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Emissions Milestones for ERMA FIRST

Published Apr 17, 2024 6:15 PM by ERMA FIRST

  Once best known for its leading position as a ballast water treatment system manufacturer, ERMA FIRST now oversees a portfolio of sustainable marine solutions, including technologies that help ship operators to cut emissions while the need to burn fossil fuels continues. ERMA FIRST Co-Founder & Managing Director, Konstantinos Stampedakis stresses that the Greek company is intensely focused on helping ship owners decarbonize their operations over the next 15 to 20 years...

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Consortium to Decarbonize Corridor Between Canada, Japan, and South Korea

Published Apr 17, 2024 5:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

  As momentum gains for the concept of green corridors, a consortium of carriers, terminals, and ports from North America, Asia, and Europe aims to work together to decarbonize the value chain for commodities between North America and Asia. Initiated in June 2023 with discussions between Canada and Japan at the G7 Transport Ministers Summit, the North Pacific Green Corridor Consortium’s founders represent approximately a quarter of the 100 million tonnes of bulk commodities shipped from Canada’s Prince Rupert and...

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Hapag Wins Tender from Leading Brands to Provide Biomethane Shipping

Published Apr 17, 2024 5:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

  In a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to demonstrate the potential of collective efforts to drive the decarbonization of shipping, a group of leading consumer and manufacturing companies banded together to contract for shipper services from Singapore to Rotterdam. The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) reports Hapag-Lloyd won its first tender for ocean shipping. Under the terms of the agreement, well-known brands including Amazon, Patagonia, Bauhaus, New Balance, Nike, REI, and others agreed to purchase over one billion TEU miles...

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Ontario Shipyards Shuts Down its Thunder Bay Facility

Published Apr 17, 2024 4:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

Canadian firm Ontario Shipyards has decided to shutter its plant at Thunder Bay, citing a shortage of workers and a slow market.  In 2020, Ontario Shipyards (then known as Heddle Shipyards) entered an agreement with Vancouver shipbuilder Seaspan to construct blocks for the future two-ship Polar Icebreaker program, part of Canada's National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). The following year, Heddle bought a yard in Thunder Bay - Fabmar Metals - and equipped it for building ship modules.  Because of delays at...

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Shipbuilder Hyundai Enters European Wind Market with Agreement in Scotland

  South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is entering the European offshore wind energy market as it looking for opportunities to leverage its expertise and expand its presence in offshore energy. The company signed an agreement with two of Scotland’s economic development organizations to jointly pursue opportunities in the emerging floating offshore wind power sector. Hyundai will be working with Scottish Enterprise and Highland & Island Enterprise cooperating on the development of new offshore wind power projects in Scotland....

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Ontario Shipyards Shuts Down its Thunder Bay Facility

Canadian firm Ontario Shipyards has decided to shutter its plant at Thunder Bay, citing a shortage of workers and a slow market.  In 2020, Ontario Shipyards (then known as Heddle Shipyards) entered an agreement with Vancouver shipbuilder Seaspan to construct blocks for the future two-ship Polar Icebreaker program, part of Canada's National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). The following year, Heddle bought a yard in Thunder Bay - Fabmar Metals - and equipped it for building ship modules.  Because of delays at...

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Consortium to Decarbonize Corridor Between Canada, Japan, and South Korea

  As momentum gains for the concept of green corridors, a consortium of carriers, terminals, and ports from North America, Asia, and Europe aims to work together to decarbonize the value chain for commodities between North America and Asia. Initiated in June 2023 with discussions between Canada and Japan at the G7 Transport Ministers Summit, the North Pacific Green Corridor Consortium’s founders represent approximately a quarter of the 100 million tonnes of bulk commodities shipped from Canada’s Prince Rupert and...

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ONE Joins Trend Towards Optional Low-Carbon Container Fees

Japanese ocean carrier ONE has added a low-carbon option for shippers who are willing to spend to reduce their emissions. Rather than selling carbon offsets for tree planting or conservation, the company is offering its customers the opportunity to pay for biofuel for the carrier's fleet, in an amount equivalent to the energy needed to move the shipment.  ONE is buying regulation-compliant biofuels for a number of its ships, and customers can reduce their Scope 3 (supply chain) emissions by paying...

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