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Mexican Shipmanager Fined $1.75M for Oily Bilge Water Dumping

Published Oct 30, 2024 7:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Department of Justice has fined a Mexican ship manager nearly two million dollars for MARPOL violations. It is the latest...

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Maersk Signs Long-Term Methanol Sourcing Deal in China

Published Oct 30, 2024 6:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Maersk entered into a new long-term bio-methanol offtake agreement while highlighting that China continues to play a pio...

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Belgium Deploys Unique Sensor to Measure Ship Emissions

Published Oct 23, 2024 8:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The authorities in Belgium this week deployed a new sensor that is designed to enhance the detection of ships violating...

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The IMO's Black Carbon Rules Are Coming, and Shipping Must Be Ready

Published Oct 23, 2024 2:29 PM by Dr. Sean Prior and Dave Walsh

  In early October, the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 82) agreed that the concept of “polar fuel...

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CMA CGM Group and SUEZ Partner to Produce Biomethane Fuel

Published Oct 22, 2024 6:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

  French shipping major CMA CGM Group is taking another step to create fuel as part of its efforts to decarbonize its oper...

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Heavy Industries Need Carbon Capture - But It Has to be Done Right

Published Oct 20, 2024 5:37 PM by Myles Allen

  The UK government has given the go-ahead to carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) schemes worth £22 billio...

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Op-Ed: Legacy Pollution in Union Bay is Not Linked to Working Waterfront

Published Oct 20, 2024 11:05 AM by Mark Jurisich and Andrew Bohn

  Union Bay, Vancouver Island, has long been the site of industrial activity, primarily coal processing, which has left a...

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Microplastic is Everywhere in the Ocean - Even in Dolphins' Breath

Published Oct 17, 2024 10:13 PM by The Conversation

  [By Leslie Hart and Miranda Dziobak] Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana ar...

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Vale Retrofits Giant Ore Carrier With Five Rotor Sails

Published Oct 17, 2024 9:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Brazilian mining giant Vale International has plans to refit another of its chartered vessels with wind-assisted pr...

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Carbon Price for UK Shipping Could Raise $1.3B Per Year

Published Oct 16, 2024 8:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

  As the UK’s Labor government prepares to present its first budget on October 30, the NGO Transport & Environme...

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