, The Ocean Cleanup’s young Dutch founder Boyan Slat does not often venture out onto the open ocean and can’t fully see why his project is failing but, after 120 hours of deployment last month, his vessels burned tons of fuel to scoop up less than a single garbage truck’s standard haul.
Charting practical paths to comply with carbon reduction trajectories
DNV’s latest Maritime Forecast to 2050 charts practical ways for shipping to comply with current and possible future decarbonization trajectories. It aims to assist shipowners choosing designs now for tomorrow’s ships running on carbon-neutral fuels.
“The maritime industry will go through a period of rapid energy and technology transition that will have a more significant impact on costs,...
Prince Albert makes it a first…
Good Morning Monaco – Thursday, September 16, 2021
Prince Albert makes it a first for a head of state
HSH Prince Albert took to the skies above Monaco on Tuesday in a two-seat all-electric aircraft, the Pipistrel Velis.
Numbers in hospital continue to fall
Only seven patients are currently being treated for coronavirus at Princess Grace Hospital. Of the five residents, one is in intensive care.
France and Monaco collaborate on Ocean
The Oceanographic Institute and...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/16/prince-albert-makes-it-a-first/
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has gone on the record to publicly state for the first time its intention to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Speaking in a keynote address at the main conference held during London International Shipping Week, Søren Toft, MSC’s CEO, made the pledge,...
https://splash247.com/soren-toft-vows-msc-will-be-net-zero-by-2050/
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has developed a technology to store carbon dioxide (CO2) captured in ship engine emissions. DSME said it plans to commercialise the technology as soon as possible. Onboard CO2 storage developments are making plenty of headlines this year. Last week...
https://splash247.com/dsme-develops-onboard-co2-storage-tech/
Asset owners should be part of the net-zero finance revolution
Thursday 16 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.37.4
Commentary: Asset owners can be game changers in climate fight
By Pedro Guazo in New York
With over 40 institutional investors representing over $6.6tn of assets under management, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance demonstrates that major financial actors can align their investments with the 1.5°C target set out by the Paris agreement. Pedro Guazo, representative of the secretary-general for...
DSV wins Climate Strategy Award: “Frontrunner in the industry”
DSV is awarded this year’s Climate Strategy Award, which was personally handed over to Group CEO, Jens Bjørn Andersen, at a ceremony in Copenhagen Wednesday. The award is given to a Danish company that acts strategically and ambitiously and distinguishes itself when actively working with climate change.
Wednesday afternoon, at a ceremony in Copenhagen hosted by EY in Denmark and the Danish Chamber of Commerce, DSV...
By Nick Savvides at London International Shipping Week (The Loadstar) – MSC has embraced market-based measures (MBMs) to help the industry meet its climate change targets, CEO Soren Toft said today. Speaking…
Maritime sector’s commitment to act on climate change highlighted in new video
| Making Waves: The Future of Shipping, a news-style video launched at IMO Headquarters (13 September) as part of London International Shipping Week. |
| “The IMO community is highly committed to tackling climate change,” IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim says, in an interview for Making Waves: The Future of Shipping, a news-style video launched at IMO Headquarters (13 September) as part of London International... |
by Yuka Obayashi (Reuters) Japan’s biggest hydrogen supplier Iwatani Corp and five other firms said on Wednesday they will study the feasibility of building a green liquefied hydrogen supply chain…