Tag: reducing shipping emissions

UK announced the launch of a package of initiatives to decarbonise the UK maritime sector and accelerate the transition to zero emission shipping.

Shell Fleet Solutions launched its Accelerate to Zero programme, to support fleets in meeting their sustainability targets. It brings together a mix of solutions Shell has developed to drive decarbonisation.

Windship Technology published a research that allows ship operators, owners and charterers the ability to see the operational effect that installing a 36m rig can have on their vessel going forward.

Zero emission ferries and vessels are one step closer to being a reality, as UK Maritime Minister Robert Courts confirmed £12 million funding to accelerate the research and development of zero emission maritime technologies.

Emissions reductions have been confirmed for the first ’laker’ to feature a diesel-electric drive train, after the initial weeks in service of Canada Steamship Lines’ (CSL) new self-unloader Nukumi.

NYK and Nippon Yuka Kogyo have jointly developed a new fuel-oil additive effective in dispersing sludge and reducing fuel consumption in VLSFO.

Malaysia’s Petronas, Indonesia’s Pertamina and Thailand’s PTT will enhance collaboration on methane emissions management in the ASEAN region.

Rio Tinto and bp have agreed to work together on a one-year biofuel trial to help reduce carbon emissions from Rio Tinto’s marine fleet. 

Five companies will join NextGen to scale up carbon removal technologies and catalyze the market for highquality carbon removals. Founding buyers in NextGen will include Boston Consulting Group, LGT, MOL, Swiss Re, and UBS.

The Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) on Greenhouse Gases (GHG) ISWG-GHG 12 took place from 16 to 22 May 2022, concluding that there was now consensus to price emissions at IMO, “as part of a basket of mid-term measures”.