Shipping is not included in the Paris Agreement entering into force on 4th November. Nonetheless, the Danish Shipowners’ Association believes that the sector must deliver its fair share of global CO2 emissions reductions. Today, the Danish Shipowners’ Association presents its

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has confirmed that new a global cap on the sulphur content in shipping fuel will be introduced on 1 January 2020. Since 1 January 2012, the global limit has been 3.5% mass/mass (m/m) which will

Liquefied natural gas is not a panacea to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and its increasing use as a marine fuel could be worse for the environment than burning heavy fuel oil.

In stark contrast to media reports claiming that the use

For the first time since its conversion to a triple fuel system, the product tanker M/T Fure West was bunkered with LNG by Skangas. The bunker operation took place at the Skangas LNG terminal in the Port of Risavika near

Demand for the global oil and gas offshore supply vessel (OSV) market has declined an average of 10 percent annually since 2014 and will continue to fall at approximately this same rate through 2017, according to new analysis from IHS

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (“SSI”), a pioneering coalition of companies from across the global shipping industry, today stated that it was cautiously optimistic following progress made at the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 70). At

On 27 October, the delegates to the MEPC70 meeting in London agreed to implement a global fuel sulphur cap as of 1 January 2020. While the cap will create a 0.5% fuel sulphur limit worldwide, it does not necessitate a

The European Commission welcomes progress made this week within the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to address greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime sector. IMO notably adopted a global and mandatory system to collect fuel consumption data from ships.

The European Union

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki moon has welcomed the steps agreed upon today by the members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to address greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping.

According to a statement issued by Mr. Ban’s spokesperson, the steps

Yara International ASA has welcomed the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decision to implement its global cap on the Sulphur content of marine fuel.

The regulation – which was ratified today in London and will come into force in 2020 – requires