A Just Transition Maritime Task Force has been formed at COP26 to drive decarbonisation of the industry and support millions of seafarers through shipping’s green transition.
A survey of over 100 UK members of parliament (MPs) for the British Ports Association has revealed a tentative consensus for a joint model of funding for shore power in ports.
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), a state-owned enterprise, has put the 45MW hydro-floating solar hybrid – deemed as the world’s largest – into commercial operation at Sirindhorn Dam.
Sustainable cargo initiative GoodShipping has unveiled a new partnership with 18 companies that will substantially reduce emissions from shipping.
Nineteen countries have signed a declaration to establish “green shipping corridors” — zero-emission maritime routes between two or more ports — in an effort to help the shipping sector decarbonize.
Scottish tidal energy companies Nova Innovation and SIMEC Atlantis Energy have entered into collaboration agreement with the goal of delivering more UK-built tidal turbines in the water, turbo charging the tidal industry.
22 Governments and the European Commission, collaborating through Mission Innovation, have announced four missions to catalyse investment and action to make the clean energy technologies that will decarbonise the most challenging sectors.
Towage operator Svitzer, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has signed an agreement with naval architect company Robert Allan for the design of the world’s first fuel cell tug for harbour operations, running on green methanol.
Shipping is the critical enabler in the world’s transition to low carbon operations and needs government support to ensure it is at the front of the queue for next-generation fuels, ABS Chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki told delegates at COP26.
Ørsted is proposing to build a large-scale offshore wind project in Vietnam which would have an installed capacity well beyond the offshore wind farms currently under construction or in development and would require an investment of over €10 billion. The developer has introduced its plan to a local
With the restart of its cruises from Germany, cruise company AIDA Cruises has expanded the use of green shore power with ships of its fleet to two more German ports in the 2021 summer season.
To support a goal of a zero-emissions truck fleet by 2035, the Californian Port of Long Beach will start collecting its Clean Truck Fund Rate on April 1, 2022.
Danish ferry operator Scandlines has entered into a contract with Turkish Cemre Shipyard for the construction of an emission-free freight ferry for the Puttgarden (Germany) – Rødby (Denmark) route.
The preliminary results of a new study by Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Maine Biosafety, an initiative addressing biofouling management, have revealed that removing slime from ships’ hulls reduces greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions by up to 25%.
