Maritime companies and organisations call the EU Commission to fully integrate the shipping industry in the upcoming Electrification Action Plan. On July 15 the Commission will publish its Electrification Action Plan, an important opportunity to electrify Europe, cut fossil fuels imports and reduce emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases. … [continued]
Manufacturers in Germany are bringing new technology to maximize the efficiency of cargo trailers for the future.
ChatGPT generated image of a modern container ship docked at an industrial port with alcohol fuel storage tanks and shore power connections, illustrating emerging clean bunkering infrastructure
In recent weeks I have published on the end game economics of maritime fuels, why decarbonizing maritime shipping won’t be inflationary, and why most battery electric shipping studies were already obsolete. Those pieces generated a steady stream of questions that were more specific than the original arguments, as well as … [continued]
A reader of my recent end game maritime fuels piece asked a simple question. If Europe keeps pushing carbon prices higher, and if policymakers model €150, €300, or even higher per ton of CO2 in long term guidance, does shipping become inflationary? Does decarbonizing maritime trade raise the cost of … [continued]
In my recent article on America’s new maritime plan, I argued that it was competing for the wrong century by anchoring itself to legacy fuels and industrial logic that made sense when gasoline and diesel dominated global energy demand. A reader asked a question regarding the fuel cost variance for … [continued]
A new business model for electric ships deploys battery swapping and smaller vessels to cut the total cost of ownership below conventional cargo ships (cropped, courtesy of Fleetzero).
A new business model for electric ships deploys battery swapping and smaller vessels to cut the total cost of ownership below conventional cargo ships.
International shipping contributes to CO2, NO2, and SO2 emissions. Pollution from Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), colloquially termed bunker fuel, has long been considered a problem. Heavy Fuel Oil has high sulfur content, and the global shipping industry produces 12% and 13% respectively of global SO2 and NO2 emissions, contributing a … [continued]
A recent article by Zachary Shahan, “Largest Battery-Electric Container Ship Now Operating — You Know Where,” represents an interesting case study for electric shipping. It refers to earlier articles in which Michael Barnard reported on the case of the COSCO Green River 01 electric ship a year ago. The COSCO … [continued]
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a container ship with dollar signs coming out of its funnel
In my regularly iterated Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work, there’s a big broom: Price Carbon Aggressively. In the maritime shipping world, it would be a big trawler net that scoops up emissions regardless of technology, allowing the market to figure out the cheapest way to achieve decarbonization. … [continued]
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image illustrating the USA with its domestic waterways and coast routes, featuring exaggeratedly large vessels with prominent American flags.
Cabotage acts are sabotage for maritime decarbonization. Well, that rhymes, but what does it mean? What is cabotage and why are Europe and the USA more impacted than Asia? It’s a tangled tale and we have to go back over a hundred years to unravel the story and its implications. … [continued]
