ABS opens Global Sustainability Center in Singapore

A new ABS Global Sustainability Center, located in Singapore, is the flagship of the classification society’s sustainability activities world wide. Led by Gurinder Singh, ABS Director of Global Sustainability, the center includes

IKEA and CMA CGM in pioneering biofuel project

Name brand shippers looking to lower the overall carbon footprint of their products are adding impetus to efforts to decarbonize shipping. One shipper leading the way along this path is IKEA Transport

Cargill launches “CO2 Challenge” to help decarbonize shipping

JUNE 28, 2018 — One of the world’s largest vessel charterers, agribusiness giant Cargill, has launched the “CO2 Challenge.” Its aim is to find and scale new technologies capable of reducing a

VIDEO: Report says shipping could be decarbonized by 2035

MARCH 28, 2018 — Ahead of critical meetings at IMO that start next month, there are divisions on just how ambitious a strategy on shipping CO2 emissions can be adopted that will

Shipping banks exposed to “decarbonization” risks

FEBRUARY 27, 2017 — “Financiers should be future-proofing investments and preparing to harness the new opportunities decarbonization will create,” says Carbon War Room CEO Jules Kortenhorst. “Even with $400 billion in global