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1 December 2023
COP28: Shipping to state its case in battle for new fuel stocks
Shipping must emerge from the background of international trade to fight for its share of the new generation of green fuels that will drive decarbonisation, the head of the International Chamber of Shipping told TradeWinds reporter Paul Peachey.
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27 November 2023
Tackling the rainfall crisis that’s crimping the Panama Canal
Nearly 150 ships are waiting outside the Panama Canal as a rainfall crisis has led officials to ratchet down the number of vessels that can make it through the 100-year-old waterway. But experts say the water shortage is consistent with the impacts of climate change, and Panamanian officials will need to make changes if they are to prevent this crisis from happening again. The Green Seas podcast spoke to hydrologist Erick Cordoba, the head of the water department at the Panama Canal Authority, about the short-term and long-term solutions that the agency is pursuing to tackle the crisis.
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23 November
Is EU emissions trading ready for shipping — and vice versa?
The Green Seas newsletter highlights the questions raised by TradeWinds Business Focus on carbon markets, including volatile pricing of the EU allowances that shipping companies will have to pay as they enter the Emissions Trading System and the bureaucratic hurdles to begin buying them.
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20 November 2023
Podcast: The next steps in making Bangladesh’s ship recycling sector greener
Ship recycling in Bangladesh has already made leaps and bounds since Norwegian officials began working to make the industry greener and safer in 2015.
Now, the Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling project has entered a new phase as new global rules loom.
The latest episode of the Green Seas podcast features Espen Rikter-Svendsen, the Norwegian ambassador in Bangladesh, about the path ahead.
Espen Rikter-Svendsen has been credited as a key force not only in guiding Bangladeshi shipbreaking yards toward greener operations but also in securing ratification by Dhaka of the Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, which marked a key step in triggering the treaty’s 2025 entry into force.
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15 November 2023
‘The wolf is here’: Failure to build infrastructure to prevent Panama Canal water crisis fuels anger
The Green Seas newsletter explores how the deepening Panama Canal crisis has led to frustration in the country’s maritime industry, a key sector of the economy. Maritime sector unions in Panama complained that the country’s officials have failed to take actions that could ensure the century-old canal would not be hobbled by water shortages.
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9 November 2023
Charting shipping’s green transition with MOL’s Takeshi Hashimoto
Mitsui OSK Lines is one of the biggest shipowners and operators in Japan and the world, and it wants to set a clear and achievable pathway toward its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Chief executive Takeshi Hashimoto spoke to TradeWinds editor-in-chief Julian Bray at a forum in Tokyo.
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9 November 2023
The view from Japan on shipping’s road to net zero
The Green Seas newsletter hitches a virtual ride to Tokyo for a discussion on decarbonisation.
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6 November 2023
Podcast: The two Os that can help shipping cut greenhouse gas emissions now
The audio edition talks to Cargill’s Eman Abdalla and Alpha Ori’s Rajesh Unni about operational efficiency and optimisation.
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1 November 2023
Climate change reverberates through shipping amid Panama Canal and liner woes
The news explores ways in which climate change is impacting maritime trade lanes, including the water crisis that’s slamming the Panama Canal.
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30 October 2023
Podcast: Meet the tech companies that are tackling wasted time, and emissions, in port
When ships spend time waiting in port, they also emit unnecessary greenhouse gases. But there are technology companies focused on port-time optimisation that are working to tackle this problem, recognising that wasted time equals wasted money. The Green Seas podcast travelled virtually to Rotterdam, where two of these firms were founded. We talk to Teqplay chief executive Leon Gommans and PortXchange business development director Abhishek Nair.
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26 October 2023
As right whales face extinction, ships are flouting speed rules that protect them
The newsletter explores the compliance with speed restrictions aimed at keeping a species from the brink.
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20 October 2023
Podcast: The future of ship recycling after the Hong Kong Convention
The Green Seas podcast travelled virtually to Singapore for a discussion on the ship demolition sector after new global rules on recycling vessels safely and in an environmentally friendly manner became law. We hear from Mohammed Zahirul Islam, managing director of PHP Ship Breaking and Recycling Industries; GMS chief executive Anil Sharma; Hapag-Lloyd regulatory affairs director Wolfram Guntermann; Kumiko Iwasa, chair of the recycling committee at the Japanese Shipowners’ Association; Anette Ronnov, chief sustainability officer at Wallenius Wilhelmsen; Jesselynn Lai, head of public affairs for Southeast Asia and Oceania at AP Moller-Maersk; and Sotiris Raptis, secretary-general of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations.
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18 October 2023
Hydrogen fuelling technology moves forward amid focus on other alternatives
This week’s newsletter digs into the technology developments that could put hydrogen among the options for shipping’s future. We also look at a blow to offshore wind developers in the US and an optimistic take on carbon shipping.
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13 October 2023
Podcast: The rise and risk of Arctic shipping traffic
More ships and a wider variety ships, including older vessels not built for ice, are transiting the Arctic as Russia looks to up use of the Northern Sea Route. But while this may be an opportunity for shipping, it also has significant environmental risks. The Green Seas podcast explores them one by one with Clean Arctic Alliance lead advisor Sian Prior and Margaret Williams, a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
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11 October 2023
Green shipping corridors face ‘make or break’ moment
This week’s edition reports that experts see first-mover routes at a key juncture when governments need to act on green corridors two years after the Clydebank Declaration. We also explore wide adoption of alternative fuels in the car carrier sector, report on a liner giant’s plan to pass US emissions trading costs on to customers, and explain why the first US-built wind turbine installation vessel built in the US is expected to also be the last.
