Sustainable Shipping
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Sep 2
The cost of any BWT system will always need to compete fairly directly with the cost of not complying.
Aug 31
Stow·a·way: To hide aboard a ship or aeroplane without detection to gain free transportation with the intent to illegally immigrate.
Aug 30
The problem of no internationally approved, Arctic-specific rules to prevent polar shipping from causing substantial ecological harm.
Aug 30
An alternate shipping route for the North and Canada's tar sands and infrastructure expansion.
Aug 24
The drumbeat of change is sounding and it is important that the shipping industry heeds its call.
Aug 13
MARAD has, thus far, kicked any environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act down the road.
Aug 12
Changes are coming as multi-year ice recedes at a phenomenal pace.
Aug 5
Thank you Watchkeeper for highlighting the benefits of emissions trading.
Aug 2
Today's expectations of on-time delivery, safety of cargo and the environment, and even life.
Jul 28
Hull fouling can be stopped dead in the water
Jul 26
Great efficiencies to be realised in the rail and marine modes.
Jul 21
The impacts of stopping pipeline project’s or banning all tanker traffic and relying on alternate energy sources to drive our economies.
Jul 13
Industry recognises the need to provide significant air quality improvements, and has demonstrated that in making the Clean Air Action Plan a success.
Jul 12
If industry is going to gain public and direct stakeholder support then transparent and meaningful consultation is required.
Jul 8
Environmental concerns and potential liability responsibilities means recruitment efforts are focused on ensuring new entrants are top of their class.
Jul 7
An excellent incentive to facilitate the renaissance of the shipping and maritime industries.
Jul 2
It is in the shipowners interest to ensure that their ships use as little fuel as possible for all the right reasons.
Jun 22
Part 3: Regardless of greening technologies and alternate energy resources, the world continues to remain reliant on fossil fuels to drive global economies.
Jun 7
Part 2: In the face of the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe, it is easy to jump to a subjective conclusion that no tanker traffic should be allowed in the area.
Jun 1
To suggest that guidelines could be preventing the development of new technologies is simply incorrect.
Jun 1
Part 1: Enbridge is now set to proceed with its Northern Gateway project.
May 21
Savings experienced by operating with a clean hull are considerable even with oil hovering around the $70/barrel mark.
May 20
In good times oil companies do not spend enough on research of mass remediation methods.
May 17
Impacts of offshore exploration ventures.
May 13
Simple regulatory compliance may no longer suffice.
May 4
It is imperative that efforts persist to establish an effective regulatory structure for Arctic shipping.
Apr 22
The marine industry spends $6 billion a year in the prevention or treatment of biofouling.
Apr 6
If this works it could set the example for a change in transportation policy.
Mar 23
Allowing a ship to sail for long periods of time with a fouled hull doesn't make sense.
Mar 22
Making commitments and setting deadlines has always achieved results.
Mar 19
We are faced with the problem of having no overall internationally agreed target to meet.
Mar 19
Why climate change issues are problematic for the Chinese.
Mar 18
Balancing economy and ecology, there is no reason to wait.
Mar 17
Marine environment protection: Not just a shipping industry job.
Mar 16
A chance to show resolve to reduce the negative environmental impact.
Mar 15
A solution along the lines if the Danish Compensation Fund will likely prove a non starter.
Mar 8
Bio-fouling Record Book, as discussed by the IMO, should be presented as a mandatory requirement.
Mar 3
Concept of 'Common but Differentiated Responsibilities' in the context of the shipping sector is a classic red herring.
Feb 19
Early intervention has not been a part of shipowners thinking.
Feb 16
Impressive growth has fostered massive pollution increases.
Feb 1
Cruise lines commit to environmentally friendly measures, question raised over why this can't be done all the time.
Jan 26
Absence of a legally binding agreement supports procrastination and nurtures indecision.
Jan 25
World Shipping Council's proposal for a regime to improve ocean-going vessel emissions worldwide is a good move.
Jan 19
Older ships were not designed with the issues in mind that face the industry today.
Jan 14
Criminalisation of seafarers laws/regulations is making retention of potential candidates an issue of increasing importance.
Dec 31
Hull cleanliness - one condition that contributes to the efficiency of a ship.
Dec 24
Dec 17
With the end of COP15 coming to a rapid close, focus has been on emissions from key nations.
Dec 17
For all the new thinking, the maritime sector would appear to be an industry that lingers in the past.
Dec 11
Gothenburg will continue environmental leadership, regardless of COP15 outcome.
Dec 11
Houston University Professor discusses feasibility of carbon capture.
Dec 10
Greenwave asks why pretend this is more complicated than it need be?
Dec 9
Leadership is showing how industry can tackle the issue.
Dec 7
Valles technical manager looks at COP15 targets as set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Dec 7
Foss Maritime VP says each company must decide its course.
Dec 4
Buffalo Marine looks at how cap and trade has the potential to cause vast disparaties.
Dec 3
Interferry CEO highlights concerns over limiting sulphur content in fuel.
Dec 2
WWF supports a global market-based instrument for shipping.
Dec 1
Propulsion Dynamics, providers of hull and propeller performance monitoring, comment on COP15.
Dec 1
Canadian shipping industry supports global measures to control CO2 emissions.
Nov 16
The principles to judge the effectiveness of the ultimate solution to address pollution from ships.
Nov 16
Fuel transfer mishap involving the Dubai Star tanker.
Sep 28
CARB's ocean-going vessel fuel rule has led some ships to begin bypassing the Santa Barbara Channel.
Aug 21
While it's encouraging that the EU is going to start to address aviation, it begs the question, 'Is shipping next'?
Aug 10
Confusion and 'wrong practice' surrounding the taking of official MARPOL samples.
Jul 21
The local and regional efforts to expand green shipping.
Jul 2
Equipment durability and reliability are the cornerstones of a successful shipping operation.
Jun 15
Recent comments made in Lloyd's List once again cast considerable doubt over the economics of switching exclusively to low sulphur bunker fuels.
Jun 15
Several influential Members of the UK's Parliament have called the international shipping industry "irresponsible" for its lack of progress in reducing its carbon dioxide footprint.
Jun 5
The countdown has started until MEPC 59, where an IMO committee will meet to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from shipping, a contentious endeavor sure to take center stage.
Jun 1
Many drilling rig owners are not meeting MARPOL Annex VI fuel legislation requirements because they do not think it applies to them.
May 26
From January 1, 2010 all vessels will have to consume fuel or apply measures to ensure that exhaust emissions are equivalent to the use of fuel containing no more than 0.1% Sulphur.
May 18
The recently submitted US/Canada joint Emission Control Area (ECA) application to the IMO lays out a compelling case for a protected marine zone of sufficient geographic breadth and size.
Apr 22
With the shipping world set to address greenhouse gas emissions, now is an opportune time for the sector to consider other climate-forcing emissions such as black carbon.
Apr 17
As for so many industries, one of the main victims of the current economic climate has been cash flow and, as a result, many vessels are bunkering smaller volumes more frequently.
Apr 17
Maersk's announcement that it will begin slow-steaming as a standard procedure, reducing speeds by as much as half, may have shocked some in the industry.
Apr 6
US/Canada proposal is biggest expansion yet of tighter emissions rules.
Mar 27
The testing of bunker samples is therefore becoming increasingly important, as is monitoring wear.
Mar 19
A flexible, objective driven approach to meeting a common objective allows all parties to adopt the most appropriate course of action.