Shinsei Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing, and MUFG Bank – all from Japan – have announced that they have signed up to the Poseidon Principles....
The Monmouth University Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) and Urban Coast Institute (UCI) hosted Global Perspectives on Adapting Marine Shipping Governance and Maritime Sovereignty to Respond to Climate...
The recently submitted proposal to IMO from RMI and Solomon Islands for a GHG levy starting at US$100/tonne has now made the submission by a coalition of shipping industry groups to...
RMI Ambassador to Fiji, Hon. Albon Ishoda, recently sat down with the Australian Broadcasting Corp. to discuss the recent joint IMO submission by RMI and the Solomon Islands proposing a...
In pursuit of becoming the world's first paperless society, the Government of Tuvalu is interested in using blockchain technology to create a national digital ledger, which would place all of...
While hydrogen can be used only onboard very low powered / short-ranged vessels due to storage and handling issues, ammonia and methanol derived from hydrogen could see widespread use. Both...
AP Moller Maersk, Fleet Management, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Sumitomo Corporation, and Yara International have entered into a memorandum of understanding to...
The Kiribati island of Banaba, 6km2 in area, 285 kilometres from Nauru, is struggling with acute need of water, sanitation and hygiene assistance. The island's two desalination plants are out...
Peder Osterkamp, shipping lead at COP26 Climate Champions, Dr Tristan Smith, reader in energy and shipping, University College London, and Kasper Søgaard, head of research at the Global Maritime Forum,...
Stena Bulk unveiled its InfinityMAX design, intended to carry both dry and wet cargoes in modular compartments, which it claims could be as transformative as containerisation in the 1950s. The potential...
The new national Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in China is focused on the thermal power sector, which accounts for half the nation’s carbon discharge and 14% of the world’s total, as per International...
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) announced a carbon neutral promotion group to explore potential net zero emissions business. Last year it joined Toyota, Toshiba, and other companies in signing up...
