shipping industry

Norwegian and Finnish Companies to Run Vessel on Ammonia by 2026

Norwegian and Finnish Companies to Run Vessel on Ammonia by 2026

Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik and Wärtsilä, a Finland-based engine manufacturer, have signed a contract to make a platform supply vessel (PSV) that can run on ammonia fuel. Wärtsilä — the company supplying the equipment to convert the ship — said the Viking Energy vessel will be the first in the world to run on ammonia. “Together […]

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    $5 Billion Plan Could Create Zero Carbon Shipping Industry

    $5 Billion Plan Could Create Zero Carbon Shipping Industry

    A major conglomerate in the global shipping industry wants to start a fuel tax to raise money for zero-carbon ships within a decade, as the AP reported. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80 percent of the global shipping industry, is proposing to create an NGO called the International Maritime Research and Development […]

    Thousands of Ships Use ‘Cheat Devices’ to Dump Toxic Wastewater Into Sea and Bypass Emissions Standards

    Thousands of Ships Use ‘Cheat Devices’ to Dump Toxic Wastewater Into Sea and Bypass Emissions Standards

    You might have known that cruise ships are some of the world’s worst polluters. Now, there is more disturbing news from the shipping industry thanks to a bombshell investigation that found that global shipping companies have spent billions to equip their ships with “cheat devices” that get around new emissions standards by dumping pollution into […]

    Cool Ideas to Clean Up Pollution From Cars, Trucks, Ships and Planes

    Cool Ideas to Clean Up Pollution From Cars, Trucks, Ships and Planes

    By Marlene Cimons Nearly a century ago, German engineer Anton Flettner launched a ship into the ocean. “Without sails or steam, like a ghost ship, it moved mysteriously through the water with no apparent means of propulsion,” according to a 1925 article that appeared in Popular Science Monthly. The ship cruised in silence, without spewing […]

    Arctic Indigenous Voices Making a Difference on Polar Shipping

    Arctic Indigenous Voices Making a Difference on Polar Shipping

    By Verner Wilson II 2018 was a breakthrough year for Arctic conservation work at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). I wrote partly about it in my previous blog. Aside from obtaining internationally recognized routing measures and shipping areas to be avoided (ATBA) in the Bering Sea, IMO also moved forward with regulations to ban the […]