Flettner rotors are vertical cylinders which spin and develop lift due to the Magnus effect as the wind blows across them. Flettner rotors must be mechanically driven to develop lift...
Strong trends have become evident throughout 2019; these set the tone for maritime in 2020. They include sustainability, future fuels, digital solutions, and geopolitical tension. NO serious economist thinks he...
The UN shipping body’s failure to agree on immediate climate measures means the incoming European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, must make good of her promise to include the...
The technology of our global shipping industry must rise to meet the trends towards increasing trade which have continued over the past four decades. In the following feature from Grist,...
The French government has ended its emergency response regime to the 2017 grounding of a new container ship in New Caledonia's waters. The 184-metre Kea Trader had run at full...
Brazil’s Petrobras is on course to become the world’s largest oil producer among publicly listed companies by 2030, based on Rystad Energy’s latest data and forecasts. After a tough few...
IMO’s intercessional working group met again last week to look through proposals on how to mandate existing ships to cut CO2 emissions. As usual the lobby groups disagree on progress....
By Javier Blas and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) –Royal Dutch Shell Plc has made $1 billion from trading fuel oil this year, making it one of the standout winners from rules...
The International Maritime Organization appears to be backing away from pressure to introduce ship speed limits as part of its strategy to decarbonize the shipping industry. Instead, it has opted...
The IMO has decided on a goal-setting approach by member states to decarbonise shipping, rather than progress the proposals put forward by some members for a mandatory speed reduction on vessels. The strategy, decided...
The Pacific's first cyclone early warning system will go live in Fiji this week. The early warning system was developed to give island nations more notice of the likely impact...
Solomon Islands' incoming representative to the United Nations will take to New York many of the causes he fought for when he headed the Parties to the Nauru Agreement. Transform...
