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New Coalition Aims to Make Zero-Emissions Shipping Plain Sailing

25.09.2019

The World Economic Forum, the Global Maritime Forum and Friends of Ocean Action today launch the Getting to Zero Coalition at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, with the goal of decarbonizing the international maritime shipping sector by 2030. 

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Container Shipping: Ship Sizes Keep Increasing Despite Stagnant Volume Growth

18.09.2019

Global growth in container volumes has picked up slightly in the second quarter of the year, with growth in the first seven months reaching 1.2%, compared to the just 0.8% in the first quarter.

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Panama Ship Registry Modernizes Ship Registration

16.09.2019

The Panama Ship Registry has announced it will integrate in a single platform “Electronic Ship Registration System (ESRS)”.

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Petrochemical to Drive Future Tanker Demand

11.09.2019

When deciding for the type of tanker to invest for in the next 20 years, ship owners should take a closer look at future demand for various oil-based products, as things are bound to differentiate considerably, compared to today’s conditions.

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Ship Recycling Market Ends Summer of Discontent

05.09.2019

The ship recycling market hasn’t had the best of summers, when it comes to the level of activity noted. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking said that “for yet another week the flow of demo candidates remained at relatively low levels, leading to a final close of an overall lackluster summer period for the ship recycling market.

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New technology to listen for whale traffic aiming to prevent ship strikes

02.09.2019

Scientists from the Benioff Ocean Initiative and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have created a a hydrophone (underwater microphone), in order to listen for whale traffic in the Santa Barbara Channel. With this technology, they aspire to prevent collisions between whales and boats.

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