Chinese authority warns ZPMC over environmental pollution

Chinese port machinery manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co (ZPMC) has come under the radar of China’s environmental protection supervision group over its role in environmental pollution.

IRClass goes green and boosts environmental sustainability with two initiatives

Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), a leading classification society, has adopted two green initiatives – ...

Environmental NGOs call upon the EU to effectively regulate ship borne pollution

From dangerous emissions in ports to hazardous scrapping on South Asian beaches, European shipping companies pollute and put people’s health and lives at serious risk.

Turkey: Revised Environmental Marine Pollution Fines For 2017

Pursuant to Article 20 of the Turkish Environmental Code no. 1983 (the “Code”), fines are imposed on vessels for causing pollution in Turkish waters through discharge of petroleum products

ICS slams ship environmental lobby claims

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has issued a rebuttal of yesterday’s statements by environmental groups on shipping’s emissions performance, arguing that the industry is already delivering reductions in excess of governments’ commitments to cu

Shipping must cut CO2 emissions further, say environmental bodies

Pressure is building to impose outside limits on shipping’s CO2 emissions ahead the COP21 Climate Change Conference taking place in Paris next month. ...

The environmental soundness of using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel is being brought into question after a

A University of Delaware professor said that more attention needed to be made to the amount of GHG released during natural gas extraction.