The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2023 greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy aims for
international shipping to reach net-zero GHG emissions by or around 2050.
Keyword: GHG Emissions
Gibraltar Begins to Sketch out Low-emission Future
With the shipping decarbonisation debate primarily concerned with the fuels most likely to take sizeable market share from traditional fuel oil, how those fuels will be delivered is increasingly shifting the focus onto ports.
EU ETS: important compliance clarifications
Launched in 2005, the EU’s Emission Trading System is a “cap and trade” scheme where carbon emitters in certain sectors have to purchase allowances to cover their emissions during the relevant trading period.
China Wants to Dominate the New Era of Clean Shipbuilding
China wants to extend its lead in global shipbuilding to a new generation of vessels that burn clearner fuels.
These will be shipping’s most important climate initiatives in 2024
The need for a binding agreement on how the maritime sector should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions will and must become more important in 2024.
Alternative Fuels Ammonia
Liam Blackmore gives an introduction and overview of Ammonia as a fuel for shipping including technical challenges, safety elements and sustainability in this video.
Green Seas: Passenger vessels have more work to do to get on Poseidon Principles carbon track
After the Covid-19 pandemic brought cruise to a screeching halt in 2020, one of the side effects was that it delivered a blow to emissions data reported by the shipping banks signed up for the Poseidon Principles.
Shipping lines urge IMO to accelerate regulations for green fuel transition
Major global shipping lines have urged the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to create regulatory conditions for accelerating the transition to green fuels
Port of Antwerp-Bruges & CMB.TECH launch the Hydrotug 1, world’s first hydrogen-powered tugboat
The Hydrotug 1 is the first tugboat in the world to be powered by combustion engines that burn hydrogen in combination with traditional fuel.
Europe’s largest rocket travels on a wind-powered cargo ship
With its four sails towering 121 feet (37 meters) over its main deck, Canopée is a cargo ship with an unusual design, and a very unusual cargo.