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6 October 2023
Podcast: Car carriers drive toward alternative fuels
Almost 90% of pure car and truck carriers under construction at shipyards around the world are being built to run on alternative fuels. We interview Hoegh Autoliners chief executive Andreas Enger as his company looks to add ammonia to the mix, and we talk to MAN Energy Solutions’ Thomas Hansen about how shipowners in this sector are looking at alternative fuels.
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4 October 2023
Are floating nuclear power vessels the future of zero-carbon energy?
This week’s newsletter explores the big names in shipping and shipbuilding that are looking at vessels that produce atomic energy at sea. We also delve into a project to combine methanol fuelling and wind propulsion on bulk carriers, the role electric vehicles play in car carrier fires and the safety risks of the Russian fleet’s move to Arctic trade lanes.
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29 September 2023
Are electric cars getting a bad rap in ship fires?
When a fire strikes a car carrier, the first question asked is often whether it was started by an electric vehicle. But while the growth of electric car shipping and the hazards of lithium-ion batteries do require special measures, a growing body of evidence suggests they may not be more dangerous than conventional vehicles.
The Green Seas podcast talks to Andreas Enger of Hoegh Autoliners, and Bingbing Song and Heike Deggim of the International Maritime Organization about the measures under way to make vehicle shipping safer.
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27 September 2023
Advertising complaints fuel debate over cruise’s LNG sustainability claims
The newsletter talks to Opportunity Green and Carnival Corp after the environmental group targets cruise advertising. We also look at another wind propulsion developer’s fundraiser and MSC Group’s hydrogen-powered newbuildings.
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22 September 2023
Looking ahead in the dawn of methanol-fuelled container shipping
In Copenhagen, shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has christened the first container vessel fuelled by methanol, which will be followed by more than 100 more by the Danish company and others. Will there be more in the near term, and will they find green methanol to meet decarbonisation goals? The podcast talks to Richard Wetzki of TCT Shipbrokers and Ahmed El-Hoshy of OCI Global.
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20 September 2023
The era of methanol-fuelled container shipping begins
It’s a new dawn for alternative fuels in container shipping, now that AP Moller-Maersk has inaugurated the world’s first methanol-fuelled boxship. The 2,100-teu Laura Maersk (built 2023) has been christened, but it is the first of many. This week’s newsletter looks at TradeWinds’ recent stories on methanol-fuelled container shipping.
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15 September 2023
Podcast: A ‘loud call’ for taxing shipping’s carbon and a new look at IMO targets
In Nairobi, leaders agree at the Africa Climate Summit that shipping’s carbon should be taxed, adding to calls for the International Maritime Organization to adopt a levy on the industry’s emissions. And in London, new research shows the IMO targets agreed in July may have been more aligned with the Paris Agreement than we at first thought. The Green Seas podcast talks about these developments with Opportunity Green shipping manager Ana Laranjeira and Nishatabbas Rehmatulla, principal consultant at UMAS and principal research fellow at University College London’s UCL Energy Institute.
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13 September 2023
Green Seas: Sustainability at the forefront as shipping gathers in London
This week’s newsletter brings you TradeWinds’ key stories from London International Shipping Week, where sustainability topics were front and centre in the discussions around maritime’s future.
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8 September 2023
Podcast: Is maritime ready to climb EU’s new mountain of sustainability rules?
The European Union is adding new regulations to the alphabet soup of sustainability disclosures. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, or CSRD, and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards, or ESRS, will require a daunting list of data points on environmental, social and governance topics. We talk to Position Green’s Joachim Nahem and DNV’s Carl Erik Hoy-Petersen.
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6 September 2023
How can carbon insets for shipping avoid the pitfalls of offsets?
Pioneers of book-and-claim tokens for selling emissions reductions within shipping tell Green Seas newsletter that transparency is key to carbon inset market.
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31 August
Podcast: How carbon inset tokens can help nudge shipping to be greener
Carbon offsets have faced criticism in shipping for not tackling emissions within the sector. Enter carbon insets, tokens that allow a company to pay for greenhouse gas reductions within the maritime supply chain. We talk to Jeroen van Heiningen of 123Carbon, Tom de Ruyter of Titan and Guillaume de Roys of Verifavia.
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30 August 2023
Wind-propelled shipping meets spaceport supply chain
This week’s newsletter looks at a ship that will use wingsails to reduce emissions to move launcher parts to French Guiana. We also report on a leadership expansion at Silverstream Technologies, which is outfitting a rapidly growing fleet of vessels with air lubrication using microbubbles to reduce fuel consumption. And we explore the role electric sports cars may have played in a deadly vehicle carrier fire.
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25 August 2023
Podcast: The race to bring wind propulsion back to shipping
Shipping companies are exploring an array of technologies to reduce fuel by adding wind propulsion to their vessels, including a ship chartered by commodities giant Cargill that’s using wingsails designed by a company that has its roots in the America’s Cup sailing race. How quickly can this new but old technology make a difference in maritime greenhouse gas emissions? We talk to Cargill Ocean Transportation president Jan Dieleman, BAR Technologies chief executive John Cooper and International Windship Association secretary general Gavin Allwright.
