Over the last year and a half, shippers might have thought they'd seen it all. Astronomical freight rates, hundreds of blanked (cancelled) sailings, no-roll fees that basically amount to holding [...]
Let's take a break from the relentless COVID-19 news, kind of, to talk about a topic we thought would be dominating this year's international shipping news: IMO 2020. Leading up to the [...]
2020's international shipping news cycle so far has been an exercise in good news, bad news. To get at what I'm talking about, let me introduce you to a fun book by Jeff Mack I read [...]
What's worse, air pollution or pollution pumped into the ocean that could make the seafood you eat toxic? The transition to the new IMO 2020 regulation that requires a sulfur emissions cap of [...]
This is a guest post by Jeremy Raynolds. In December 2018, we reached a new record level of carbon dioxide emissions. The global CO2 emissions for 2019 are still not in, but one thing is [...]
Before 2020 hits, let's take a look back at 2019. What happened in international shipping this year didn't happen in a bubble. Just like events of years past affected this year, the things [...]
The outlook on shipping through the Arctic is changing. And I'm not just talking about the changes in climate making shipping through the North Pole possible. Ocean freight carriers are coming [...]
In only 5 months, starting on January 1st, 2020, cargo ships have to meet the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) new 0.5% sulfur cap on fuel known as IMO 2020. [...]
One of the biggest issues of our time is global warming. The ocean freight sector of the international shipping industry, in particular, faces an incredible challenge of reducing its greenhouse [...]
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 [...]
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