European Commission study backs three short-term measures to speed up shipping’s decarbonisation
Ahead of this month’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, a study commissioned by the European Commission has suggested there are just three ways the current fleet can meet 2030 CO2 emissions targets. The study, researched by…
The world’s fastest electric boat will be used in the aquaculture industry
Touching and overwhelming. This is how the entrepreneur Leif Stavøstrand describes the response to the plans to produce electric motors for boats. He left his job as head of the oil base in Florø last year, and has started the company Evoy with his father. –…
Recent Carbon Emissions Will Affect The Atmosphere For 10,000 Years, Steven Chu Says
Greenhouse-gas emitting is a lot like cigarette smoking, said former Energy Secretary Steven Chu: you can do it for decades before the cancer shows up, and then it’s very difficult to recover. The Nobel Prize winning physicist lamented in a University of Chicago lecture that “no one explains”…
Green revolution for the world’s shipping fleet comes not a moment too soon
New regulations restricting the use of high-sulphur fuel have oil markets in a panic. But shippers are coming up with innovative solutions to power their vessels – essential for the future given that ships account for 90 per cent of world trade Out of sight,…
We Have Five Years To Save Ourselves From Climate Change, Harvard Scientist Says
The level of carbon now in the atmosphere hasn’t been seen in 12 million years, a Harvard scientist said in Chicago Thursday, and this pollution is rapidly pushing the climate back to its state in the Eocene Epoch, more than 33 million years ago, when there was no…
Venice is facing multiple tourism threats and many Venetians now want controls on visitors
They used to say “see Venice and die”. The impossible city-on-the-sea has long been a bucket list staple for travellers lured by its water and its stone. But now Venetians are questioning whether the city itself will survive long enough for coming generations to experience….
A new all-electric cargo ship with a massive 2.4 MWh battery pack launches in China
Ground transport is currently leading the transition to electric propulsion, but maritime transport is now starting to see its share of electrification. We have recently reported on several large ferries going all-electric and now a massive cargo ship in China has been officially launched with a battery powertrain. The ship…
All-electric ferry cuts emission by 95% and costs by 80%, brings in 53 additional orders
The operators of the first all-electric ferry in Norway are starting to get some good data on the vehicle and it’s nothing short of impressive. They claim that the all-electric ferry cuts emission by 95% and costs by 80% compared to fuel-powered counterparts and the results…
Corvus Energy to cut more emissions in Chinese ports with another energy storage contract for 20 hybrid port cranes
Singapore – March 26, 2019 – Corvus Energy is proud to announce that we have been chosen to supply the energy storage system (ESS) for battery-hybrid RTG cranes by CCCC Shanghai Equipment Engineering (CCCCSEE). The order is for various retrofit and newbuild deliveries by its affiliate ZPMC in…