Sea
The latest environmental news affecting
Sea Travel and the Shipping industry, from
boat and tanker emissions to
green technologies and fuel regulations.
The world's first low-carbon, battery-powered passenger ferries are being built on the banks of the Clyde.
The UK climate change watchdog has called for shipping to be included in Britain’s 2050 emissions reduction target.
An agreement reached late last week means the global shipping industry will for thefirst time adopt legally binding regulations to tackle its growing carbon footprint, through an energy efficiency ratings system.
A coalition of leading shipping companies released an environmental 'Case for Action’, yesterday, in hopes of guiding the rest of the industry towards increasingly eco-friendly practices over the next 30 years.
A fuel that uses nanotechnology to safely store hydrogen in tiny microbeads has been crowned national winner of the Shell Springboard Awards.
In a deal valued at more than £1.5 billion, Danish shipping company Maersk Line has ordered 10 of the world’s most energy efficient container vessels.
Shipping has long be one of the world’s 'invisible industries’ – but its carbon emissions are now bringing it under the glare of critical scrutiny. Huw Spanner asks whether this vast industry can start to steam towards a cleaner future.
The Coalition Government is failing to deliver on its green ambitions, threatening to derail the UK low carbon economy, latest CBI research shows.
A free internet database set up by Richard Branson will list the energy efficiency of almost every ocean-going vessel, in a scheme designed to reduce shipping emissions by nearly 25 per cent.
Emissions produced by UK shipping could be up to six times higher than currently calculated – and more than those released by UK aviation – according to a new report.
Cheaper, local ingredients make bioethanol more profitable, and sustainable, than far more widely produced biodiesel in Europe, even though it adds to a surplus of conventional gasoline while diesel remains more in demand.
A UN group looking at ways to raise finance to help poor nations combat climate is looking at many ways to raise cash, including raising money on the back of emissions from aviation and shipping, it has been reported.
Current estimates indicate that shipping’s share of global CO2 emissions could increase to 20-30 per cent by 2050. With 90 per cent of global trade carried by sea, this is an issue that cannot be sidestepped.
As an ocean racer, monitoring boat speed and being sensitive to its variation is in my DNA, so naturally when I recently read that 'it’ had dropped from over 20 knots to around 14 in just a few years, I had to dig deeper and find out what was happening.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has confirmed in the Budget today that the Government is to set up a £2 billion Green Investment Bank as well as provide £60 million to UK ports to host offshore wind manufacturers.