Tag: air pollution

ERMA FIRST has published a new whitepaper Alternative Maritime Power: The Key to Greener Ports, which presents alternative maritime power solutions as the key to greener ports as the regulatory landscape increasingly favours shore power capabilities.

The Long Beach City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero Resolution 8-0, after the city attorney recommended that the council approve the resolution. The resolution took effect immediately upon its adoption by the Long Beach City Council.

This week, the two companies announced that they will investigate how combining Ørsted’s wind technology with Highview Power’s liquid air energy storage can deliver a stronger investment case for future offshore wind projects.

Shipping companies will pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California, the pipeline company said Wednesday 1 Mar.

New research released by the Ship It Zero campaign finds that Walmart, Target and Home Depot were the largest ocean import polluters of 2021, as e-commerce demands skyrocketed in the U.S. and globally. The report takes an in-depth look at the nation’s largest major companies that import goods into the U.S.

AMSA reminds that from 1st of January 2023, new regulations relating to air pollution from vessels have come into effect via the reissue of Marine Order 97 (MO97). In that regard, the short-term measure applies to certain types of foreign-flagged and commercial Australian vessels that undertake international voyages.

Ionian Management (IONIAN M) was sentenced on November 1, in the District of the Virgin Islands before U.S. District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis in St. Croix, after pleading guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. IONIAN M was sentenced to pay a fine of $250,000 and placed on probation for one year.

Findings from two separate research papers analysing ship tracks, one led by Dr Duncan Watson-Parris and the other by Peter Manshausen, both from University of Oxford's Department of Physics, indicate that air pollution has a larger effect on climate than previously thought.

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero resolution last week, calling on top maritime import polluters to the United States to commit to making all imports to the United States on 100% zero-emission ships by 2030.

Environmental and climate protection are still not in the focus of companies. This is the result of the NABU cruise ship ranking 2022, which surveyed the largest providers on the European market about their climate protection measures.