By Nick Contopoulos, COO Anemoi. Wind propulsion, which was used to power ships for thousands of years before fossil fuels became readily available, is back on the agenda. As a renewable resource, wind is the compelling option in the push towards industry-wide...
By Geir Bjørkeli, Chief Executive Officer, Corvus Energy Corvus Energy has tapped into Toyota’s 30 years of fuel-cell experience to form a partnership that will enable large-scale production of fuelcell systems for the maritime industry Bergen-based energy storage...
In the global depression that followed the Wall Street Crash of 1929, it is argued that 7 million people died of starvation, severe malnutrition, infection and suicide before Roosevelt’s New Deal was rolled out in 1933. While historians continue to debate the figure,...
How has the introduction of the International Maritime Organisation’s low sulphur cap fared amid what has been one of the most turbulent years in living memory? “Through 2020, just 55 cases of 0.5% compliant fuel being unavailable had been reported in IMO’s Global...
Natasa Pilides (pictured) Cyprus’ shipping deputy minister believes that it is wrong for the focus of environmental regulation to fall on shipowners only and argues that the focus for greenhouse gas emissions should switch to fuel suppliers. In an interview...
By Alvin Forster, North P&I’s Loss Prevention Executive The subject of scrubbers – particularly of the open-loop type – stokes quite a lot of emotion and has polarised opinion. The North P&I Club has provided members with advice on how to best protect...
By Adam Jolliffe, Senior Sales Manager, Maritime, Chelsea Technologies Shipowners who have invested in Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) rightly expect that they’ll deliver reliable, simple regulatory compliance. These systems often represent millions of...
By Ian Cochran You have to be living on another planet if you are not aware that the de-carbonisation in shipping debate is in full swing. However, we are still a long way off. As one expert put it: “There is no winning solution at present.” Regulations will need to...
Natural gas has been regarded as the marine “fuel of the future”, but growing concerns over the impact of methane emissions on climate change means that some owners remain sceptical. CSI spoke to Christos Chryssakis business development manager at DNV GL – Maritime...
By Dejan Radosavljevic, Marine Director, Siemens Reading about and watching images of increasingly frequent extreme weather events it is difficult to keep on ignoring the warnings of environmental change. At the same time the human population continues its rapid...
By Nick Savvides Shipping is facing a power revolution with the demand for a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% of 2008 levels and 40% by 2030 the race is on to develop fuels that can achieve the required cuts in emissions. Current thinking by some...
By Tristan Smith, University College London, Energy Institute When first asked to write this, we were still in the early stages of the crisis (at least in Europe) with early signs emerging on how Covid-19 might impede or accelerate our response to the risk of...
By Simon Whitford, Chief Operating Officer, GreenSteam The Industrial revolution 4.0 is in full swing and the maritime sector stands to make significant gains if it can work holistically to harness its full benefits. This rings particularly true as we hurtle towards a...
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