Tag: environmental protection

CMA CGM, a French container transportation and shipping company, announced its decision to stop carrying plastic waste on its ship as of June 1st, 2022.

The Head of legal affairs, shipping policy & security, Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association, Antwerp – Belgium, Elle De Soomer, presents in a paper the critical stance with respect to the (potential) effectiveness of the EU Directive 2004/35/CE on Environmental Liability regarding environmental damage from shipping accidents.

Decarbonization has recently become a hot topic of discussion in the shipping community, notes Capt. Zhaoqingwei, Marine Safety Manager at DASIN SHIPPING PTE LTD and highlights that protecting the marine environment is not just about buzzwords like GHG, EEXI, IHM, LSFO, EU-MRV, etc.

The government of Portugal expanded a marine protected area around the Selvagens Islands, creating the largest fully protected marine reserve in Europe at 2,677 square kilometers.

Lloyd's Register (LR) welcomes the new initiative launched by Verra "Plastic Stewardship Initiative announcement" which aims to build a zero-waste future. The Plastic Standard, developed and managed by Verra, helps companies that have fully maximized efforts to reduce the plastic footprint of their operations to invest in projects that collect and recycle plastic waste.

APM Terminals Gijon joined forces with CMA-CGM Group forming an eco-friendly logistic chain connecting major Spanish cities to the UK and Ireland.

People's Republic of China revised its Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes (previously revised in 2015) which comes into effect on September 1 2020.

The Canadian Government entered Global Ocean Alliance in efforts to boost ocean protection, Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced.

The environmental crisis is most challenging than ever, with the seas being warmer than at any point in the human history and life underwater is facing many threats. Thus, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 “Life Under Water” establishes a wide-ranging goal to "conserve and sustainably use the world's oceans, seas and marine resources".

The winners across green shipping categories who walked with a GREEN4SEA Award were announced at a prestigious ceremony which took place on Tuesday 3rd of March, 2020 at the Yacht Club of Greece, Piraeus. The awards focus exclusively on initiatives and individuals who foster Environmental Excellence & Sustainable Shipping, following a combination of open nomination and audience-vote.