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23 August 2023
Green Seas: A return to wind power offers real hope for decarbonisation
This week’s newsletter leads with a Comment piece arguing that treating wind as an energy source on par with fuels and revamping shipping’s commercial structures could help unlock wind’s promise. And we look in detail at the first use of BAR Technologies’ WindWings sails on a Cargill-controlled vessel. Finally, we report on Odfjell’s trial of air lubrication and suction sails on a chemical tanker.
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18 August 2023
Podcast: As Washington celebrates law offering climate dollars, shipping has yet to apply
The Biden Administration is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act and its spending on green energy and climate change. But while the US government has pushed to decarbonise shipping, its climate funds have yet to make their way to the industry. We talk to Holland & Knight’s Sean Pribyl and Chamber of Shipping of America’s Kathy Metcalf.
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16 August 2023
Climate change threatens more woes ahead for gummed-up Panama Canal
This week’s newsletter talks to a scientist about what the delays in the Panama Canal tell us about the impact of climate change. We also look at the liquefied hydrogen carrier that’s visiting the Middle East and the latest major shipping company to join Singapore’s key maritime decarbonisation centre.
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28 July 2023
Podcast: Will EU carbon prices fall before they rise as shipping gears up for emissions trading?
As shipping gears up to enter the EU’s Emissions Trading System at the start of the year, companies will have to pay for the right to pollute, but the price will vary with market whims. Where are those prices headed? BRS Shipbrokers head of carbon markets Mattia Ferracchiato and Vertis Environmental Finance shipping head Frederic Bouthillier provide insight.
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26 July 2023
How will the EU’s upcoming carbon laws change shipping?
This week’s newsletter explores how the cruise sector hopes to change the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator, a regulation that an industry group believes leads to perverse incentives for vessels focused on travel experiences rather than just transport.
We also look at how one shipowner is investing in turning a vessel dedicated to oil and gas into a ship that can serve the needs of US wind farm projects, and why one renewables company wants to stay out of the burgeoning sector.
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22 July 2023
Podcast: Estimating the impact and the cost of the EU’s upcoming emissions rules
The European Union is gearing up to fold shipping into its Emissions Trading System starting next year. How much will it cost, and what will be the impact of the EU’s new regulation on shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions? We talk to Mattia Ferracchiato of BRS Shipbrokers and Jacob Armstrong of Transport & Environment. We also hear from Ingrid Kylstad of Torvald Klaveness.
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19 July 2023
A matter of time: Cruise aims to change IMO’s ‘inappropriate’ carbon intensity equation
This week’s newsletter explores how the cruise sector hopes to change the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator, a regulation that an industry group believes leads to perverse incentives for vessels focused on travel experiences rather than just transport. We also look at how one shipowner is investing in turning a vessel dedicated to oil and gas into a ship that can serve the needs of US wind farm projects, and why one renewables company wants to stay out of the burgeoning sector.
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14 July 2023
Podcast: Where is shipping’s decarbonisation drive headed after historic IMO decision?
After the International Maritime Organization decided to target net-zero emissions by “around” 2050, the UN body will now have to turn ambition into regulation that will push shipping toward that goal. the Green Seas audio ediiton explores the mechanisms under discussion with Carnival Corp chief maritime officer William Burke and Global Maritime Forum chief executive Johannah Christensen.
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12 July 2023
Charting the road ahead after IMO’s ‘huge step forward’ on shipping’s carbon
This week’s newsletter seeks to map out the next steps for the International Maritime Organization after its historic decision on greenhouse gas emissions. We also look at the role of actors outside the IMO after its new targets undershot the goals of the Paris Agreement. And we take a closer look at a floating LNG project that is aiming for net zero emissions and one shipowner’s legal trouble after a pollution cover-up.
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11 July 2023
Protecting biodiversity where the ocean is untouched by national laws
Experts hope that, within the next few years, enough nations will ratify the High Seas Treaty for this convention to become law and protect biodiversity in the areas of the ocean that are unprotected by national legislation. The audio edition talks to World Ocean Council chief executive Paul Holthus, Wikborg Rein partner Oddbjorn Slinning and The Ocean Opportunity Lab’s Birgit Liodden.
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7 July 2023
Podcast: How IMO’s decision on shipping’s carbon still leaves Paris Agreement goals within reach
Many were disappointed when the International Maritime Organization approved new greenhouse gas targets that fall short of alignment with the goal to stop global temperature rises at 1.5C. But Tristan Smith, an associate professor of shipping and energy at University College London’s UCL Energy Institute, tells the podcast that by adopting a goal for at least 20% carbon cuts in 2030 and 70% ten years later, accomplishing the goals of the Parish Agreement on climate change is still within reach.
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5 July 2023
From well to wake: How fuels’ lifecycle emissions are key to IMO greenhouse gas debate
As the IMO meets to decide its new decarbonisation strategy for shipping, this week’s newsletter explores the important related agenda item that is grabbing fewer headlines than a carbon levy: life-cycle emissions guidelines that ensure greenhouse gas emissions from various fuels are calculated from the “well”, where they are produced, to the “wake”, when they are burned on board ships. We also look at reactions to the IMO’s draft decarbonisation strategy and explore two shipowners’ plan for targeting the UK’s future carbon market.
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30 June 2023
Podcast: Hopes and fears for a crucial IMO meeting on shipping emissions
The audio edition oftalks to experts on the UN shipping regulator about what can be achieved next week, and what they worry about.
