Utility Kansai Electric Power, energy firm Iwatani, shipbuilder Namura Shipbuilding, the state-owned Development Bank of Japan and the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology are partnering on a feasibility study to...
Lloyd’s Register is partnering with rotor sail producer Anemoi Marine Technologies and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) to develop a series of energy efficient vessel designs equipped with rotor...
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a report urging the IMO to phase out all scrubbers - previously a hotly contested opinion prior to the implementation of sulfur content...
A snapshot of ships both trading today and under construction which do not use bunker fuel has been provided by Clarkson Research Services, showing alternative fuels are now in use...
Up to US$40m in economic loss and damage has been estimated by the Solomon Islands government from the Solomon Trader’s incident running aground in February 2019. The wreck occurred in Kangava Bay off...
The sinking of the MV Rosali offshore of Ambae, Vanuatu serves as another example of the need for improved safety measures aboard vessels in the Pacific. Fortunately, none of the...
Both protestors and representatives from Pacific Island Countries have been vocally demanding international representatives reject the watered down emissions reduction proposal being put forward by the IMO A symbolic fire-burning Viking funerary ceremony outside the IMO’s Headquarters...
As the IMO MEPC meetings take place this week, the U.S. holds one of 10 powerful ‘Category A’ seats on the IMO’s Executive Council The incoming Biden/Harris administration's climate...
In a clear example of the need for strengthened, low emission/cost inter-island shipping, the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (FCCC) has announced consumers in the Northern Division are being deprived of...
Odfjell, a Norwegian ship owner, has pledged to reduce its carbon intensity by 50% by 2030 (compared to 2008 levels) and to fully decarbonize by 2050, which both exceed current IMO target. Odfjell,...
Co-chaired by the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and the Fijian Government, the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP) held its first virtual Ministerial Meeting past Thursday. The Partnership is...
Siglar Carbon, previously known as Freixchange, has claimed it has developed a Carbon Monitoring & Reporting digital platform to cut spot tanker emissions by 50% through measuring, reporting, and estimating international shipping emissions. For...
