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Shippers should prepare for 100 percent hikes in freight costs in pursuit of global climate change goals, delegates at an International Chamber of Shipping conference were warned earlier this week.
Lord Turner, chair of the U.K.’s Energy Transitions Commission, said shipping was one of the hardest sectors in the global economy to decarbonize. Even so, he argued that technology and the use of zero-carbon fuels such as ammonia and green hydrogen could make shipping zero-carbon by 2050 if shippers and consumers accepted a doubling of transport costs.
Turner believes that because the cost of shipping constitutes such a small component of the retail price of most products, consumers will easily swallow such
Total's exploration platform on the South Coast near Mossel Bay. Photo: Total
Many South African politicians, economists and specialists in the energy sector are celebrating the news that a promising show of natural gas has been discovered in deep water south of Mossel Bay.
It was found in an offshore prospecting area called Brulpadda (Afrikaans for bullfrog), which is licensed to global energy giant Total. The discovery, comes against the backdrop of rising fuel prices and an electricity utility in crisis,
El operador marítimo Maersk Tankers ha realizado ensayos con un sistema de propulsión eólica para sus buques. Para ello, la compañía ha instalado dos rotores cilíndricos Flettner de 30 metros de altura y con cinco metros de diámetros en su petrolero Pelican. Por lo tanto, Maersk Tankers será el primero en utilizar el buque más grande del mundo con un sistema de propulsión eólica.
El objetivo del operador es reducir el impacto ambiental del transporte marítimo. Una de las maneras de hacerlo es recurriendo a los recursos que brinda la naturaleza, como es el viento. En concreto, el sistema se pone en funcionamiento cuando los cilindros reciben el viento por un lado o costado, lo cual impulsa hacia adelante al
IMO has set a global limit for sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships of 0.50% m/m (mass by mass) from 1 January 2020. This will significantly reduce the amount of sulphur oxide emanating from ships and should have major health and environmental benefits for the world, particularly for populations living close to ports and coasts.
When did IMO adopt regulations to control air pollution form ships?
IMO has been working to reduce harmful impacts of shipping on the environment since the 1960s. Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Convention) was adopted in 1997, to address air pollution from shipping.
The regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships (Annex VI) seek to control
La embarcación, que dará la vuelta al mundo durante seis años sin emitir una sola partícula contaminante, hace escala en Valencia
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Ver fotogaleríaEl Energy Observer durante una jornada de navegación. JERÉMY BIDON ENERGY OBSERVER
Valencia 31 AGO 2018 - 13:41 CEST
El Energy Observer es el primer barco de propulsión eléctrica que funciona gracias a una combinación de energías renovables y un sistema de producción de hidrógeno a partir del agua de mar. Este catamarán, construido en Canadá en 1983, ha sido transformado hasta convertirse en un laboratorio experimental completamente autosuficiente. Toda la energía que necesita la produce el propio barco, que navega sin emitir gases de efecto invernadero ni partículas contaminantes.
Victorien Erussard, 39 años, oficial de marina mercante, fundador y capitán
