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09 Mar

Wiernicki: Shipping key to world’s clean energy transition

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, shipping

(HOUSTON) — Christopher J. Wiernicki, chairman, president and CEO of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), underscored the pivotal role of shipping in driving the global clean energy transition in a series of appearances at the energy industry conference CERAWeek. Wiernicki told the annual gathering of ministers and CEOs from global energy and utilities, as well as automotive, manufacturing, policy…

21 Feb

Demand for offshore wind in U.S. nearly doubled in 2022

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, offshore wind, shipbuilding

(BALTIMORE) — Demand for offshore wind in the United States nearly doubled in 2022 and investments in the market tripled, marking not only a transformative year, but an inflection point when the industry began its transition to commercial-scale operations, according to the Business Network for Offshore Wind. The network, the leading nonprofit representing more than 500 businesses working to accelerate…

09 Feb

Seaside LNG acquires bunker barge from TOTE

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, LNG, shipping

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Seaside LNG has acquired the liquefied natural gas fueling barge Clean Jacksonville from TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, a subsidiary of TOTE Group. Seaside LNG’s maritime transportation company, Polaris New Energy, has contracted to continue fueling TOTE’s Marlin-class LNG-powered containerships and other commercial customers with its fleet of LNG bunker barges. The 2,200-cubic-meter Clean Jacksonville recently completed its…

11 Jan

U.S. releases blueprint to decarbonize transportation

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — The Biden-Harris administration on Tuesday released the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization. Developed by the departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the blueprint is a landmark strategy for cutting all greenhouse emissions from the transportation sector by 2050. It exemplifies the administration’s whole-of-government approach to addressing the climate crisis…

09 Dec

Vancouver ramps up testing of greener fuels, technologies

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, technology

(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, together with partners from across the port community, are testing various low- and zero-emission fuels and technologies at the Port of Vancouver as part of the port authority’s efforts to phase out all port-related emissions by 2050 in support of the government of Canada’s goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.…

06 Dec

EBDG designs harbor power and charging barge

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change

(SEATTLE) – Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has designed a harbor power and charging barge, offering a cost-conscious and high-performing option to minimize emissions from large vessels both pierside and at anchor. Delivering 7 megawatts (MW) of continuous power generated by methanol, this floating mobile platform is capable of cold ironing even the most demanding vessels both at the pier…

29 Nov

Caterpillar, Damen to collaborate on methanol-powered vessels

Rich MillerIndustry NewsClimate change, propulsion

(HOUSTON) — Caterpillar and Damen Shipyards Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aiming to develop methanol-powered vessels that enable the decarbonization of marine operations. “Our collaboration with Damen Shipyards Group and Pon Power brings together immeasurable expertise that allows us to learn together and innovate to address the great challenge of the energy transition. This is an exciting…

15 Nov

New fuels to require training for up to 800,000 seafarers

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, Licensing and training, shipping

(SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt) — A new action plan, launched at COP 27 by United Nations organizations, shipowners and unions, sets out recommendations to upskill seafarers to meet shipping’s decarbonization goals. The plan is in response to findings from new research, the modeling of which cautions that as many as 800,000 seafarers will require additional training by the mid-2030s. Currently…

25 Oct

ICS proposes reward system for alternative fuel use

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, shipping

(LONDON) — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80 percent of the world’s merchant fleet, has announced proposals to accelerate the maritime sector’s transition to net zero emissions by financially rewarding ships and energy producers that invest in low/net zero emission fuels. In a paper to shipping’s United Nations regulator, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the ICS proposes…

20 Oct

NASA: IMO sulfur rule reducing ship pollution

Rich MillerMaritime NewsClimate change, IMO, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — Ship tracks, the polluted marine clouds that trail ocean-crossing vessels, are a signature of modern trade. Like ghostly fingerprints, they trace shipping lanes around the globe, from the North Pacific to the Mediterranean Sea. But in 2020, satellite observations showed fewer of those pollution fingerprints. Drawing on nearly two decades of satellite imagery, researchers found that the number…