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28 June 2023
As IMO hurtles toward a historic vote on carbon targets, next steps draw disagreement
This week’s newsletter looks at the debate over when to enact the policy measures that will be needed to achieve more ambitious decarbonisation targets that the International Maritime Organization is expected to adopt next week. We also dig into the US position on a global carbon levy, with Washington officials not supporting a price on greenhouse gas emissions but keeping the door open. Also, new global rules on ship recycling have been finalised.
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23 June 2023
What a merger deal says about the tightening wind turbine installation vessel market
Eneti and Cadeler have agreed to merge in a deal that will create the biggest owner of wind turbine installation vessels. This week’s episode explores how this deal highlights the growing tightness in the market for these vessels that make the buildout of the offshore wind industry possible.
We hear from Cadeler chief executive Mikkel Gleerup, Rystad Energy senior analyst Martin Lysne and Nicola Troup, a renewables shipbroker at Braemar.
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21 June 2023
India gets impatient as ship recycling treaty ratification nears
This week’s newsletter looks at the Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships through the lens of India, which is eager for the treaty to be finalised after investments to clean up demolition yards. We also look at a pairing of two shipowners that want to break into the carbon, capture and storage game in the UK, and we explore how competing in the maritime CCS business will be driven by keeping costs low.
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16 June 2023
Podcast: Navigating the ups and downs of EU carbon trading
With shipping gearing up to join the European Union’s Emissions Trading System at the start of next year, TradeWinds took to the stage at Nor-Shipping to discuss how the industry will have to navigate carbon markets.
Our panel of experts is made up of Trafigura head of wet freight Andrea Olivi; Klaveness Combination Carriers chief executive Engebret Dahm; Frederic Bouthillier, head of shipping at Vertis Environmental Finance; Antonello Zanfardino, senior carbon analyst at BRS Group; and Sofia Furstenberg Stott, partner at Furstenberg Maritime Advisory.
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15 June 2023
Podcast: Are contracts the key to unlocking emissions cuts in shipping now?
In a bonus episode, we explore how long-held commercial structures like voyage charter and time charter contracts contain features that can get in the way of reducing fuel consumption and emissions in shipping.
We hear from Nautilus Labs chief executive Matt Heider, Altera Infrastructure chief executive Ingvild Saether, Wallenius Wilhelmsen chief executive Lasse Kristoffersen and Copenhagen Commercial Platform chief executive Christian Bonfils.
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14 June 2023
Cargill’s Dieleman on methanol fuelling piggybackers: ‘That’s exactly what we wanted’
The talks to Cargill Ocean Transportation president Jan Dieleman about the growing orders for methanol-fuelled bulkers after his company placed the first one. And we look at the giant ship operator’s progress in 2022 in reducing its greenhouse gas footprint, although Dieleman acknowledged that market factors drove the decline. We also size up the latest report from the Sea Cargo Charter, in which key charterers report their emissions against a trajectory for cutting shipping’s carbon emissions by 50% in 2050. And the Green Seas podcast took to the stage at Nor-Shipping to talk about maritime industry opportunities in the carbon capture and storage market.
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9 June 2023
Podcast: Ocean industries limber up for the burgeoning carbon capture and storage opportunity
A fast-growing cadre of companies in the ocean industries is looking to capitalise on a new trade: shipping carbon and pumping it back below the seabed whence it came.
The latest episode brings you a conversation on the Ocean Stage at Nor-Shipping about the opportunities and challenges of the offshore carbon capture and storage sector.
We hear from Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers chief executive Anders Lepsoe, Altera Infrastructure government relations advisor Anders Melhus and Panos Koutsourakis, vice president of global sustainability at American Bureau of Shipping.
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7 June 2023
At Nor-Shipping, carbon is everything everywhere all at once
What if, similarly to Michelle Yeoh’s character in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once, you could transport yourself instantly from one corner of Nor-Shipping to another instantly?
From what I have seen so far, you would probably be hearing about decarbonisation and greenhouse gas emissions nearly everywhere you went. (Although to be accurate to the 2022 movie, this thought exercise would have actually involved travel to parallel universes rather than between two Norwegian cities that are connected by the Flytoget express train.)
As I posted on TradeWinds’ Nor-Shipping Live Centre from the Maritime Leaders Summit in Oslo to the Ocean Leaders Summit in Lillestrom, nearly every session I tuned into tackled questions of shipping’s climate impact.
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2 June 2023
Podcast: Who’s going to pay to decarbonise shipping?
As shipping faces pressure to tackle its greenhouse gas emissions, will it be shipowners, charterers or another stakeholder who’s going to pay the cost of going green? For an answer, we listen in to the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum Singapore. TradeWinds editor-in-chief Julian Bray moderates a discussion with NYK Line’s Masahiro Takahashi, Mitsui OSK Lines’ Nobuo Shiotsu, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation’s Sanjay Kuttan, Sing Fuels’ Sonnich Thomsen and Fortescue Future Industries’ Andrew Hoare.
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31 May 2023
Can the geopolitical divide be overcome to bring a global carbon levy for shipping?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions that followed have come at a time when leading shipowner groups, environmental groups and even major charterers agree that what is needed to confront the industry’s greenhouse gas footprint is a global carbon levy and more ambitious targets at the International Maritime Organization, among other measures.
But the geopolitical divide increasingly cleaving the shipping world in two bears some resemblance to the split over greenhouse gas reductions at the IMO, and the next few months of decarbonisation talks at the United Nations’ shipping regulator will test whether consensus can be achieved.
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24 May 2023
Container shipping follows the leaders on variety of alternative fuel pathways
The audio edition of Green Seas seeks to map out choices in the box shipping market as liner operators shift from LNG to methanol orders, eye ammonia or, in many cases, stay on the fence.
