Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has provided Splash readers with a glimpse of the enormous hard sail it is about to install on one of its bulk carriers under construction at Oshima Shipbuilding. The huge sail, 54 m high, has been under development for the past 13 years and is known as the Wind Challenger...
https://splash247.com/mol-readies-for-installation-of-its-first-hard-sail/
The Peruvian government now believes that an oil spill off its coast on January 15 released up to 12,000 barrels into the ocean, up from the original estimate of about 6,000 barrels. Repsol, the Spanish company that owns the La Pampilla refinery where the accident occurred, claims a lower-volume...
The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Shanghai have announced a partnership to create a “first-of-its-kind” green shipping corridor in a bid to reduce emissions from one of the…
https://gcaptain.com/los-angeles-and-shanghai-launch-green-shipping-corridor/
IMO grants IWSA Consultative Status
International Maritime Organisation Grants the International Windship Association Consultative Status
London, 01 February 2022
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has formally confirmed that the International Windship Association (IWSA) has been granted full consultative status at the regulatory body. This will help bring wind-assist and primary wind propulsion issues to the fore as the wind technology segment continues to grow...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/31/imo-grants-iwsa-consultative-status/
Hopeful future for endangered whales thanks to funding boost
An important marine monitoring programme will help piece together vital information on a number of critically endangered marine species, including the North Atlantic right whale.
Thanks to new funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (US), and the Marine Biological...
By William Mathis (Bloomberg) U.K. wind farms produced a record amount of energy on Saturday, helping to ease the country’s dependence on expensive fossil fuels in the short-term. Wind generation…
The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Shanghai have committed to create a first-of-its-kind green shipping corridor on one of the world’s busiest container shipping routes. With C40 Cities – a network of mayors of nearly 100 cities around the world collaborating to deliver action needed to...
Joint NGO letter to Secretary John Kerry reflects shared ambition to end IUU fishing
London. UK. / Washington, DC. USA. Twenty-five global NGOs, including Human Rights at Sea, have united to affirm their stance against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in an official letter to Secretary John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.
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European Parliament’s Report on the revision of the EU ETS: Greek shipowners welcome the recognition of the commercial operators’ structural role in shipping and for the industry’s decarbonisation and the need for a sector – dedicated Fund.
The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) welcomes the report of the European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur, MEP Peter Liese, on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in the framework of the “Fit for 55” legislative package. The submitted report...
Central banks and data disclosures can play bigger role in net zero transition
Friday 28 January 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.4.5
Commentary: Robust data disclosures key for net zero agenda
By Taylor Pearce in London
Improving climate-related data disclosures for both public and private market actors is a foundational element of the net zero agenda. The increasingly urgent climate crisis will require further co-operation between market actors, governments, regulators and central banks. Though they may not be...