Shipping

News: Cleaner ship fuel could save thousands of lives

As the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the London-based United Nations body that regulates shipping across the world, began meetings this week to review and potentially tighten air pollution standards for the world’s shipping fleet, continuing scientific research has found that the use of cleaner marine fuel could prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths from shipping air pollution each year.

February 4, 2008 | Shipping | Press Releases | Fuels | Air Pollution

News: Action On Shipping Pollution Is Legal

The EU is allowed to punish ship owners whose ships cause ‘intentional, reckless or seriously negligent’ pollution in EU waters, according to a preliminary opinion from the European Court of Justice.

December 12, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | General Environment

News: Europe close to going alone on shipping emissions

Unilateral EU action on harmful emissions from shipping could be just months away, after a senior Commission official gave a strong hint at a seminar organised by T&E.

November 12, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy

News: Shipping contributes more to global warming

Greenhouse gases from the shipping industry could be much worse than thought, according to information by Intertanko, the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners.

October 16, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: Ship Pilot

Germany’s Environment Protection Agency has published a study on reducing shipping emissions in the Baltic Sea.

September 19, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | Air Pollution

News: 17/10/07 - How to Make the Sea Green: Seminar on Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Maritime Transport

On 17 October 2007 the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union, the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) organised a seminar in Brussels to discuss air pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases from maritime transport.

September 14, 2007 | Shipping | Events | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy

News: T&E calls for EU action after latest IMO failure to tackle ships

T&E has called on the Commission to start EU action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from ships following the latest failure of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to take concrete action.

July 26, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy

News: IMO's decade of failure on shipping emissions; EU must take the lead

Transport and Environment (T&E) is calling on the EU to introduce measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from ships following the failure of the international organisation responsible to agree on any policy measures to tackle the problem.

July 16, 2007 | Shipping | Press Releases | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy

News: Ship scrapping

A group of 10 NGOs, including T&E, has cautiously welcomed a Commission green paper which floats the idea that the shipping industry could be forced to fund an international ship scrapping scheme.

June 21, 2007 | Shipping | T&E Bulletin | General Environment

News: NGO community calls for urgent implementation of EU's proposed shipbreaking policy

The NGO Platform on Shipbreaking is calling for urgent implementation of the recommendations contained in the European Commission´s (EC) "Green Paper on Better Ship Dismantling", released today.

May 22, 2007 | Shipping | Press Releases | General Environment