Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Climate & Capital Media Team Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
A blend of ancient and cutting-edge, TransOceanic Wind Transport uses wind-powered vessels to meet modern shipping needs.
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Climate & Capital Media Team Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
ECOsubsea cleans the "bio-fouling," i.e. accumulated sea slime on hulls, that makes ships less efficient and threatens ocean ecosystems.
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Ari Shapiro, NPR Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Its cargo is the concern: The ship was carrying dangerous chemicals, including 25 tons of nitric acid and 350 tons of fuel oil.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Shipping & Ports
The World Ocean Summit explored the roadblocks and opportunities—from innovation and technology to financing and collaboration.
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Alasdair Pal, Reuters Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
A cargo ship carrying tonnes of chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s west coast, its navy said on Wednesday, and tonnes of plastic pellets have fouled the country’s rich fishing waters in one of its worst-ever marine disasters.
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Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, et al., World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
The shipping industry must reach zero emissions by 2050, and to get there zero-emission ships must become the dominant and competitive choice by 2030.
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Jack Marley, The Conversation Shipping & Ports
When birdsong was filling the muted days of the first lockdown, marine scientists were noticing something similar in the world’s oceans.
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Bill Prindle, The Hill Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
On Earth Day, President Biden pledged to cut 50 to 52 percent of U.S. carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030. A prerequisite for rejoining the Paris Agreement, this commitment reflects scientific assessments of the reductions needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
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Writing Staff, Modern Diplomacy Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
The World Bank today published new research on decarbonizing the maritime transport sector with findings that indicate significant business and development opportunities for countries, including for developing and emerging economies.
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The World Bank Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
A new series of reports by the World Bank identifies “green fuels” - ammonia and hydrogen - as the most promising zero-carbon bunker fuels within the shipping industry at present.
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Yuka Obayashi, Maritime Logistics Professional Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Japan’s port of Tokyo will waive an entry fee from next month for ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen, as well as LNG bunkering ships, in a bid to promote the use of cleaner marine fuels, authorities said on Friday.
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Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Companies are trying to prove that conservation, sustainable fishing and carbon sequestration are profitable.
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The Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
German energy company Uniper announced that it is launching a program designed to scale up green methanol positioning it as a sustainable and carbon-neutral marine fuel.
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Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Shipping & Ports
Shipping industry representatives, backed by several countries, have submitted a proposal to the UN to charge a climate-related levy on fossil fuels used by international shipping for the first time.
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University of Portsmouth, Phys Org Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Ships are the polluting 'elephants in the room' nobody is talking about despite a global drive to make oceans cleaner, according to new research.
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Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Shipping & Ports
Maersk says it will launch the world's first carbon neutral cargo ship in 2023, as efforts to clean up one of the planet's worst polluting industries gain momentum.
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Institute of Food Technologies Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Today, five of the most influential industry and multi-stakeholder platforms in the seafood sector have released a joint statement calling for action to combat the scourge of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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ECO Magazine Shipping & Ports
Lucion Services, an international leader in environmental risk management services including hazardous material risk management for vessels, offshore platforms and ship recycling facilities through Lucion Marine, has announced the roll-out of fleet technology that will prevent nearly a thousand tonnes of CO2 from entering the earth’s atmosphere over the next five years.
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James Bray, World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
Shipping accounts for 2-3% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, which puts it about on the same level as an entire country, such as Germany or Japan, as an emitter. The industry’s emissions are projected to rise by up to 250% in the next 30 years if no action is taken.
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The Maritime Executive Shipping & Ports
France’s Michelin Group joined a growing number of global brands committing to use a sail-powered carbon-free shipping alternative for its products.
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