Yeti Airlines has become the first airline in Nepal, and most probably South Asia, to successfully reduce and offset its total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of 2018, replicating the UN’s ‘Greening the Blue’ approach to climate neutrality.
The airline underwent an independent carbon audit process facilitated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that calculated the airline’s total carbon emission and laid out plans to reduce and offset the same.
Posted on - 2019-05-06The Dutch company Port-Liner is building two giant all-electric barges dubbed the ‘Tesla ships‘. The company announced that the vessels will be ready by this autumn and will be inaugurated by sailing the Wilhelmina canal in the Netherlands.
The 100 million-euro project supported by a €7m subsidy from the European Union is expected to have a significant impact on local transport between the ports of Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Rotterdam.
Posted on - 2019-05-06Finnøy Gear & Propeller’s two- speed gearbox is used on vessels with large differences in power need, such as anchor handling, tanks or the coastal and oceangoing fishing fleet. Due to relatively low technical complexity, the two- speed gearbox offers optimized functionality at a low cost.
The configuration has the advantage of being able to have two different propeller speeds at constant engine speed, and the propeller can be operated at optimal speed both at high and low load. The two- speed gearbox results in minimized zero pitch loss and keeps propeller noise and vibrations at a minimum both internally and externally. Reduced noise emissions allows for greater comfort for the crew, as well as underwater radiated noise is of great importance for offshore, fishing and seismic vessels. Furthermore, fuel saving at low load results in a reduction of a vessels emissions.
Posted on - 2019-05-05