Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Margi Van Gogh & Angie Farrag-Thibault, World Economic Forum Shipping & Ports
By greening their supply chains, freight buyers could boost decarbonization efforts in the global freight transportation sector.
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Gabriel Leigh, Bloomberg Green Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Hop on a ferry in Norway and it’s increasingly likely that the rumble of a diesel engine will have been replaced by the quiet hum of an electric motor.
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Shravan Bhat & James Mitchell, RMI Shipping & Ports
Staff at RMI’s Center for Climate-Aligned Finance (the Center) analyzed how financial institutions are helping shape the shipping sector’s decarbonization journey through the Poseidon Principles.
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Daniel Gleeson, International Mining Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Anglo American says it has successfully trialled the use of sustainable biofuel to power a chartered capesize ship during a voyage from Singapore to South Africa.
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Biofuels International Shipping & Ports
DHL Global Forwarding has introduced another Sustainable Marine Fuel (SMF) service for ocean freight as part of its sustainability strategy.
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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 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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Peter Horn & Katherine Hanly, The Pew Charitable Trusts Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
Funding and related assistance programme could help developing nations improve fisheries sustainability.
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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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Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The majority of the world is working together to reverse the massive plastic pollution problem. But, the world's leading producer of plastic waste, the U.S., isn't on board and isn't following the rules.
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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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