Tag: reducing shipping emissions

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines along with the global energy company Enviva shake hands and signed a memorandum of understanding agreement in an effort to develop and deploy a bulk carrier featuring a rigid sail.

British Columbia is the first province in Canada to set GHG emission reduction targets for major sectors of the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry.

ESPO considers Onshore Power Supply (OPS) a part of the solution to greening the shipping sector, saying it is an important tool for reducing CO2 emissions and air pollution at berth and in ports.

Danish Shipping has made an agreement with Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to become a partner.

Under the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project, the IMO's Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping issued a Ship-Port Interface Guide, focusing on eight practical measures which can support GHG emission reduction at the ship-port interface. 

The City of Amsterdam has recently approved Port of Amsterdam's new Strategic Plan 2021-2025, setting out the port's strategic choices for the next four years. The main objective is to be a leading European port in the green transition.

Danish container ship giant A.P. Moller - Maersk became the latest member of The Methanol Institute (MI), which serves as the global trade association for the methanol industry. This comes shortly after the company revealed plans of its first carbon-neutral vessel, being launched in 2023, to be a methanol dual-fuel ship.

The Baltic Ports Organization (BPO) board met last week, to discuss the impact of the European Green Deal (EGD) on the port market in Europe and the Baltic Sea region (BSR).

On 19 March 2021, Höegh Autoliners accelerated its decarbonisation efforts, by successfully completing its first carbon neutral voyage from Europe to South Africa.

During the first annual meeting of the Sea Cargo Charter Association, held on 11 March 2021, 13 members were elected to the Steering Committee, in order to coordinate the Association on behalf of its members.