Environmental News Bits

JULY 20, 2022

Read the full story in Hakai Magazine. Seizure-inducing methyl bromide and carcinogenic formaldehyde are only some of the poisonous chemicals scientists found inside cargo containers.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Much of industry continues to embrace "throwaway living," celebrated in this Life Magazine photograph in 1955. ">. Much of industry continues to embrace “throwaway living,” which was celebrated in this Life Magazine photograph in 1955. . In all this, she finds hope for systemic change toward a circular economy.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2025

Today we are thrilled to share more about the specific marketplace changes and progress each brand is making to advance a more sustainable future: Amazon Sustainable Cargo and Shipping: Amazon is recognized for its leadership in Sustainable Cargo and Shipping, making significant strides toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

About ekō Solutions ekō Solutions, a Land Betterment Company, is a sustainable development company utilizing innovative, low-cost, up-cycled shipping container structures to provide durable, high-end solutions to the building marketplace while also maintaining the ability to be utilized in a mobile environment.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Measuring the FedEx Effect: The shipping and logistics company plays a role in fueling innovation, creating, and supporting local jobs, as well as helping lift individuals and their communities regionally and in major markets around the world. We call this, the ‘FedEx Effect.’”.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2025

The 183-m oil tanker Stena Immaculate had been anchored off Withernsea, near Kingston-upon-Hull, when she was struck by the container ship MV Solong at a speed of around 18 knots (33 km/h) at 9.48am on Monday. Speculation was continuing on the morning of Wednesday 12 March into the cause and likely impacts of the North Sea collision.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 27, 2023

That’s roughly 1,000 six-meter-long shipping containers full of sediment being discharged into the deep every day, spawning from a field of mining sites spread out over an area roughly the size of Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Germany. The question is, 'How bad will it be?'” The post How bad is deep-sea mining for marine ecosystems?

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

A study published on 9 January appears to find that green ammonia could be used to fulfil the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports. 90% of the world’s physical goods trade is transported by ships which burn heavy fuel oil and emit toxic pollutants.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Sustainable shipping fuels could reach cost parity with fossil fuels as early as 2035 with the help of decisive emissions policy such as carbon taxes and emissions limits, according to a report launched by technology firm Wärtsilä on 21 March. iii Transporting 80% of world trade, shipping is the engine room of the global economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The EAF will turn UK-sourced scrap into new high-quality steel, removing the need to ship millions of tonnes of iron ore and coal from across the world. Tata Steels plans will cut the sites CO emissions by up to 90 per cent and UKs overall carbon emissions by about 1.5 per cent.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A report published on 15 November examines the role shipping will play in transporting the green fuels necessary to meet global climate goals, identifying a yawning gap between announced government-led projects and what is required. The authors are calling for the creation of far stronger national policies on low-carbon fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Behavioural change startup Signol launched a seemingly first-of-its kind project with Stolt Tankers on 11 September, aiming to further reduce shipping emissions by using IoT data to help seafarers understand the impact of their actions on overall fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and motivate them to adopt new behaviours.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The UK is backing an “absolute zero” target for international shipping emissions by 2050, as an announcement from Transport Secretary Grant Shapps set out on 13 September. We can play a leading role in driving change globally and this starts at London International Shipping Week.”

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

From trains to trams, streetcars, cars, trucks, planes, hulking container ships, elevators, and high-speed rail, the sprawling narrative of urbanization tracks the powerful trajectory of transportation technology, and its capacity to collapse distance, turbo-charge trade and alter the global environment.

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3BL Media

JULY 17, 2024

It includes shipping and interior boxes, envelopes, cards and stickers that both surprise and delight recipients. Our high-quality Coated Printing Papers are used for premium magazines, catalogs, books, direct mail and high-end print advertising.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A marine sector startup is developing an underwater robot that the group says can substantially reduce fuel costs, maintenance needs and environmental impact for ships, boats and submarines by autonomously removing built-up microorganisms, plants and algae from hulls. A prototype of the ScrubMarine robot.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The ballasting process on board ships can be susceptible to a cyber attack, as French water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group explains here. Concern is such that the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) adopted in 2021 two new URs to increase the cyber resilience of ships.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2021

Commenting on the project, lead researcher Emer Keaveney, Marine Mammal Ecologist, Ocean Research & Conservation Association Ireland said: “Increased levels of marine traffic from container ships, pleasure boats, speedboats and eco-tour operators has created a significant noise pollution issue.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

