Tag: reducing shipping emissions

The US introduced the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act, which establishes monitoring, reporting, and verification requirements of greenhouse gas emissions for vessels over 5,000 GT.

Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) recently joined application to the EU funding for CO2 capture project on Amager Bakke, which can contribute to making Copenhagen CO2 neutral by 2025.

BIMCO formed a group of experts that will help draft a new Just In Time Clause, focusing on contractual issues, commenting that JIT does not just depend on an efficient operational framework.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) supports the reduction of GHG emissions from shipping in developing countries through the Global MTCC Network (GMN) Project.

Swedish Port of Kapellskär, together with Finnish Port of Naantali, was granted EU funding to reduce, among other things, air pollutant emissions from shipping.

The major LNG player Total, recently delivered its first carbon neutral liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment to the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).

With shipping industry seeking new ways to become carbon-neutral, major corporations joined their forces in order to design entire systems and transform inland waterways into emission-free. In fact, the brewer HEINEKEN gathered a series of big corporate names to hit the start button on Zero Emission Services (ZES), which aims to revolutionise the use of inland waterways. The standalone solution is a ship and a battery – and that’s it. But we want to create systems. ZES is the beginning of a system to exploit zero-emission logistics for all the ships in our country. And potentially all the ships on inland waterways in the world. You need to think big. ....said Jan Kempers, program manager for sustainable development at HEINEKEN Nederland Supply. According to HEINEKEN, the big challenge for ZES is to make the change to electric power a commercial prospect for ship-owners, even as diesel prices fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. Shipowners need to be convinced that the electric charging infrastructure will be in place and that battery-powered vessels are both safe, and reliable. More broadly, they need to believe that zero-emission shipping is the future of the industry. For the records, ZES was founded by ING bank, energy and ...

As part of its Just-in-Time (JIT) Port Call programme, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a non-profit group aiming to further digitalize container shipping technology standards, in conjunction with its nine member carriers, published standard data definitions for the port call process. 

Stena Bulk, Swedish tanker shipping company, collaborated with Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), energy group, in a feasibility study on carbon capture onboard ships while at sea.

South Korean marine supplier Tas Global Co., Ltd and Danish environmental consultant DHI Water and Environment are the latest entities to join the Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety, which now counts seven members.