‘Green’ discounts for cargo ships at port

Commercial vessels calling at Mormugao Port will be offered an incentive if they not only adhere but enhance compliance with environment friendly norms, particularly ships that use efficient engines and which emit less emissions.

Strengthening ocean efforts to tackle climate change, marine biodiversity loss and pollution

The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) taking place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya programme.

Wingsail pioneers WingTek secure £2.2m

Bristol-based maritime engineering start-up WingTek, in collaboration with the National Composites Centre and the University of Bristol, has won a £2.2m innovation grant.

UBS’s Credit Suisse Takeover Came With a CO2 Headache

Among the many headaches UBS Group AG inherited when it swallowed its crosstown rival was one tied to Credit Suisse’s multibillion-dollar shipping portfolio.

First trials for Holland Shipyards’ second hydrogen vessel

On 4 March, Holland Shipyards Group successfully completed the first trials for Future Proof Shipping’s H2 Barge 2. It is the shipbuilder’s second zero-emission inland navigation ship that is powered by hydrogen.

MITSUI Performs World-First Hydrogen Test

MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee, MITSUI E&S Co. Ltd., has announced that it has successfully tested a 50-bore MAN B&W two-stroke engine up to 100% load at its Tamano facility while running on hydrogen, a world-first for the maritime industry.

ESG Economist – LNG is not the holy grail for shipping

In the aim of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, the shipping industry has an important role to play.

NYK to Recover Emissions from Car Carriers at Berth in California

NYK concluded an agreement with STAX Engineering Pty Ltd. (STAX), a U.S. company leading in maritime emissions capture and control, to use its emissions capture and control technology to recover exhaust gases from ships.

Bellona meets with Arctic Council officials on black carbon and alternative energy in the polar region

As new environmental priorities fill the agenda of the Arctic Council under Norway’s leadership, Bellona met last week with its chair, Morten Høgland, to discuss battling climate change in the earth’s most vulnerable and rapidly heating region.

Fossil fuel majors miss the mark on climate targets

Nearly a decade after the Paris Agreement, the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, including BP and Saudi Aramco, are far from meeting the 1.5°C global warming limit. And they’re making plans to expand.