firm Ce
