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Mexican Shipmanager Fined $1.75M for Oily Bilge Water Dumping
The U.S. Department of Justice has fined a Mexican ship manager nearly two million dollars for MARPOL violations. It is the latest...
Read More >>Maersk Signs Long-Term Methanol Sourcing Deal in China
Maersk entered into a new long-term bio-methanol offtake agreement while highlighting that China continues to play a pio...
Read More >>Belgium Deploys Unique Sensor to Measure Ship Emissions
The authorities in Belgium this week deployed a new sensor that is designed to enhance the detection of ships violating...
Read More >>The IMO's Black Carbon Rules Are Coming, and Shipping Must Be Ready
In early October, the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 82) agreed that the concept of “polar fuel...
Read More >>CMA CGM Group and SUEZ Partner to Produce Biomethane Fuel
French shipping major CMA CGM Group is taking another step to create fuel as part of its efforts to decarbonize its oper...
Read More >>Heavy Industries Need Carbon Capture - But It Has to be Done Right
The UK government has given the go-ahead to carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) schemes worth £22 billio...
Read More >>Op-Ed: Legacy Pollution in Union Bay is Not Linked to Working Waterfront
Union Bay, Vancouver Island, has long been the site of industrial activity, primarily coal processing, which has left a...
Read More >>Microplastic is Everywhere in the Ocean - Even in Dolphins' Breath
[By Leslie Hart and Miranda Dziobak] Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana ar...
Read More >>Vale Retrofits Giant Ore Carrier With Five Rotor Sails
Brazilian mining giant Vale International has plans to refit another of its chartered vessels with wind-assisted pr...
Read More >>Carbon Price for UK Shipping Could Raise $1.3B Per Year
As the UK’s Labor government prepares to present its first budget on October 30, the NGO Transport & Environme...
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