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  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Pirates targeting ships diverted from Red Sea, warns UN shipping chief

    Maritime body fears resurgence of vessel seizures in Gulf of Guinea and off Somali coast after fresh piracy incidents

    An armed Somali pirate along the coastline
  • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
    Shipping
    Shipowners urged to protect vessels against electric-car fires

    Exports of lithium ion-based products increase safety risks and pose ‘huge problem’ for shipping, says IMO

  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Travel & leisure industry
    Europe’s largest cruise company pushes for change to emissions rules

    MSC Cruises draws ire of environmentalists as it calls for rethink on how passenger ships are assessed by UN shipping regulator

    Pierfrancesco Vago
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Shipping
    Shipping talks approach deal on ‘close to 2050’ net zero target

    Draft goals dismay environmentalists who had hoped for firm commitment from highly polluting sector

    Cargo container ship at Port of Rotterdam
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    How to green global shipping

    An international levy on the industry’s emissions would create powerful incentives

    The container ship CMA CGM Zheng He (R) of the shipping company CMA CGM docks at the Eurogate container terminal in Waltershofer Hafen
  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    Shipping
    China urges developing countries to oppose ‘unrealistic’ shipping levy

    Emissions tax would impose high costs on maritime trade, says world’s largest exporter

    Black smoke emanates from a container ship leaving port
  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    Shipping
    France seeks to rally support for emissions levy on shipping

    Emmanuel Macron pushes nations to back green charge ahead of finance summit

    A man watches a ferry
  • Sunday, 28 August, 2022
    Shipping
    South Korean shipbuilder bets on methanol-powered vessels in decarbonisation push

    Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering chief expects alternative fuel boom

    Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering is working to meet stricter environmental regulation in the industry
  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Shipping
    Shipping heavyweight Japan tables carbon tax proposal for the industry

    Plan would raise more than $50bn a year on sector’s almost 1bn tonnes of emissions

    The Orient Overseas Container Line’s New Zealand container ship sails past Mount Fuji in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Shipping
    Gas crunch set to power recovery for shipbuilders from prolonged slump

    World’s biggest shipbuilder expects turmoil caused by Ukraine invasion to lift demand for liquefied natural gas tankers

    A liquefied natural gas tanker heads into port
  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
    Shipping
    Shipping faces storm over fuel emissions

    The International Maritime Organisation is under fire for slow progress on climate targets

    Choppy seas: a container ship at anchor off the Irish coast
  • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Brussels needs to be bolder in tackling shipping emissions

    Carbon cap and trade system set to be extended to maritime industry

    Container ship ‘Maersk Murcia’ in Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    Shipping
    Global shipping summit all at sea over carbon emissions

    Tensions within UN regulator on climate change threaten progress on industry tax

  • Saturday, 24 April, 2021
    Hydrogen — Fantasy or fuel of the future?
    Shipping looks to hydrogen as it seeks to ditch bunker fuel

    Discord within oil-reliant industry over how to power the workhorses of global trade in the net zero era

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    Shipping
    UK shipping boss welcomes ‘clear message’ to would-be stowaways

    Seven arrested after oil tanker stormed by special forces off Isle of Wight

  • Sunday, 7 June, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Coronavirus: is this the end of the line for cruise ships?

    Operators aim to rebuild trust with health measures but still face calls to improve conditions for their crews

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    The Commodities NoteEnergy sector
    What we can learn from the 2020 shipping fuel switch

    The IMO energy transition, with its clear date and standards, provides valuable lessons

    Pipes feed crude oil to the 'Xin Run Yang' oil tanker, operated by Cosco Shipping Holdings Co., during loading operations near the Ras Tanura oil refinery, in Res Tanura, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Saudi Arabia is seeking to transform its crude-dependent economy by developing new industries, and is pushing into petrochemicals as a way to earn more from its energy deposits. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2019
    Global trade
    Shipping industry seeks response to calls for cuts in emissions

    World’s fleet under renewed pressure to clean up its act and curb greenhouse gases

    An oil tanker takes on fuel near California. IMO delegates will debate a French plan for a speed limit on tankers and bulk carriers that is one knot below current average speeds by 2025.
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
    Commodities
    New maritime emissions rule pushes up premium for cleaner fuel

    Price of refined oil has rocketed as shipping sector adjusts to new global standard

    Black exhaust fumes coming from the chimney of an moored tanker after main engine ignition.
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  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
    Shipping
    Shipping boss warns over greenhouse gas delays

    Companies told they face ‘drastic’ fleet changes after failure to curb emissions

    Shipping containers sit stacked at the Port of Houston Bayport Container Terminal in Pasadena, Texas, U.S., on Friday, April 12, 2019. The U.S. Census is scheduled to release trade balance figures on April 17. Photographer: Loren Elliott/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
    The Commodities NoteCommodities
    Oil market in flux amid uncertainty over shipping’s fuel rules

    Calls to delay IMO rules undermine incentives to minimise any impact on consumer prices

    The Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) Eloane container ship arrives at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The Eloane is the largest container ship to ever call in the U.S. At 1,312 feet long and 193 feet wide, it can carry 19,500 containers. Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2019
    Legal services
    How to construct a mega-deal in emerging markets

    Aramco’s $8bn funding for a pioneering Malaysian energy project required intense negotiations

    Cranes operate at a steam cracker unit at the under construction Petronas Nasional Berhad (Petronas) Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (Rapid) Project, part of the Pengerang Intergrated Complex PIC), in Johor, Malaysia, on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The Pengerang refining complex is "in good shape" for start-up in the first-quarter of next year, with an aim to achieve stable operations by the third-quarter, said Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Corp. Chief Executive Officer Colin Wong in an interview with Bloomberg on March 12. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
    Shipping
    Maritime chiefs call for ship speed limits to cut emissions

    Executives’ letter to International Maritime Organisation says sector needs to address global temperature rises

    FILE: The Maersk Madrid container ship, operated by A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, sits docked during cargo unloading at the Port of Felixstowe Ltd., a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. in Felixstowe, U.K., on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will put her Brexit deal to Parliament for a decisive vote on Dec. 11, but after her plan was savaged from all sides, the signs are she’s on course to lose. The vote will mark the moment when British politicians decide whether to accept the contentious divorce terms May has struck with the European Union -- or put the country on course to crash out of the bloc with no agreement in place. Our editors look back at some of the key photographs that capture the Brexit journey. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 2 November, 2018
    The Commodities NoteCommodities
    US bid to delay IMO rules risks unwittingly stoking oil prices

    Trump’s intervention may unfairly punish American shippers preparing for sulphur cap

    A cargo ship is seen at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province on October 19, 2018. - China's economy grew at its slowest pace in nine years in the third quarter, as a campaign to tackle mounting debt and trade frictions with the US had an effect. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUTSTR/AFP/Getty Images
  • Friday, 2 November, 2018
    EU immigration
    Italian rescue boat confronts Salvini over migrants

    Mission to patrol Mediterranean wants to change country’s mood on migration

    1. The Italian flag on the 37,5-metre Mare Jonio during the first mission. The main goal of the rescue ship and is to witness and document what is happening in the search and rescue zone off the coast of Libya, and if necessary, save whoever risks to die in the central Mediterranean. Photo Credit: Michelle Seixas FREE IMAGE
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