Another day at the COP26 conference and another signal that the pressure is on shipping to decarbonize—with, or without, IMO beefing up its GHG reduction targets. Shipping is a key focus area
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is adding his voice to those calling on shipping to up its decarbonization ambitions, calling actions thus far at IMO “some initial steps.” In his opening
Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman yesterday introduced a resolution calling on Los Angeles’ top maritime importers — including Walmart, Ashley Furniture, Target, Dole, Home Depot, Chiquita, IKEA, Amazon, Samsung, Nike, LG, Redbull,
As climate change takes center stage at the UN General Assembly, more than 150 leading players from across the shipping value chain have signed on to a “Call to Action for Shipping
SPONSORED CONTENT: Beneath the decks of vessels across the country, a quiet revolution is underway. Inside their underbelly is a high-tech set of components that work in unison—quietly humming together to push
Kicking the container-on-barge concept up several notches, Wärtsilä is to demonstrate a commercially viable autonomous intra-port, inter-terminal container shuttle vessel. The vessel is being developed as part of an EU-funded project led
It’s official. The United States wants to set an IMO target of achieving zero-emissions from shipping by 2050. The current goal is far less ambitious. The commitment was made by Special Presidential
Danish naval architectural consultancy Knud E. Hansen is launching the X-gas project, a series of liquified gas/gas bunkering vessels that provides a platform that could be expanded to handle zero emission fuels
Ulstein: Zero emission wind turbine installation is “today’s reality” Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein has unveiled a hydrogen hybrid design offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), the Ulstein J102, that can operate
A Belfast, Northern Ireland, Maritime Consortium has won a £33 million (about $41 million) U.K. Government innovation grant to develop zero emissions ferries. With further investment from consortium partners, the total project
