Last year the increase in emissions at the Port of Los Angeles was due to the extreme congestion at the port. ships were stacked up nearby, waiting to unload. And congestion in the terminals also created more truck waiting.
Fortunately, the particulates and lesser pollutants did not rise too much, and ramain=ed below the target levels.
We can expect improvement in 2022, because of the congestion relief we are seeing now.
Marcus Hand | Oct 07, 2022
Emissions soar at Port of Los Angeles in 2021
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Norway is a leader in the development of clean transport, especially maritime. They have been experimenting with autonomous ships for several years.
Here are two new ships, which will not operate autonomously at the start, but will sail with a crew of 4. However, the goal is to test the systems for two years, and become autonomous after that.
They will transport products for a grocery along the coast of Norway. There is a plan for an all-electric corridor, including these ships and a fleet of electric trucks for the start and end parts of the trip.
So don’t say it can’t be done!
Sam ChambersSeptember 21, 2022
Norway’s fjords welcome another pair of autonomous vessels – Splash247
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Tagged electric ships, emissions, green corridor, Logistics, ocean shipping, sustainability, technology, transportation
UCL Energy Institute is a very influential research group. The UCL part is University College London. Their investigation of LNG-fueled vessels indicates that these ships are not on the best path to reduce carbon emissions. Thus, many of them being built now will need to be scrapped early.
A news piece written by the institute indicates as much as $850 billion of shipping may have to be scrapped.
The study could be quite influential. Shipowners have recently been investing in LNG-powered ships to produce reduced emissions now, especially since methane emissions are not being measured as they should. LNG ships emit methane, a worse greenhouse gas than CO2, through slip from the engine and the fuel handling operations. Most ships have not put in place advanced methane recovery systems.
The ships involved are dual-fuel ships that burn both oil and LNG, as well as single-fuel LNG powered ships.
The scientific evidence seems to indicate that LNG power may actually be worse than Low Sulphur Heavy Fuel Oil (LSHFO) when all the lifecycle emissions are analyzed. So the ultimate economic effect of the now LNG builds may turn out to be quite a waste of money.
The full report from the UCL Institute can be read here.
Sam ChambersSeptember 21, 2022
New UCL report claims $850bn of LNG-capable tonnage risks being stranded by 2030 – Splash247
Posted in Investing, Logistics, Shipping, Strategy, Sustainability
Tagged emissions, imo2020, LNG power, LNG-fueled ships, Logistics, ocean shipping, shipbreaking, Shipping, shipping investment
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