President Emmanuel Macron chose this week’s G7 summit to reaffirm France’s commitment to slow-steaming as the best tool to tackle climate change.
Mr Macron’s statement in Biarritz seemed to catch some observers off-guard, despite the French delegation to the IMO this year calling for slow-steaming to become IMO policy.
“We will engage with shipping companies to reduce speed the speed of merchant ships,” he said at the summit’s opening.
Posted on - 2019-08-27Last week Splash described Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) as “shipping’s hydrogen leader”. Today, we get the chance to speak with the man leading this new fuel charge, Alex Saverys, CEO of the Antwerp-based shipping line – the latest generation to take the helm at one of Europe’s best known shipping brands.
Already owning the world’s first sea-going hydrogen-fuelled ship, 124-year-old CMB last week made a series of announcements that firmly push the company towards a hydrogen-based future, investing in engine makers, building a dual-fuel hydrogen powered ferry as well as winning a first order for its design of a hydrogen-powered crew transfer vessel.
Posted on - 2019-08-27Ebeye Island in the Marshall Islands is facing an extended period of power outages after one of two rental generator units powering the island went down last week, leaving the power utility company without adequate generating capacity.
Posted on - 2019-08-26