Q&A: Sustainability and the tug, towboat and barge industry
As most of us know by now, sustainability is at the forefront of hot topics in the maritime industry. One of our most involved sectors of the U.S. maritime industry—the tug, towboat
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Wärtsilä set to offer future-fuels conversions for existing two-strokes
If shipping is to achieve the kinds of getting-to-zero targets being talked about at COP26, converting existing ships to burn new green fuels will be essential. And the sooner those conversions can
EPA slaps box ship and bulker with VGP violation penalties
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has assessed penalties totaling $81,474 against two commercial ships over inspection, monitoring, and reporting violations in California and Louisiana. According to the agency, the 13,052 TEU
Clarksons looks at shipping’s uptake of green technology
Summarizing the latest trends in green technology uptake and fleet renewal from the Clarksons’ Fueling Transition report and monthly data series, Steve Gordon, Clarksons Research managing director, comments that the uptake of
Fortescue to have green vessel at sea in 2022
Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group plans to have a vessel operating on green ammonia at sea by next year. The news was announced yesterday in an address at the COP26 Transport Day by
U.S. signs on to “green corridors” declaration
Green corridors – specific trade routes between major port hubs where zero-emission solutions are demonstrated and supported – could help speed shipping’s transition away from fossil fuels. At COP26 yesterday, the concept
Japan plans ship powered by hydrogen-fueled two-stroke
A project backed with Japanese government funding aims to develop what will be the he world’s first low-speed, two-stroke hydrogen-fueled marine engine. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), MOL Drybulk, Ltd., and Japan
COP26: U.S. signs “Zero by 2050” declaration
The U.S. is one of 14 countries signatory to a Declaration on Zero Emission Shipping by 2050 released at the COP26 conference in Glasgow yesterday. Interestingly, as well as countries such as
Matson commits to net zero GHG by 2050
One of the most iconic names in U.S. shipping, Honolulu, Hawaii, headquartered Matson Inc. (NYSE: MATX), has published new long-term environmental goals in a Sustainability Report 2020 Supplement that commit the company
Deviation from planned route seen in grounding of giant ore carrier
The master’s decision to deviate from the planned route was among the causal factors in what an investigation conducted by the Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator identifies as a “very