Beyond the Box episode 10: “Are we there yet? The road to net zero” is now live! Join us as experts Pernille Dahlgaard, Gareth Prowse, and Øistein Jensen explore the journey towards achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime industry by 2050.
Keyword: IMO GHG Strategy/ Net Zero
Decarbonization and human factors
Apo Belokas, Managing Editor, SAFETY4SEA, delves into the evolving landscape of the shipping industry, emphasizing the imperative of addressing human factors in relation to decarbonization and digitalization as new industry realities.
Maersk transports 3% of containers using green fuels in 2023
AP Moller Maersk carried over 660,000 teu last year on vessels using green fuels last year.
GPHA rolls out initiiative to tackle climate change
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has embarked on an initiative to create a sustainable environment and effective waste management.
MEPC81: IMO SG Argues Impact-Tested Measures Need Member State Backing to Be Effective
Avoiding fragmentation and getting member states behind the measures designed to push forward the International Maritime Organization’s greenhouse gas strategy is a key aim for this week’s MEPC81 deliberations.
IMO confident net zero pathway will be finalised by next year
On the first day of a series of critical meetings at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that will shape the world’s first global decarbonisation plan for any industry sector, Secretary General, Arsenio Dominguez, said nothing now could stop new regulations from being agreed.
MEPs adopt plans to boost Europe’s Net-Zero technology production
On Thursday, Parliament approved the Net-Zero industry Act to bolster EU production in technologies needed for decarbonisation.
EU Net-Zero Industry Act: European shipowners welcome 40% production benchmark for clean shipping fuels in Europe
The last plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg for this five-year term adopted earlier today the new law, which aims to scale up industrial capacity for green technologies in Europe.
SEB sets net-zero aligned 2030 target for shipping
SEB sets a net-zero aligned 2030 target for the shipping sector in line with its commitment to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. This means the emission intensity in the bank’s shipping portfolio must be reduced by 41 per cent by 2030 compared to the base year 2022.
IMO chief Dominguez confident on hitting 2030 emissions target
Speaking at media briefing in Singapore on 19 April IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez expressed confidence that shipping would hit the 2030 target, the first of two checkpoints leading to an ambition of net zero emissions at or around 2050.