Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
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)
