Hoist the Mainsail! Shipowners Use Wind Again to Cut Emissions
Hoist the mainsail -- a thing that looks like a giant vertical pipe -- and switch on your battery the...
BLUE TECHNOLOGY AND THE SHIP OF THE FUTURE
Blue Technology designed the Liberty to maximize wind harvest, minimize frictional resistance from the air and sea, and eliminate the use...
Four drown in Solomons after boat sinks
Four people are dead in Solomon Islands after a boat they were travelling on sank in rough seas. Provincial Police Commander...
CMA CGM hopes new mega-boxship bow design will be on the nose for economy
A steel cutting ceremony took place in China last week on the hulls of the first two ships of CMA...
Can the world’s ports and terminals take the strain as container throughput rises?
Neil Davidson, Drewry’s senior analyst for ports and terminals, told The Loadstar: “The rising regional utilisation levels will put more pressure...
Reporting on the State of the Climate in 2017
A new State of the Climate report confirmed that 2017 was one of the three warmest years in records dating to the...
Hall, Dale; Nikita Pavlenko, and Nic Lutsey 2018 Beyond road vehicles: Survey of zero-emission technology options across the transport sector
Electrification continues to make strides in the passenger vehicle market, representing more than 1% of global sales and up to...
Pacific voice aims to drive global climate consensus
New Zealand's Minister for Climate Change says a united Pacific voice is coming together to drive global concensus on a...
Ocean Acidity Could Reach Fourteen-Million-Year High
The world’s oceans are likely to become more acidic than at any time in the past 14 million years, according...
Beyond G7, Canada’s Opportunity to Lead the Global Greening of Freight
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2018 G7 Summit in Canada ended with the United States refusing to sign the G7 communique...
ISO specification is another step forward for Methanol as marine fuel
The Methanol Institute has welcomed the decision of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to invite the International Organization for Standardization...
Liberia the fastest growing flag in shipping and offshore
Liberia is the fastest growing major open registry in 2018 in both the shipping and offshore sectors, according to leading...