The IACS Council met in Beijing last week (C91) to assess and advance the Association’s progress on the safe decarbonisation and digital transitions, on the further development of Common Structural Rules, and on the many joint initiatives currently underway with industry partners.
Keyword: GHG Emissions
China stepping up efforts to make its vast shipping industry green
China is ramping up efforts to green its vast shipping industry, officials and business insiders said on Friday, as the country marked its 21st Maritime Day and reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable development in the transport sector.
Why The Maersk Institute Was Right About Ship Batteries But Wrong On Price
The September 2024 pre-feasibility study from the Maersk McKinney Møller Center on battery-powered vessels that crossed my screen today provides a welcome and thoughtful addition to the critical discussion of maritime electrification.
Q&A: Bio-bunkers pivotal to low-carbon transition
Equatorial Marine Fuel (EMF) is a leading Singapore-based physical supplier of marine fuels. The company has an existing fleet of 21 vessels and bunkers conventional fuels as well as emerging green fuels, like B24 and B30 blends.
Policy briefing on ammonia as a shipping fuel
The shipping industry urgently needs to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Global Maritime Organizations Unite to Accelerate Electrification
Four leading maritime associations have jointly launched the Global Alliance for Maritime Electrification (GAME), a coalition of nonprofit organizations dedicated to accelerating the electrification of maritime transportation.
$75 million earmarked to level up Norwegian emission-free shipping game
Norwegian government enterprise Enova has awarded approximately NOK 763 million ($75.5 million) to projects developing hydrogen- and ammonia-powered vessels in the latest round of investments in emission-free shipping.
Shipping is one of the world’s dirtiest industries – could this invention finally clean up cargo fleets?
Freighters emit more greenhouse gases than jets, but a tech startup believes a simple and effective technique can help the industry change course
Commercial structure, not technology, holds back CO2 shipping
CO2 Shipping & Terminals conference speakers stress that commercial models, not engineering gaps, are the real barrier
SMDERI-QET achieves world’s first ship-to-ship LCO₂ transfer
On 19 June, the world’s first ship-to-ship liquified carbon dioxide (LCO₂) transfer was successfully completed at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Hangzhou Bay, Shanghai.