Decarbonisation remains the biggest challenge facing the maritime industry but there are well-founded concerns that not enough shipowners are taking the issue seriously, while there are also question marks over the data being used by regulators to set targets and measure progress. 

The International Maritime Organization has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by at least 50% by 2050 compared with 2008.

But a recent survey conducted by US-based maritime classification society ABS has found that two thirds of respondents admitted to having no decarbonisation strategy in place to meet this deadline.

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Posted on - 2020-06-07

The coronavirus-related economic downturn may have set off a sudden plunge in global greenhouse gas emissions, but another crucial metric for determining the severity of global warming - the amount of greenhouse gases actually in the air - just hit a record high.

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Posted on - 2020-06-04

Rodolphe Saade was among a high-level Zoom panel speaking yesterday at the United Nations Global Compact gathering druing which he vowed to make the French liner carbin neutral by 2050, treading a similar path to Maersk, which became the first carrier 18 months ago to set out carcon neutral policy.

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Posted on - 2020-06-04