IRCLASS CONTRIBUTES TO BETTER REGULATION OF INDIA’S INLAND SHIPPING
International ship classification society, Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has played an integral role in the drafting of the Inland Vessels Bill which was recently passed by the Parliament. The Inland Vessels (IV) Act 2021 repeals an earlier Inland Vessels Act...
A LIFESTYLE APPROACH TO METHANOL
By Gregory Dolan, Chief Executive Officer, Methanol Institute The recent announcement that the United States, Denmark, and Norway, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping will lead a Zero-Emission Shipping...
CONFUSION HIGHLIGHTED OVER EEXI TECHNICAL PARAMETERS
Verifavia, an independent emissions verification company for the transport sector, insists that accurate calculation of the IMO Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) relies on inputting the correct data. Following a series of webinars designed to demystify...
GREEN SHIP TECHNOLOGY ISSUES DEMAND SUSTAINABLE ANSWERS
By Trevor Small, Manager of Global Sustainable Technologies, Foreship Requirements for hydrodynamic-efficiency, EEXI compliance analysis, energy storage, shore-charging, fuel cells and alternative fuels suggest something like a perfect storm of demand for ship...
CORVUS ENERGY IN TOYOTA TIE-UP
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...
WILL COVID-19 USHER IN A NEW DEAL?
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,...
IMO2020: ONE YEAR ON
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...
FOCUS ON FUEL SUPPLIERS SAYS CYPRIOT SHIPPING MINISTER
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...