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Melting Ice Opens Up New Areas of the Canadian Arctic
As climate change continue to affect the Arctic, long-frozen waters of the Canadian high north have become navigable for the first...
Read More >>Hydropower Can Give Fish Decompression Sickness. New Tech May Help.
[By Sølvi Normannsen] Hundreds of Norwegian hydropower plants threaten fish and bottom-dwelling animals by exposing them to water...
Read More >>JERA Advances Plans to Ship Ammonia Produced in Louisiana to Japan
Japan’s largest power generation and energy company, JERA, is advancing its plans to ship low-carbon ammonia from a production fac...
Read More >>Odfjell Tankers Launches Green Corridor Between Brazil and Europe
Norwegian shipping major Odfjell reports it has initiated the first green corridor for service between Brazil and Europe. The comp...
Read More >>Low E-Fuel Production Slows Europe's Decarbonization
Europe’s ambitions to decarbonize the shipping industry face obstacles due to the fragile state of the alternative fuel supply cha...
Read More >>Norway Grants Over $120M for Hydrogen and Ammonia Ships and Bunkering
Norway announced a new round of financing grants valued at more than $120 million as it continues to support the conversion to zer...
Read More >>Public-Private Partnership Develops First Methanol-Powered Cement Carrier
A new project supported by the Norwegian government, along with German shipping company Hartmann Group, will demonstrate new oppor...
Read More >>EPS Tanker Studied to Determine Results of Wind-Assisted Propulsion
A new study seeks to quantify the beneficial impact of adding wind-assisted propulsion to vessels while also establishing a framew...
Read More >>The Southern Ocean is "Sweating" as Heat Rises, With Effects on Weather
[By Steven Siems and Zhaoyang Kong] If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island – a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Ta...
Read More >>Study: Marine Carbon Removal Needs More Thought Before Scaling Up
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] The oceans have to play a role in helping humanity remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to curb dangerou...
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