Tag: Arctic

Green Instruments A/S and Danish Technological Institute have collaboratively developed a real-time flue gas sensor technology for accurate measurement of black carbon emissions from ships.

In a letter to Morten Høglund, the Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials of the Arctic Council, on 12th December, the Clean Arctic Alliance and its member organisation, Norway-based Bellona, called on the Arctic Council to take action to reduce black carbon and greenhouse gas emissions from shipping in the Arctic.

Steerprop has been chosen to supply advanced ice-classed bow thrusters to the Canadian Coast Guard’s new Polar Icebreaker. The ship will be designed and built by Seaspan Shipyards as part of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. When completed, she will be one of the most powerful icebreakers in the world.

From 1 July 2024, heavy fuel oil (HFO) may no longer be used or carried as domestic fuel in bunker tanks when in Arctic waters, with some exceptions, DNV reminds in a recent regulatory update.

According to a new research, based largely on information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and ESA’s CryoSat satellite missions, has revealed alarming findings about the state of Antarctica's ice shelves.

Recently, Russia has been actively engaged in identifying other pathways to circumvent its reliance on the Black Sea and evade the impact of sanctions. Consequently, Russia is increasingly shifting its focus towards the use of the Northern Sea Route (NSR).

Attempts to free the Ocean Explorer, a cruise ship grounded in a remote area of Greenland above the Arctic Circle, were unsuccessful, according to Denmark's Joint Arctic Command (JAC).

According to Russian media reports, the bulk carrier Gingo has become the first capesize ship to sail the Northern Sea Route.

On 11th September, Ocean Explorer, one of the small expedition cruise ships, ran aground in Greenland, in a remote part of the Arctic.

As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) gathers today for a meeting of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80, July 3-7), the Clean Arctic Alliance called on IMO member states to adopt ambitious interim targets that will lead to a 50% reduction in shipping’s climate impact by 2030.