Nations meet to consider regulations to drive a green transition in shippingNations are meeting in London to decide on new rules for global shipping. These rules aim to put a price on greenhouse gas emissions from s...
14 Oct, 2025, 10.49 AM IST
UN shipping body approves global carbon pricing systemMember states of the International Maritime Organization have voted in favour of a global pricing system to help curb maritime carbon emiss...
12 Apr, 2025, 12.33 PM IST
Shipping could face shortage of carbon-neutral fuel by 2030, DNV says90% of the world's trade is done via ships and it also contributes to almost 3% of the world's CO2 emissions.
07 Sep, 2023, 09.30 AM IST
- Green ocean strategy
Green corridors could be a powerful tool to accelerate the shipping industry's journey to zero-carbon shipping. However, there are many pra...
11 Jul, 2023, 12.26 AM IST
Export, import cost may increase from Jan 2027 as global shipping faces costly decarbonisation measuresThe global shipping industry's decarbonisation measures may increase the cost of exports and imports from January 2027, a report by GTRI sa...
10 Jul, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Shipping regulator falls short of 1.5C-aligned climate goalsThe Paris Agreement, inked in 2015, commits to holding the increase in the global average temperature to “well below” 2C, while pursuing ef...
08 Jul, 2023, 09.35 AM IST
Shipping needs nuclear power to solve its emissions problemThis week the International Maritime Organisation is meeting in London to strengthen measures to reduce carbon footprint of shipping indust...
05 Jul, 2023, 09.32 AM IST
Shipping industry faces net zero emissions target, draft document showsThe plan is not yet finalised, with talks at the London-based International Maritime Organisation continuing into next week.
01 Jul, 2023, 09.49 AM IST
Countries agree to create green shipping lanes in pursuit of zero carbonUN shipping agency the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has said it aims to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions from ships by ...
11 Nov, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050The study is based around the concept of carbon budgets. A carbon budget sets the limit on cumulative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions necess...
09 Nov, 2021, 09.18 AM IST
Industry looks to UN climate talks to steer cleaner shippingMore than 200 leading companies and organisations, including oil majors and port authorities, have joined an initiative launched last month...
29 Oct, 2021, 09.33 AM IST
Shipping drifts off net-zero course without carbon levyThe Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping said such a levy could be introduced initially at as low as $50 per ton of CO2,...
25 Oct, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
Amazon and others commit to using zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040With about 90% of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accounts for nearly 3% of the world's CO2 emissions and the sector is und...
20 Oct, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Shipping industry proposes levy to speed up zero carbon futureThe money collected would go into a climate fund that would be used to deploy bunkering infrastructure in ports around the world to supply ...
07 Sep, 2021, 09.36 AM IST
Maersk makes $1.4 billion green bet on methanol-fueled shipsBy 2050, the United Nations body wants shipping’s total greenhouse gas emissions to at least halve relative to 2008.
25 Aug, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
Reality check awaits John Kerry and his bid to cut ships’ CO2Shipping’s current 2050 target is only a 50% reduction in annual greenhouse gas emissions versus 2008, whereas limiting global warming to 1...
11 Jun, 2021, 10.20 AM IST
Ambuja Cement commences sea trials with bio-fuels to bring down carbon emission“With the introduction of biodiesel blends, we are significantly contributing towards the reduction of GHG emissions by introducing a suita...
05 Feb, 2021, 08.35 PM IST