The alarming report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this month made it crystal clear that every country, business and person in the world will need to step...

Last month’s landmark UN science report underlines why vulnerable countries must demand funding to cover their climate-induced losses Read more

The world's oceans have been soaking up far more excess heat in recent decades than scientists realised, suggesting that Earth could be set to warm even faster than predicted in...

SCHOTTEL has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to equip the first fully-electric vessels to operate in Canada. Read more

When a 2017 report from the Dutch National Environment Agency proposed that EU climate change policy was ineffective, the reaction was for the bulk of the country's politicians to back...

A New Zealand ocean voyaging group is relieved to have its canoe - or waka hourua - back home, after an extended sail on the high seas due to bad...

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is to launch a wide-ranging study on how it can help reduce levels of plastic litter from ships. Read more

Adventure travel brand Hurtigruten has signed an MoU with Norway’s Kleven Verft for the construction of a 530-guest hybrid-electric vessel – due to be delivered in Q2 of 2021.  Read...

The Stena Jutlandica passenger-vehicle ferry has completed its first month of operation as a hybrid-electric vessel, with the operator reporting that the first weeks of service between Gothenburg, Sweden, and...

Thousands of ships are set to install “emissions cheat” systems that pump pollutants into the ocean to beat new international rules banning dirty fuel. Read more

This is how the Italian city of Bologna is getting people to leave their cars behind.  read more

Noise from ships and boats are causing dolphins to make their calls less complex, according to a new study. Read more