Tag: reducing shipping emissions

Oil major Shell confirmed that it will appeal a ruling issued by the District Court in The Hague, in May 2021, mandating a reduction of its global net carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels.

New technology for the fast mooring of ships deployed by the Port of Helsinki is estimated to reduce carbon dioxide and NOx emissions equivalent to taking some 5,000 diesel cars off the streets.

The UK Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has announced that it is to look at how the aviation and shipping sectors can best achieve net zero emissions.

Oil major bp announced it has realized its first delivery of carbon offset LNG cargo to the Energía Costa Azul (ECA) terminal in Mexico on 16 July, in cooperation with North American Sempra LNG and Mexican IEnova. 

Researchers from the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have developed a new gas sensor that is compact and lightweight enough to monitor emissions in ship exhaust from an airborne vehicle.

Carbon recycled methane produced by methanation technology can be recognized as zero-emission ship fuel, according to a technical paper by Japan's Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group.

The year 2021 marks a decade since IMO adopted the first set of mandatory energy efficiency measures for ships, on 15 July 2011, as part of MARPOL. As such, IMO shared an infographic providing a timeline of actions to cut GHG emissions from shipping. 

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the new “Fit for 55”-proposals as an important first step towards reaching the European Green Deal ambition and the 2030 and 2050 goals enshrined in the EU Climate Law. 

ESL Shipping, steel producer SSAB and Port of Oxelösund have started a Virtual Arrival trial in the Luleå-Oxelösund traffic.

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Shell have agreed to work closely together to help accelerate the decarbonisation of shipping.