CO2

• 18 May 17 IMO’s Hughes talks sulfur cap, quashes talk of a delay   The 0.5% global sulfur limit on bunker fuels from the start of 2020 is “highly unlikely” to face any delay, Edmund Hughes, head of air pollution and energy efficiency at the International Maritime... Read more ›
• 28 November 16 Priok electrification project Vahle has finished the first phase of a port electrification mega project at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta in Indonesia. The electrification of New Priok Container Terminal One (NPCT1) started in September 2015 and up to... Read more ›
• 25 October 16 EU focused on shipping climate deal by 2018 The EU remains committed to a 2018 start-date for a global climate deal for shipping, the bloc’s transport chief told reporters in London. Fresh from delivering a UN aviation emissions cutting pact in Montreal... Read more ›
• 24 October 16 Shipping industry lobbies for change Ahead of the forthcoming 70th Session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), shippers have been lobbying hard to secure increased environmental legislation for the industry. CO2 emissions In a letter to the... Read more ›
• 21 October 16 Parliament’s Industry Committee Confirms IMO Regulatory Role on CO2 Emissions The Industry Committee, ITRE, of the European Parliament today reached an important agreement concerning the revision of the EU emission trading system (ETS) directive. The report of MEP Fredrick Federley (ALDE / Sweden) was... Read more ›
• 26 April 16 Progress on CO2 reduction The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved mandatory requirements for ships to record and report their fuel consumption. This mandatory data collection system is intended to be... Read more ›
• 11 April 16 Call to commit to reduced emissions The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has called on the IMO to show its true commitment to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions from shipping at the forthcoming Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 69) beginning on... Read more ›
• 02 February 15 2014: An Explosive Year For Gas Carriers?   Gas Ordering On A High Last year a record 176 gas carriers of a combined 16.6m cbm were contracted globally, up 49% y-o-y in terms of cbm. LNG carriers accounted for 42% of... Read more ›
• 30 July 14 New renewable energy partnership Japan’s Eco Marine Power (EMP) has entered into a new agreement with MINs Control System Solution to sell its renewable energy solutions into Singapore and Myanmar. This includes EMP’s marine solar power systems and... Read more ›
• 28 July 14 Project Nereidas: diminishing environmental impacts of ports Environmental Restoration techniques for diminishing the environmental impacts of ports. Read more ›