Maritime ExecutiveMore from Maritime ExecutiveSustainability & Corporate Social ResponsibilityEuropean Wind-Power Supergrid to Launch in MarchIn 2010, world leading companies in offshore wind came together to form The Friends of the Supergrid - an association that advocates for an efficient, interconnected and resilient electricity grid to complement existing national transmission infrastructure.December 12, 2016All LogisticsShipping Industry Groups Launch Free Ship Efficiency PortalAt the World Ocean Council's Sustainable Ocean Summit, Carbon War Room, exactEarth and University Maritime Advisory Service (UMAS) launched BetterFleet, a free-to-access ship operational efficiency portal on ShippingEfficiency.org.December 8, 2016All LogisticsShip Sales Climb to 7-Year HighSales of second-hand ships used to haul commodities such as iron ore, coal, grain and fertilizer have hit a seven-year high in 2016 as the industry creeps out of an eight-year downturn that has sunk several fleets of shippers.December 6, 2016All LogisticsPort of Philadelphia to Double Container CapacityGovernor Tom Wolf has announced a comprehensive capital investment program at the Port of Philadelphia that will result in more than $300m in investment in the Port's infrastructure, warehousing and equipment. The initiative will start next year and continue through 2020.December 2, 2016All LogisticsLNG Engines Could Be Stepping Stone to Fuel CellsThe growing adoption of hybrid electric powertrain systems and the projected growth in the number of vessels burning liquefied natural gas as fuel, could lead to wider adoption of fuel cells with LNG-fuelled engines becoming the stepping stone for the wide adoption of LNG-fuelled fuel cells as prime movers.November 30, 2016Global Trade ManagementAsia-Pacific Leaders Discuss Trump-Free TradeChinese President Xi Jinping pledged to further open the world's second-largest economy on Saturday, as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries gathered in Peru to find new free-trade options after Donald Trump was elected U.S. president on a protectionist platform.November 23, 2016Global Supply Chain ManagementU.N. Says Action on Climate Change Is 'Unstoppable' Despite Trump WinGlobal efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions will continue after the election of climate change skeptic Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency, and momentum is growing to cut ship pollution, the United Nations' shipping agency chief says.November 22, 2016All LogisticsHanjin Shipping Receivership: Hyundai Loses BidSouth Korea's Korea Line Corp was picked as the preferred bidder to buy troubled shipping company Hanjin Shipping Asia-U.S. operations, beating Hyundai Merchant Marine, a spokesman for a Seoul court overseeing Hanjin Shipping's receivership said last week.November 21, 2016All LogisticsU.N. Shipping Sector Wants Climate Commitments by 2018At the United Nations climate change conference (COP22) in Morocco, the International Chamber of Shipping's director of policy said that industry wants to see climate change commitments made at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by 2018, with an enforcement mechanism to follow after.November 17, 2016All LogisticsEnergy Agency Expects Another Oil Surplus in 2017The oil market risks running another surplus in 2017 without an output cut from OPEC, as producers around the globe ramp up supply and demand growth falters, the International Energy Agency said last week.November 15, 2016Previous PagePage 14 of 40Next Page
