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The latest environmental news affecting Sea Travel and the Shipping industry, from boat and tanker emissions to green technologies and fuel regulations.
Shipping industry needs to be greener to address financial “gaping hole”
The financial crisis and the retreat of the banks means the shipping industry must look to a new set of investors that are demanding greater transparency and environmental performance before they will invest, according to the global head of transport at Dutch bank ABN-Amro.Shipping: can new approaches lighten the carbon load?
The world shoulders a heavy burden when it comes to shifting our stuff. Can new approaches lighten the load? Michael Ashcroft weighs up the potential.Environmental regulations threatens jobs and ferry businesses, warns shipping industry
The price of a sea crossing will soar, threatening jobs and businesses, unless ferry operators are exempted from imminent environmental regulation, shipowners have warned.UK delays aviation and shipping emissions decision until 2016
Ed Davey, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has postponed a decision on whether to include greenhouse gases from shipping and aeroplanes in the UK’s carbon targets.Transport providers: improve energy efficiency to enhance profits
Duncan Matheson, transport expert at PA Consulting Group, discusses the many ways transport providers can reduce their carbon emissions and costs, while at the same time enhancing their reputation.£113m go-ahead for nationwide green travel schemes
The Government has given the go ahead to 30 carbon cutting local transport schemes, it was announced today.Government urged to include aviation and shipping in UK carbon targets
The Government’s green credentials will be put to a “key test” on Thursday, as ministers will be urged by their advisers to include greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and shipping in the UK’s carbon targets.UK’s first hydrogen-powered ferry to take to the water
The UK’s first hydrogen-powered ferry is to take to the waters after an official naming ceremony.First battery-powered ferries to be built at Clyde shipyard
The world’s first low-carbon, battery-powered passenger ferries are being built on the banks of the Clyde.Shipping should be included in UK emissions target, watchdog says
The UK climate change watchdog has called for shipping to be included in Britain’s 2050 emissions reduction target.Shipping to adopt first mandatory emissions reduction measures
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.Shipping coalition vows to transform industry with environmental ‘Case for Action’
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.Zero emissions fuel that uses nanotechnology scoops Shell Springboard Award
A fuel that uses nanotechnology to safely store hydrogen in tiny microbeads has been crowned national winner of the Shell Springboard Awards.Maersk orders largest and most efficient container vessels
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.Sea change: cutting shipping’s carbon emissions
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.
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