Michelin has unveiled inflatable sails that can be retrofitted to tanks and bulk carriers, augmenting engines with wind power. The telescopic mast retracts, allowing ships to pass under bridges.
Scrubber Industry Publishes New Research on Open-Loop Environmental Impact
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Thursday June 10, 2021 Scrubber industry body the
Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) has funded new research on the environmental impact of washwater from open-loop models of the emissions-cleaning systems. Engineering consultancy
DHI has prepared a report on ecotoxicity testing and risk assessment of washwater from open-loop scrubbers on behalf of the EGCSA, the organisation said in an emailed statement on Thursday. The research was conducted in accordance with the
IMO GESAMP guidelines. The study evaluated the effects of washwater on the marine aquatic environment, finding no toxicity on fish and some effects in the short term with algae and on crustaceans at high concentrations.
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Several European airlines have been engaged in wide-ranging lobbying to challenge European Union climate policies, including imminent plans to force them to use more green biofuels, a UK-based think tank has found.
InfluenceMap, a think tank that monitors corporate lobbying around climate change, used freedom of information requests and research to draw up its new report. It reveals that while the 10 European airlines looked at for this report have received around €30 billion in government bailouts during the pandemic – some of which came with conditions attached to encourage climate-friendly actions – most have simultaneously lobbied to delay new proposals to cut aviation emissions.
The World Bank’s decision to pick winners – ammonia and hydrogen – risks leaving other solutions for decarbonising marine transport out in the cold. [Gas in Transition, Volume 1, Issue 2]
Prosecutors have charged former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn over statements to the German parliament, in which he denied early knowledge of diesel emissions cheating.