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24 May 2023
Can the e-fuel ‘opportunity’ push the IMO to act on a carbon levy?
As developing nations call for an equitable transition that won’t batter their economies, our environment newsletter explores the arguments that clean fuels represent an opportunity for the Global South.
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19 May 2023
Risks in the ‘dark’: When tankers transfer oil at sea to skirt sanctions
A group of nations at the International Maritime Organization have warned of the risk of an spill from tankers transferring oil at sea while masking their location to avoid sanctions. To explore the environmental dangers, the Green Seas podcast talks to to United Against Nuclear Iran’s Claire Jungman, Windward’s Ami Daniel and NorthStandard’s Mike Salthouse.
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17 May 2023
Ammonia looks feasible for some situations, if the safety worries can be ironed out
Let us assume for a minute that safety and technical hurdles are not an issue when it comes to using ammonia as a fuel for shipping. (Don’t worry, we’ll get back to safety, because that is not to say that it is not essential to the discussion.)
Assuming these challenges will be overcome, ammonia may provide a zero-carbon pathway for shipping, but one that may not work in every circumstance in a future that involves a variety of fuels.
Just ask the woman who does not a want to be called “the ammonia lady”.
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12 May 2023
Podcast: Why Australia is making such a stink about stink bugs on ships
The audio edition explores why biosecurity measures in Australia are gumming up imports of cars.
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10 May 2023
A (partly) averted oil spill disaster highlights risk of ‘shadow’ tanker fleet
Our environment newsletter looks at how the casualty of the tanker Pablo confirmed fears of a spill from the dark fleet and the risk that the next one could be much worse.
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5 May 2023
How can companies help close the ocean data gap?
The amount of data that we collect about the ocean and the climate above the 70% of the earth that it covers is small piece of the 1trn gigabytes of data humans collect every year. Some companies in the ocean industries are taking action, but more are needed. We talk to Tim Janssen of Sofar Ocean, Paul Holthus and Bill Staby of the World Ocean Council and Simon Bennett of Swire Shipping.
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3 May 2023
A US judge mulls court’s say over seafarer rights in pollution probes against ships
The newsletter looks at a debate over whether US courts can review detention of seafarer witnesses in pollution cases.
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28 April 2023
Podcast: Time for shipping to get ready for the EU’s new carbon tax
Our audio edition looks at how shipping will have to prepare for the Emissions Trading System after approval by the European Parliament.
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26 April 2023
IMO grapples with plastics pollution from ships’ paint, fishing gear and ‘mermaid tears’
The newsletter checks in on discussions at the global shipping regulator over efforts to tackle nurdles and other forms of seaborne plastic.
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21 April 2023
Should LNG stay on the alternative fuels menu for shipping?
The audio edition of Green Seas digs into the debate over LNG as a marine fuel.
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18 April 2023
Shipping welcomes EU emissions trading approval’s ‘strong signal of certainty’
The newsletter explores reactions to the European Parliament’s decision to require maritime to buy carbon credits, starting in 2024.
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14 April 2023
Inside the effort to defuse the ‘time bomb’ tanker
Audio edition of Green Seas looks at an effort to prevent a catastrophic oil spill from a floating oil storage vessel abandoned off Yemen
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12 April 2023
Appeals court fight brews over collisions between whales and ships off California
A judge ruled that a key document over the impact of traffic separation schemes violated the Endangered Species Act. Now, the Biden administration wants to overturn that decision, as our weekly environment newsletter explores the latest chapter in the litigation.
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7 April 2023
Podcast: The power of the swap in drive for electric shipping
Our audio edition of Green Seas explores the prospects of exchangeable batteries, interviewing Shift Clean Energy’s Brent Perry about his company’s PwrSwap technology.
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5 April 2023
‘Age of Discovery’ meets modern tech as MOL pursues ship that makes its own fuel
The newsletter checks in on a project by shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines that would make zero emissions a priority over speedy cargo delivery with a vessel that is powered by wind and by hydrogen produced onboard.
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31 March 2023
Podcast: Cruise sector says ‘we need new fuels’ as carbon takes centre stage
Green Seas’ audio edition visits the Seatrade Cruise Global conference, where emissions were a major topic. But while the cruise sector touts its efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and seeks access to new fuels, questions remain over its use of LNG as an alternative fuel.
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29 March 2023
‘Much remains up in the air’ as IMO hurtles toward carbon crunch session
Our weekly newsletter explores how the latest deliberations at the UN shipping regulator tee up a complex debate in July.
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17 March 2023
Podcast: Should shipping even consider the nuclear option to slash carbon?
At our Green Seas Fuels Forum, an audience question about nuclear power sparks a debate over whether it is a safe and effective solution to greenhouse gas emissions.
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15 March 2023
Are small vessels a missed opportunity for slashing carbon?
The newsletter explores the way that international decarbonisation regulations leave out the ships that may be in the best position to adopt zero-emission tech.
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12 March 2023
Podcast: Shipping’s methanol first movers strive for a greener shade of the fuel
At the Green Seas Fuels Forum, executives from Cargill, Waterfront Shipping and Vale discuss one of the fastest growing alternative fuels in maritime: methanol.
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8 March 2023
No commitment? Spotlight on Retail giants Walmart and Home Depot for their shipping emissions
The newsletter digs into a report by green groups Pacific Environment and Stand.earth that names the biggest US retailers in terms of shipping emissions.
