Environment News
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Increasing Melting of West Antarctic Ice Shelves May Now Be Unavoidable
The rate at which the warming Southern Ocean melts the West Antarctic ice sheet will speed up rapidly over the course of this century,
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St. Johns Ship Building joins Green Marine
Palatka, Fla.-based St. Johns Ship Building is the newest participant in Green Marine—a voluntary environmental certification program for North America’s maritime industry. “At St. Johns Ship Building, the current and future well-being of our employees and their families is a priority which is a big reason why we are so…
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The Disputed Chagos Islands Have an Illegal Fishing Problem
Despite an ongoing dispute with Mauritius over the ownership of the Chagos Islands, the British government is still the de facto administrator of the Indian Ocean archipelago for now, and it has a serious illegal-fishing problem to deal with. The remote Chagos archipelago is known best for the UK-administered, U.S.-operated…
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MOL’s Smallest Ship Collects Marine Debris off Bali
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, best known for its fleets of dry bulkers and car carriers, has launched possibly its smallest and most unique vessel. The vessel is designed to collect debris from the waters and is part of the company’s environmental efforts. Named Arika, MOL conducted a demonstration of its marine debris…
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ICS tries again on “Fund and Reward” GHG reduction proposal
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, has submitted a revised proposal to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that reaffirms the industry’s commitment to meet 2050 net zero carbon goals and sets out the full details of how this can be achieved…
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Hapag-Lloyd box ship bunkers with used cooking oil based biofuel
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has successfully completed its first refueling of a Hapag-Lloyd container vessel in Singapore with sustainable, UCOME (Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester)-based, marine biofuel. The operation saw the 15,000 TEU Afif supplied with 2,000 tonnes of biofuel on January 20, 2023, in a ship-to-ship transfer facilitated by by Jurong Port Universal Terminal Pte…
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TTB 2023: Panelists to discuss the tech shift as we move to lower emissions
On March 7-8 in Mobile, Ala., Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB) 2023 will once again bring together owners, operators, naval architects, shipbuilders and more to discuss advances in technology and design, as well as methods of meeting environmental and economic goals. On the morning of March 7, a panel made of up…
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600-Square-Mile Iceberg Breaks Away From Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf
The British Antarctic Survey has released imagery of the calving of a massive, 600-square-mile iceberg from the Brunt Ice Shelf. The giant sheet of ice, dubbed A81, has been slowly cracking away from the shelf for years, and its departure was long expected. In 2016, the BAS moved its research…
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Shipping Coalition Calls on EU for FuelEU Incentives and Consistency
A broad coalition across the shipping industry issued a joint statement supporting the FuelEU maritime regulations while calling for more clarity and action as the different political and regulatory bodies in the European Union work to hammer out the final language on the regulation. The three key bodies of the…
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French Authorities Hunt for Source of Plastic Pellet Spill
Environmental authorities in France are livid over a wave of plastic nurdles washing up on the pristine shores of Brittany, where the tiny white pellets have become known as the “white tide” or “mermaid’s tears.” The source vessel is unknown, but local and national officials have asked prosecutors to find…
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