2019 December 5

https://www.sciencedaily.com

Finnish rivers transport сarbon to Baltic Sea at an increasing rate

The amount of carbon transported via Finnish rivers to the Baltic Sea has risen substantially in the past few decades...

2019 December 5

https://www.evwind.es

How to exploit offshore wind energy potential in Baltic Sea

In order to exploit the full potential of offshore wind power in the Baltic Sea, WindEurope’s Baltic Taskforce has released a new report...

2019 December 5

https://www.reuters.com

Delo acquires majority stake (50% + 2 shares) in TransContainer

Considered the "underdog" for the auction, Russia’s leading port container operator Delo has acquired the 50% + 2 shares controlling interest in Russia’s largest rail container operator TransContainer from the state-run railway monopoly Russian Railways...

2019 December 1

http://www.nor-shipping.com/

Diversity key to unlocking maritime sustainability

Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO of TOTOTHEO MARITIME and President of WISTA, argues that a changing world, with changing technology, demands a changing maritime workforce. Companies overlooking key groups of talent – based on gender, culture or ethnicity – will fail to evolve and adapt to the new reality. And that, she says, means just one thing.

2019 November 29

https://www.spglobal.com

Bunker fuel quality remains a pressing concern as IMO 2020 nears

Bunker fuel quality issues continue to persist in the industry, even as fuel management is set to become more critical, ahead of the International Maritime Organization's, or IMO, January 2020 low sulfur global marine fuels mandate...

2019 November 29

https://www.hafen-hamburg.de

VDR survey: Technical issues and costs are the biggest challenges

The vast majority of ships in the German fleet will run on the new sulphur-reduced fuel (Low Sulphur Fuel Oil, LSFO) from 1 January at the latest...

2019 November 27

https://sea-lng.org

2020 – 2050: Tackling decarbonisation together, one step at a time, starting now

Watching the global coverage of New Delhi’s toxic air pollution reminds us why the International Maritime Organization (IMO) first introduced progressively tightening regulations to reduce sulphur oxide emissions back in 2005...

2019 November 18

https://worldmaritimenews.com

Clean Shipping Coalition: IMO Too Slow in Tackling Shipping’s Climate Impact

The lack of progress and low ambition shown at last week’s round of negotiations to reduce shipping’s contribution to the climate crisis is deeply concerning and disappointing...

2019 November 18

https://www.portofgothenburg.com

Unique digital solution makes the Port of Gothenburg smarter

...the Gothenburg Port Authority recently launched a data system designed to coordinate and monitor work at the Port of Gothenburg Energy Port...

2019 November 15

https://www.hafen-hamburg.de

German Shipowners’ association welcomes onshore power plans

Last week the German federal government took a step to make onshore power in seaports more attractive; this week the environment ministers of the federal and state governments will be meeting in Hamburg to discuss onshore power initiatives in Germany...

2019 November 13

https://worldmaritimenews.com

South Korea Reclaims Shipbuilding Throne in October

South Korean shipbuilders have reached the top spot in global shipbuilding orders on the back of a strong LNG carrier segment...

2019 November 11

https://www.unian.info

Nord Stream 2 poses major threat to environment in Baltic Sea over WW2-era chemical munitions – experts

Continued Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction could lead to an irreversible environmental impact and will make impossible the use of the water area for fishing and recreational services...