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3 March 2023
Special report: Putting the spotlight on shipping companies at the forefront of sustainable tech
The Green Seas First Movers Business Focus profiles some of the shipowners, operators and charterers that are early adopters of the fuels and technologies that aim to clean up shipping.
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3 March 2023
Podcast: Why shipping’s leading industry group wants a price on carbon ‘as soon as possible’
Audio edition talks to the International Chamber of Shipping about its proposal to adopt a fund-and-reward system, including a carbon levy, by 2024.
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1 March 2023
Wet and dry, fast and slow: A look at how freight markets moved emissions in bulkers and tankers
The newsletter talks to The Signal Group’s market analyst about how the spot markets moved carbon intensity for dry and wet bulk.
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24 February 2023
Podcast: As the Northern Lights shine, future of shipping carbon draws nearer
Industries are increasingly looking to capture their carbon, but how will it move to storage sites around the world. Enter CO2 shipping. Our audio edition talks to two companies working to get into the business of transporting carbon by sea.
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22 February 2023
What can shipping do about its plastics pollution problem?
After recent incidents of plastic pellets washing ashore in France and Dubai, the newsletter explores efforts to tackle ’nurdles’.
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15 February 2023
Nations call for IMO to adopt 37% emissions cut for shipping by end of the decade
The newsletter reports on proposals by US, Canada, UK and island countries to lay out mile-marker targets, including slashing greenhouse gas by 96% in 2040.
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10 February 2023
E-fuels: The long and winding road to shipping’s green fuels revolution
If made with renewable electricity, e-fuels offer the prospect of zero-carbon shipping fuels, including green hydrogen, ammonia and methanol. But right now, they are in short supply and very expensive. The podcast talks to Dorothe Gortz of HPC Hamburg Port Consulting, Andreas Kopf and Matteo Craglia of the International Transport Forum, and David Dupont-Mouritzen of HOST PtX Esbjerg.
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8 February 2023
Will e-fuels clean up shipping’s act? ‘Only with targeted government support’
The newsletter explores an OECD report urging state action to make fuels produced by renewable electricity more cost competitive for shipping
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3 February 2023
Podcast: Stars align for ammonia fuelling by 2026, but that’s just the beginning
Ammonia is a compelling option as a fuel to tackle shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to ensure it works for shipping and that carbon-free volumes can be secured will continue after the first vessels hit the water.
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1 February 2023
Commodities giant’s shipping arm sees biofuels as key pillar of decarbonisation
As Cargill Ocean Transportation wades into wind propulsion and methanol, the shipping giant is working to expand its biofuels use and third-party sales as a way to tackle greenhouse gas today.
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20 January 2023
Podcast: Biofuels prove an easy but expensive carbon-cutting solution for shipping
Cargill looks to scale to tackle economics in biofuels as it considers the trialling phase over
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18 January 2023
EU-funded research finds scrubber discharge harm at the tiniest of concentrations
We hear from a scientist about EMERGE project findings that will inform discussions over the impact of scrubbers on the sea.
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13 January 2023
Will carbon capture on ships be a game changer?
As shipping grapples with its greenhouse gas footprint, the podcast talks to experts about the role that carbon capture could play in greening the fleet while cleaner fuels remain on the horizon.
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11 January 2023
Bonus question: The regulatory wish list for sustainable shipping
What regulation would you impose on shipping to make it more sustainable while still profitable. The newsletter explores industry stakeholders’ answers to this question.
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30 December 2022
Did the IMO 2020 sulphur cap make shipping’s carbon footprint worse?
The Green Seas podcast talks to International Council on Clean Transportation researcher Bryan Comer about why he says the advent of very-low sulphur fuel didn’t hike shipping’s carbon emissions.
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28 December 2022
How Vale’s methanol-fuelled bulker giants could slash emissions by 90%
The newsletter explores the carbon cuts that are possible by combining a fast-growing alternative fuel with wind propulsion and energy efficiency technology.
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23 December 2022
Podcast: Do scrubbers conflict with the Law of the Sea?
Our weekly audio edition digs into an effort by environmental groups to convince the IMO that exhaust gas scrubbers should be banned, as an industry leader calls the claim ‘ill thought out and counterproductive’.
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21 December 2022
Explainer: Tracking the moving parts in the IMO carbon jigsaw
After two weeks of meetings at the International Maritime Organization, we pick apart the many strands of the deliberations on global greenhouse gas emissions for shipping.
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16 December 2022
Why some nations oppose more ambitious carbon targets for shipping
Our weekly podcast hears from the countries that think it’s too soon to amp up the IMO’s greenhouse gas goals, despite the growing chorus to aim for zero.
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14 December 2022
Scrubbers face questions as sulphur cap approaches three-year mark
The Dutch delegation to the IMO has raised concerns over crew familiarity with devices that allow shipping companies to use heavy fuel oil after the 2020 cap on sulphur emissions, while environmental groups have asked for a total ban. The weekly newsletter explores.
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12 December 2022
Podcast: After stops in Egypt and Brussels, shipping’s carbon debate turns to London
The Green Seas weekly audio edition follows the path of a busy few weeks in the deliberation over how to tackle maritime greenhouse gas emissions.
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7 December 2022
The EU has put a price on shipping’s carbon. What will the IMO do?
Our newsletter explores whether the UN’s shipping regulator will follow the lead after Brussels’ approval of shipping’s inclusion in the Emissions Trading System.
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30 November 2022
What will EU methane emissions trading mean for LNG-fuelled ships?
