Industries and sectors around the world have set emission-reduction targets to limit global warming to a 1.5°C increase—as outlined in the Paris Agreement—as this could significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.1 The transport sector…
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A ferry described as the world’s fastest electric passenger vessel is being trialled in Sweden. As shipping as a whole attempts to decarbonize, could this be an indicator of the industry’s future? The fastest electric ship In 2023, a new electric ferry…
In NKD Maritime Limited v. Bart Maritime (No 2) Inc (Shagang Giant) [2022] EWHC 1615 (Comm), Bart Maritime (No 2) Inc (the seller) was contracted to sell the VLOC Shagang Giant to NKD Maritime Limited (the buyer) by way of a Memorandum of Agreement (MO…
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SEEMP Part III represents the International Maritime Organization’s decarbonisation ambitions. The regulation requires ships of at least 5,000 GT and which trade internationally, except passenger ships, to have a verified Ship Energy Efficiency M…
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The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) attempts at curbing the emissions of Shipping have been in the headlines for nearly a decade. Their flagship policy, EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index), has laid the way for a host of acronymic additio…
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