Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Silvia Amaro, CNBC Shipping & Ports
A new green methanol designed vessel will emit 100 tons of carbon dioxide less per day compared to diesel-based ships.
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Jonathan Saul, Reuters Shipping & Ports
A new report highlights that without more climate action some global ports may be unusable by 2050.
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Gabi Thesing, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Amsterdam is the latest tourist destination to consider banning cruise ships in a fight against overtourism and pollution.
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Mathew Elenjickal, Forbes Shipping & Ports
Players across the shipping industry recognize that it’s time to turn the ocean green.
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Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Reuters Shipping & Ports
Fashion brands are a key driver of demand for green shipping fuels, according to shipping group Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), as the sector faces pressure from consumers and regulators to reduce their climate footprint.
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Vartan Badalian, GreenBiz Shipping & Ports
The International Maritime Organization aims to adopt a revised greenhouse gas emission strategy for the shipping sector.
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United Nations Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports Tourism
The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, but climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the livelihoods of some three billion people who rely on it for food and income.
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C40 Cities Shipping & Ports
As leading global hub ports, Singapore, Los Angeles, and Long Beach are vital nodes on the trans-Pacific shipping lane and key stakeholders in the maritime sector’s green transition.
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Doug Helton, Office of Response and Restoration at NOAA Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
The vast majority of ships use petroleum oil, although there is an increasing use of alternative fuels.
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Institute for Sustainable Investing, Morgan Stanley Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports Tourism
Tackling climate change, protecting biodiversity and fostering inclusive economic growth will require more than $3 trillion of investments in the world’s oceans in the coming decades.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Speakers at the 10th annual World Ocean Summit said the industry wants to decarbonise, but a lack of regulatory and market drivers is getting in the way.
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American Journal of Transportation Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Washington Maritime Blue announced its fourth cohort, affectionately called the Fourth Wave, of the Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator.
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Tim De Chant, TechCrunch Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
For an ecosystem that covers a majority of the planet, the oceans have basically been ignored by startups and investors alike.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Impact Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
A recent session at Economist Impact’s World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific, sponsored by Ocean Network Express (ONE), examined the progress and future plans of the shipping industry, as well as barriers to action.
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Economic Impact Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Economist Impact’s Martin Koehring highlights why stronger collaboration will be required to accelerate progress in 2023.
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Observer Research Foundation Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Eighty per cent of world trade happens using the seas, 40 per cent of the world’s population live near coastal areas, and more than three billion people access the oceans for their livelihood.
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Michael van Niekerk, Investment Magazine Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The ocean or the global “blue economy” contributes US$2.5 trillion ($3.8 trillion) a year in economic output – equivalent to world’s seventh-largest economy by GDP – and is expected to expand at twice the rate of the mainstream economy, reaching US$3 trillion a year by 2030.
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Anis Uzzaman, Forbes Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
As the world deals with climate change and rising energy prices, green technology is more important than ever. Entrepreneurs stand to benefit by coming up with green technology business ideas to serve a growing market need.
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Bob Woods, CNBC Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Climate change could bring back wind as the future power source for ocean cargo ships.
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Soumyajit Kar, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Government representatives are currently meeting in Uruguay to kickstart the first Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC) on reaching an internationally binding treaty to end plastic pollution that the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) promised to deliver by 2024, otherwise known as the UNEA 5.2 resolution.
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