After signing up, customers can mail in eligible waste using the provided prepaid shipping label. When ready to ship, customers can download the provided prepaid shipping label, package the appliances in a secure package and send it to TerraCycle for recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2025

It is then extruded into granules called Recycled PVC and polycarbonate, which are suitable for creating new products and shipped onto manufacturers. Vinyl records and CDs are shredded into small pieces and then sent off site to be melted. Vinyl records and CDs are made from different types of plastic.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ships plying US waters have recently been slapped with heavy penalties and this might be the shape of things to come for shipping, as an ever wider net of regulatory enforcement emerges to protect marine ecosystems.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

Thursday’s operation was managed by Osprey Shipping and saw the 680-tonne tidal turbine transferred from the Forth Ports quayside facility in Dundee into the River Tay using a submersible barge. The launch of the O2 marks the first vessel launch from Dundee since ship building ended over forty years ago.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

A proposal to develop weak non-binding “goal-based guidelines” on pollution prevention in connection with black carbon emissions from ships using heavy fuel oil in the Arctic – as opposed to taking immediate and effective action to immediately reduce these climate-warming emissions – has been slammed by non-governmental organisations.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The ground investigation will provide Equinor with insights for the development of the landfall, and for deep pipeline burial under the Scheur ship channel, which are vital to ensure safe and efficient installation of the CO2 pipeline.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Ship Green During a side event at the China Pavilion, Cainiao Group’s Vice President Niu Zhijing, who is also the company’s ESG General Manager, expounded on the value of green logistics, which are “a long-term strategy of Cainiao,” he said in a statement. Explore their innovations below. has delivered over 1.7

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The city sits among numerous refineries, oil wells and storage facilities, shipping ports and high-traffic roads, and some neighborhoods rank in the top 10th of CalEnviroScreen scores. "I personally have many problems with breathing, with my throat. There have been times when my husband wanted to call the paramedics." Carbon Policy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2023

“Many of these vehicles today use lithium-ion batteries as an energy source, which can pose rare but significant safety risks, including fires, that can impact drivers on the road, homeowners with electrical vehicles parked at their residences, and shipping handlers transporting these vehicles to their final destinations.” “The

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The ability to offer prescriptions from a smartphone or tablet and ship them directly to a member’s front door is quickly becoming the preferred option for maintenance medications. Increasing both convenience and time savings is even more important to those with health issues.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The group says the project, dubbed FleetVision, will build on Reygar’s commercially proven BareFLEET technology to offer live feedback on various aspects of vessel performance, leveraging Penguin’s extensive experience in shipbuilding and ship management.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

2 Through ELF’s intervention it was demonstrated that sewage pollution was a significant problem for river and marine communities across the country and not just the Manchester Ship Canal. The judgment sets a significant precedent that has implications far beyond the Manchester Ship Canal.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

What is purported to be the first global map of cargo ship pollution has revealed interesting effects including the apparent impact of fuel regulations. The “ship tracks” in clouds, which the study measured, also appear to be helpful in explaining how particulate matter both interacts with clouds and affects global temperatures.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

He said: “We can take a complex design, and manufacture and ship a prototype for testing within weeks. We’d like to work with organisations that want to make the most of wind power, a source of sustainable energy that is free, and present in every country.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2020

It has become much harder to find containers to ship material to Asian markets such as Indonesia, China, India, Vietnam and elsewhere as boxes are stuck at Chinese ports when there was already disruption due to Chinese New Year in February. Prices look set to fall further due to higher container rates being set by the shipping lines.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

. “This transformative technology is an important piece in the hydrogen supply chain and provides an important link for meeting the growing global hydrogen demand using ammonia as a medium for shipping hydrogen,” said the group.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Sulphur dioxide has been a focus of regulatory efforts in the shipping industry for a number of years, notably with the IMO 2020 regulations, introduced last year. The problem originally arose because of the heavy-duty fuel oil used in international shipping, which in 2012 contained more than 2700 times the sulphur content of road fuel.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Decarbonising domestic and international shipping and transport – which could cut up to 1.8 Fiji is committing to making their shipping sector 100% carbon-free by 2050. Norway is committing to halve its emissions from domestic shipping and fishing vessels by 2030. gigatonnes of CO2e annually by 2050. GtCO2e each year by 2050.

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