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We live in a global economy where about 90% of the world's goods are transported by sea, but it hasn't been smooth sailing for the ocean freight shipping industry in recent years. And the waters [...]

China's Ministry of Transport announced a while back upcoming changes to the country's fuel regulations in regard to sulfur content and emissions. We're fast approaching the implementation of the [...]

Something about international shipping has countries worried. And they're considering legislating it, which makes shipping industry professionals nervous.

What's the issue? Invasive [...]

Decarbonization is one of the top priorities of the ocean freight industry in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming. But apparently, emissions from all those ships out [...]

Tesla unveiled two electric semi trucks Thursday (November 16th) as CEO Elon Musk stepped out of one of the prototypes and onto stage in front of what seemed to be an overly enthusiastic crowd. [...]

Sexy is not a word typically used to describe international shipping. Boring. Yeah, that’s a more typical description. Of course, boring isn’t exactly the type of description to [...]

Is international shipping manipulating weather? Controlling the weather has often captured our imagination in popular fiction. Examples include the upcoming movie Geostorm about weather [...]

It’s no secret that pollution in China is bad. If you ever visit the country, you’ll probably notice some people walking around wearing surgical masks because of the haze from [...]

It was only a matter of time. Well, there still is some time, really. But not much. The first automated containership is scheduled to set sail in 2018. Check out this video from Kongsberg [...]

A draft of the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) update has been released by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. You have between now and September 18th to submit written comments on it. An [...]

Zero emissions. That’s the goal the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are working toward. Such a feat might have seemed impossible ten years ago. Or perhaps like the science fiction [...]

How can carriers reduce CO2 emissions, consume less fuel, and add extra protection on their container ships? How about a windshield? That’s right, a windshield on a container ship. [...]

Can the Port of Los Angeles, the continent’s largest port by container volume, completely eliminate its pollution? Not only is that the goal, but the port is rolling out zero and near-zero [...]

Residents feel betrayed. Green groups are enraged. Politicians call for change. What happened? In 2003, an anti-pollution agreement was made–well, a settlement, really–in which the [...]

There has been a hard push in recent years, and rightfully so, to decrease pollution in ocean freight shipping. Great strides in decreasing CO2 emissions are being made. While ocean shipping [...]

Going green may not be as trendy a topic as it once was, but the maritime shipping industry is still taking the movement very seriously. And when it comes to international shipping through ocean [...]

“Suddenly beneath you swims the biggest creature there’s ever been. He sings a booming, lonely song into the empty blue.” My two-year-old son likes to say these words, quoting one of his [...]

5 years ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce implemented rules to reduce the number of collisions between ships and North [...]

In a classic stand-up bit, Chris Rock says, “I love rap music, but I’m tired of defending it.” He went on to divulge his love for the musical genre but his inability to defend lyrics like [...]

I have long been impressed by the accomplishments of the old-fashioned sailing ships. I have even blogged about sailing ships in international shipping. Here. They raced to deliver goods at [...]