The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2023 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Strategy has three interlinked ambitions: a reduction in carbon intensity of international shipping by at least 40% by 2030, compared to 2008; the uptake of zero or near-zero GHG…
Investigating maritime community perceptions of ammonia as a marine fuel Read More »
The maritime industry is moving too slowly to come into compliance with rigorous new European sustainability regulations, which carry the threat of significant fines and even jail, leading environmental consultancy Tunley warned today. The European Uni…
Exacting new sustainability rules: maritime industry’s time running out Read More »
The ordering of more than 50 very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) over the past 12 months has caught the attention of the maritime industry. Whilst these orders suggest a market surge in the direction of ammonia, a deeper analysis shows that most will b…
Investing in future ammonia markets Read More »
To the uninitiated, the concept of carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be hard to understand, complex, and remote even though it has been used effectively in the US energy business since the 1970s and in Norway since 1996 at the Sleipner field. Accord…
Accelerated uptake of carbon capture unlocks shipping opportunity Read More »
From time to time Members and clients contact Gard and ask for advice when a ship has been fined for burning non-compliant fuel in a port or waters where special sulphur emission regulations apply. In some cases, ships may have unknowingly burned fuel …
Regional sulphur emission limits at a glance Read More »