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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Environment
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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December 20, 2019
The international shipping community has announced plans for the creation of the first collaborative shipping Research & Development (R&D) Fund, intended to eliminate CO2 emissions...
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December 18, 2019
Carnival Corporation, the world's largest leisure travel company, today announced it has joined the Getting to Zero Coalition, an alliance of organizations across the maritime,...
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December 18, 2019
The world’s oil tanker owners can breathe a sigh of relief: a vital Middle East shipping hub is going to start enforcing sweeping new rules...
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December 18, 2019
Shipping associations have proposed creating a research fund with $5 billion raised by the industry to develop technology to help the sector meet U.N. targets...
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December 16, 2019
Container shipping group CMA CGM is to increase its use of sustainable marine bio-fuel oil through a supply deal with Royal Dutch Shell, following a...
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December 13, 2019
Faced with imminent new global marine pollution rules, shipping companies and insurers are puzzling over the risks. (more…)
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December 12, 2019
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swede who inspired millions of young people to take action against climate change, has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the...
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December 9, 2019
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) announced that the company is now starting to use biofuel in its vessels calling in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. (more…)
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December 2, 2019
The World Wildlife Fund has indicated huge shortcomings in the protection of the Mediterranean’s marine and coastal environment, despite commitments made in recent years by...
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November 19, 2019
During last week’s Greener Shipping Summit 2019, the speakers and delegates often appeared to be still at odds over how to meet the new environmental...
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November 19, 2019
The Marine Department of Malaysia is among the latest to issue a notice to prohibit the discharge of washwater from open loop scrubbers in its...
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