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World's First Zero-Emissions Powerboat Series Starts its "Engines"
Zero-emission marine propulsion is generally associated with solutions for working vessels like tugs and ferries, but two organiza...
Read More >>Cameron LNG Partners to Develop US Carbon Sequestration Project
The effort to develop one of the first large, industrial carbon sequestration projects is moving forward in southern Louisiana. Th...
Read More >>OPA90 Update Builds on Don Young’s Legacy of Protecting Alaskan Waters
May 22 marks National Maritime Day. Congress established it in 1933 in commemoration of the steam ship Savannah and her maiden voy...
Read More >>Proposed Ship Would Create Hydrogen Fuel by Collecting Ocean Plastics
The rate of growth of the amount of plastic waste in the world’s oceans is growing rapidly with the UN and others calling fo...
Read More >>Eastern Pacific Tests First Plug and Play Carbon Capture on Tankers
Singapore-based shipowner Eastern Pacific Shipping is seeking to accelerate the decarbonization of the shipping industry with plan...
Read More >>Climate Change is Making Both Hurricanes and Hurricane Flooding Worse
Super cyclones, known as hurricanes or typhoons in different parts of the world, are among the most destructive weather events on...
Read More >>Study: Shipping May Bear Responsibility for Decline of the Whale Shark
The commercial shipping industry faces new criticism for ship strike incidents involving whale sharks, which have been declar...
Read More >>MOL Invests in Scrubber for Car Carriers to Meet At-Berth Exhaust Regs
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is funding the development of a new-generation marine exhaust treatment system specifically for...
Read More >>Saltwater Under an Inland Ice Sheet Holds Clues to Antarctica's Past
A new discovery deep beneath one of Antarctica’s rivers of ice could change scientists’ understanding of how the ice f...
Read More >>Report: Recycling is Doing Little to Stop Ocean Plastic Pollution
America's recycling efforts are doing little to stem the generation of millions of tonnes of plastic waste, some of which ends...
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