The Green Seas newsletter explores the potential impacts of adding shipping’s methane pollution to EU emissions trading. And the weekly podcasts takes an in-depth look at how offshore vessel owner Harvey Gulf International Marine tried a variety of ways to cut its greenhouse gas footprint, with bio LNG made by pig manure taking it the final ingredient to net-zero emissions.
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23 November 2022
Shipping highlights as COP27 closes in Egypt
We review TradeWinds’ coverage of the global climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, where a lacklustre results from world leaders turned shipping’s attention to the International Maritime Organization’s upcoming discussions to hike its carbon ambition.
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16 November 2022
At COP27, a bid to lift shipping’s black carbon emissions higher on the climate agenda
We take a virtual trip to the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, where environmental groups are seeking to highlight how climate change is enticing more ships to the sensitive region, which is contributing to more climate change because of black carbon emissions.
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9 November 2022
This decarbonisation tech is bubbling up into the mainstream
We explore how the world’s largest cruise company has joined a growing list big-name shipowners that have adopted air lubrication, using a ‘magic carpet’ of microbubbles to tackle greenhouse gas emissions.
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2 November 2022
‘Huge opportunity’: California no longer just dreaming of offshore wind
The first podcast edition of Green Seas visits the Golden State, virtually at least, to find out whether the new gold rush can be found out at sea.
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26 October 2022
For shipping, Egypt climate conference ‘is the implementation COP’
Green Seas talks to Katharine Palmer, a key shipping figure at the United Nations’ upcoming annual climate conference.
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19 October 2022
Does nuclear hold the key for decarbonising shipping? Or should it be off the table?
We dig into the prospects for nuclear energy as a carbon-free fuel for shipping.
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12 October 2022
Are battles ahead for shipping when competition law and green drive collide?
A debate over liner operators’ exemption from antitrust law provides a window into the way regulators will have to weigh carbon claims and protections against anti-competitive practices.
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5 October 2022
Cargo owners aim to use their buying power for clean shipping fuels. Is it enough?
COZEV coalition and member IKEA as they aim for all zero-carbon fuels by 2040, and to the environmental campaigners who want more
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28 September 2022
‘We need to have IMO on board’ with carbon ambition, shipping leaders say
Green Seas visits the Global Maritime Forum’s annual summit, where eyes are on the months ahead at the global shipping regulator.
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21 September 2022
The case for LNG fuelling in a decarbonising world
We talk to LNG fuelling proponents who say critics overstate the harm and understate the potential
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14 September 2022
LNG fuelling in focus as green groups ask EU to turn up heat on methane emissions
We look at efforts to tighten EU rules on shipping’s leading alternative fuel.
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7 September 2022
Highlights of TradeWinds’ Green Ship Technology report
A Business Focus explains how carbon capture and alternative fuels are setting out their decarbonisation stalls, as maritime sector explores prospects and challenges for hydrogen, ammonia, wind, batteries and more.
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31 August 2022
Will ferries decarbonise by taking flight?
We explore the potential that seagliders have for tackling the greenhouse gas footprint of ferries.
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24 August 2022
Cruise sector turns to fuel cells to tackle emissions of its floating hotels
Some turn to hydrogen for zero-carbon in-port operations, while others find more widely available fuels can cut carbon.
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17 August 2022
A beach denied as Colombia’s biggest port and tourist city grapples with rising seas
Green Seas returns from holiday with questions about how Cartagena is tackling climate change resilience and why there may be more sea-level trouble ahead.
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3 August 2022
How much green fuel it would take to bring US shipping to zero carbon?
We explore how high the US flag fleet will have to climb to overcome its 45m tonne-per-year mountain of carbon.
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27 July 2022
As talk of cutting carbon at sea increases, so do emissions
We look at the rising greenhouse gas footprint documented in shipping company sustainability reports.
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13 July 2022
How one shipping company got to grips with a carbon footprint ‘across all scopes’
We catch up with Crowley’s sustainability executive about reporting indirect emissions.
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6 July 2022
‘We can’t do this alone’: Kaptanoglu’s plea for help to go green
Bimco stalwart and Turkish shipping player talks about her industry, her companies and the challenges they face.
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29 June 2022
Ammonia could pose ‘intolerable’ safety risks without design changes, reports find
Further investigation into derisking the spilling of ammonia and other future fuels is highlighted by two studies released today.
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22 June 2022
Will Biden administration take the lead in its own green push?
We dig into the US president’s Green Shipping Challenge and renewable energy goals, and the need for concrete and pragmatic action from Washington.
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15 June 2022
Is a 2050 zero-carbon goal for shipping ambitious enough?
We explore calls for the IMO, the global shipping regulator, to set targets for 2030 and 2040.
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8 June 2022
How digital technology can cut shipping’s carbon today
Green Seas takes to the stage at Posidonia to explore the linkages between digitalisation and decarbonisation in shipping.
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1 June 2022
Here’s what to watch for as the IMO debates carbon next week
Away from Posidonia’s parties, forums and the three-on-three basketball tournament, the UN body’s environment committee is meeting to plan action on greenhouse gases.
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25 May 2022
Why shipowners are worried about looming carbon intensity scores
We dig into how identical ships can have very different carbon intensity scores under regulation coming next year. Should there be exceptions for what is traditionally outside of shipowners’ control?
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18 May 2022
European owners applaud parliamentary approval of shipping’s entry to EU ETS
MEPs expected to approve Fit for 55 package including ETS extension after vote in favour of stronger proposals from parliament’s environmental committee.
