March 30, 2020
Britain has suspended checks on ships for compliance with low sulphur fuel regulations as part of wider measures that cut back on inspections to reduce...
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Environment
March 26, 2020
Green forms of liquefied methane could be a viable fuel for ships to help the industry meet greenhouse-gas emission reduction targets, a study showed. (more…)
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March 4, 2020
The announcement by Norway’s Equinor in January that it had signed a deal to modify a vessel to run on ammonia highlighted the opportunity for...
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February 10, 2020
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) is expecting to gain momentum in its recovery this year as strengthened emission regulations will force shippers to replace...
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February 4, 2020
Hapag-Lloyd is bunkering “bio”: To reduce the CO2 emissions generated by operating ships, one of its ships recently refuelled in Rotterdam with a new, eco-friendly...
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February 3, 2020
Shipping companies may face delivery delays of vessels fitted with exhaust gas filtering equipment that complies with anti-pollution rules that kicked in this year due...
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January 31, 2020
Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and French public investment bank Bpifrance are the latest lenders to join an initiative to link provision of shipping finance to...
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January 29, 2020
One of the shipping industry’s great hopes for improving its environmental performance — engines powered by liquefied natural gas — won’t offer the benefits that...
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January 28, 2020
Green groups on Monday called for a ban on the use of new low sulfur fuel in the Arctic region, citing research showing that blends...
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January 24, 2020
The International Maritime Organization said in a statement Tuesday that the transition to its global sulfur limit rule for marine fuels has been “relatively smooth.”...
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January 23, 2020
Container-shipping companies, some of the biggest polluters of the world’s oceans, are managing to pass higher costs onto customers after switching to more expensive fuel...
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January 10, 2020
The price of very low-sulfur fuel oil has risen in recent months, a sign of increasing worry there is not enough of the fuel to...
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January 6, 2020
As a global clean-fuel mandate takes effect Jan. 1, testing companies examining newer, low-sulfur marine blends acquired in Antwerp, Belgium; Houston and Singapore have found...
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January 6, 2020
There are “very long waiting lists at some shipyards,” particularly in China, for installation of scrubbers on vessels to ensure compliance with IMO 2020 marine...
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December 30, 2019
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber, representing the vast majority of the island’s maritime industry, has called on the authorities to have a “realistic and pragmatic approach”...
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