Tag: reducing shipping emissions

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) agreed a contract to provide the funds for Clean Air Engineering Maritime, a ship-auxiliary generator exhaust treatment company, to develop a new-generation Marine Exhaust Treatment System for use on MOL operating car carriers from 2025 to prevent air pollutions in California.

Japan informed the IMO that it will support a carbon tax to raise over $50bn a year, in order to address emissions from maritime transport.

In an effort to develop innovative ships to lower emissions, Thun Tankers, a Swedish shipping company, have placed an order for two 7999 mts dwt tankers.

The port authorities of Duisburg and Rotterdam have jointly signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to renew and expand their cooperation agreements that date back to 2020.

A new paper published by Sotiria Lagouvardou and Prof. Harilaos N. Psaraftis, Technical University of Denmark, examines the impacts of the inclusion of the maritime sector in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

Through a Q&A session, four Wärtsilä experts weigh up what LNG has to offer and what vessel owners need to take into account when considering it as an option.

The CEO of the Port of Antwerp, Jacques Vandermeiren, published an article expressing his views on how ports can be transformed into energy hubs.

DB Schenker, a Germany-based logistics providers, revealed its plans to operate an innovative zero-emission coastal container feeder in Norway. 

Preliminary approval has been given to HAV Group ASA for the hydrogen-based energy system developed as part of the FreeCO2ast project. The certification is a "significant step toward commercial hydrogen fueling of commercial vessels."

A new discussion paper from the Global Maritime Forum (GMF) and the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), argues that Spain has promising conditions for action on zero-emission shipping and Green Corridors.