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11 May 2022
The tanker ESG dilemma plays out in Saverys’ Euronav election bid
We explore a fight over a proposal to push a tanker company toward green fuels and away from crude.
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5 May 2022
Amid peak for ballast water installations, Covid-19 and supply chain headaches persist
Shipowners urged not to wait too long as backlog for installing equipment to halt invasive species spread remains unresolved.
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27 April 2022
This charterer thinks it’s ‘logical’ for charterers to pay for carbon
We talk to Jan Dieleman, the Cargill shipping executive who has just become chairman of the non-profit at the forefront of the decarbonisation debate.
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20 April 2022
Scrutiny over cruise emissions should be an impetus for the industry to step up
The big three cruise owners are aiming for net zero but it is time to get rid of the ’net’.
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13 April 2022
How to spend it: Where the World Bank thinks trillions of dollars in IMO carbon revenue could go
In addition to tackling climate change, raising cash to decarbonise shipping could help lead to an equitable transitionIn addition to tackling climate change, raising cash to decarbonise shipping could help lead to an equitable transition.
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6 April 2022
Green hydrogen may be shipping’s fuel of the future even when it’s not
We explore the explosion of early-stage projects producing green hydrogen that could power ships.
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31 March 2022
Will the UK government shipping emissions office make an impact?
This week’s newsletter explores the potential impact of UK-SHORE, London’s new government office focused on decarbonising shipping.
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23 March 2022
The offsetting divide: a help or hindrance for shipping’s decarbonisation?
Some leading names in maritime believe offsetting will always have a place in shipping, while others say the concept will become obsolete
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16 March 2022
Microsoft climate fund backs tech aimed at tackling shipping’s emissions now
Nautilus Labs chief executive Matt Heider talks about having software giant’s green tech fund in its corner.
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9 March 2022
Three takeaways from our roundtable with shipowners on ESG
We explore the highlights of TradeWinds’ recent ESG-focused event.
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1 March 2022
New effort to protect orcas in Salish Sea gears up to find first movers
We talk to the head of the latest voluntary effort to protect cetaceans on North America’s west coast.
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22 February 2022
On sustainability journey, NYK Line aims to link ESG to executive pay
Japanese shipping giant is working to finalise fresh targets after setting up ESG committee led by its president.
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15 February 2022
A question of scope: Pressure on supply chain emissions provides catalyst to cut carbon
We explore how Scope 1 emissions for shipping are Scope 3 emissions for someone else — and that could be a recipe for going beyond regulations.
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8 February 2022
Ports in the ‘trans-apocalypse’: shoring up maritime infrastructure for climate change
We explore the steps that ports need to take to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
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1 February 2022
Despite decarbonisation pressure, king coal hasn’t lost its crown
We explore the future of the market for shipping coal after one major operator took the decision to shun the carbon-heavy commodity.
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25 January 2022
Battle lines drawn as emissions trading rules divide shipowners and charterers
We dig into a proposed change in the European Union’s plans to add shipping to its Emissions Trading System that is dividing shipowners and charterers.
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18 January 2022
What’s holding back hydrogen fuelling is not the technology
Development of the ferry Sea Change shows it’s possible, but lack of regulatory framework makes it hard to develop at scale.
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13 January 2022
How 2023’s carbon rules could be a ‘game changer’ for shipping contracts
Upcoming IMO and EU rules could reshape charter and commodities deals, and spark a new breed of disputes.
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4 January 2022
In 2022, the world can’t wait for the IMO to cut shipping’s greenhouse gas output
We explore the year ahead in shipping’s decarbonisation, and why the biggest changes may not come from the IMO.
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21 December 2021
Inside Maersk’s quest to procure green methanol for ‘carbon-neutral’ ships
We explore the hunt for fuel that will make it possible for AP Moller-Maersk to truly claim carbon neutrality on its methanol-fuelled containership order.
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14 December 2021
Shipping fails to bring its A-game to carbon disclosures
We focus on what shipping companies are doing — or primarily what they are not doing — to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.
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7 December 2021
Jumping on the wind turbine installer boom before the (potential) bust
We explore the orderbook for wind turbine installation vessels after Eneti’s latest $325m newbuilding contract.
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30 November 2021
Carbon ‘can kicking’ gave IMO bad rap but progress was made
We digest the week of decarbonisation deliberations at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee.
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23 November 2021
Saving cetaceans: Whale-safe ESG policies can protect endangered species from ships
We explore ways shipping companies can adopt ESG policies that protect whales from vessel collisions.
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16 November 2021
Five key COP26 agreements aiming to clean up shipping
We take a look a close look at the key shipping-focussed moments in the COP26 climate conference and what comes next.
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9 November 2021
30 GW by 2030: Biden target energises offshore wind drive, but challenges abound
We explore the opportunities and challenges ahead for the offshore wind sector emerging in the waters off the US.
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2 November 2021
Getting shipping to zero-carbon target will take these key steps well before 2050
Much has to be accomplished much sooner than 2050 to get shipping fully decarbonised by the middle of the century.
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27 October 2021
Beyond bunkers: charting shipping’s carbon path requires deeper look at more than fuel
We explore the technology and operational solutions that will be needed to chop industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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20 October 2021
Will COP26 climate talks translate into shipping action at the IMO?
The world will be focusing on the Glasgow summit, but the key test for shipping’s decarbonisation efforts could well come later in London
