Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Bethan Staton and Harry Dempsey, Financial Times Shipping & Ports
World’s fleet under renewed pressure to clean up its act and curb greenhouse gases
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Barbara Finamore Shipping & Ports
Studies conducted in the past few years by Chinese researchers clearly show that shipping has become a significant source of air pollution in China’s main port cities (as shown in the above figure). Because these port cities are so densely populated, emissions from ships threaten the health of a large portion of China’s population.
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Joshua S. Hill Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Swiss-Swedish electronic manufacturing giant ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with French hydrogen technologies specialist Hydrogène de France to jointly manufacture megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel cell systems for ocean-going vessels.
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Charlotte Middlehurst Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Marine operators are looking to clean up their act
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The Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
Green Marine is broadening the scope of its North American environmental certification program by adding a performance indicator for responsible ship recycling.
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Wajiha Khalid & Sheikh Ahsan Ullah Tariq, World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
The maritime shipping industry is only responsible for around 2-3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, in order to achieve the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) ultimate goal of a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions from shipping by 2050, the industry requires some drastic innovation.
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Bill David Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Ammonia can be burnt for energy like fossil fuels but with no carbon emissions.
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Anders Holst Nymark Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Collaboration between governments and industry is crucial to make new green technologies competitive alternatives to fossil fuels.
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Johannah Christensen Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Emissions from shipping could grow by 250% by 2050 if no action is taken. Halving shipping’s emissions by 2050 could require $1.2 trillion in investment. But the scale of this challenge could be big enough to spur decarbonization across other sectors, too.
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Martin Koehring, The Economist Group- World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Safeguarding and harnessing the ocean’s ability to provide for people and the planet is crucial for sustainable development, says Martin Koehring, head of the World Ocean Initiative.
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David Hume, The Liquid Grid Shipping & Ports
The maritime industry is in need of fixing. It must find new ways to move cargo with less emissions. However, just like repairing a bicycle’s shifter, we can’t rely on a single tool to get the job done.
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Charles Haine Shipping & Ports
The UK government recently launched a clean maritime plan to achieve zero-emission shipping and clean growth for the maritime sector—one of the first countries to do so. A key action is that, by 2025, all new vessels being ordered for use in UK waters are designed with zero-emission propulsion capability.Read more → (13 minute read)
Costas Paris Shipping & Ports
Citigroup, Société Générale and DNB are among the banks that will add ‘clean shipping’ criteria in ship financing
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European Federation for Transport and Environment Shipping & Ports Tourism
The fact that cruise ships are causing pollution in the port cities they visit is not a new one, but a recent study shows that ships operated by a single line emitted ten times more sulphur oxides (SOx) than all of Europe’s 260 million cars in 2017.Read more → (2 minute read)
Reuters Shipping & Ports Tourism
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Friday agreed stricter energy efficiency targets for certain types of ships in an effort to speed up action to cut the sector’s emissions.Read more → (2 minute read)
