by Mediateam | May 25, 2021 | Environment Reforms
The first in a new generation of HMM ships which are among the most environmentally friendly ever built has arrived at DP World’s container terminal at Southampton this week.
HMM Nuri is the first of eight 16,000 TEU class mega-ships to be deployed on the Asia and North Europe tradelane with leading edge technology to improve environmental performance. Read more from UK Haulier article >
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by Mediateam | May 3, 2021 | Environment Reforms
The Gas Vehicle Network (GVN) is calling for gaseous biofuels (such as biomethane and BioLPG) as low carbon, renewable transport fuels to be central to the Department for Transport’s, DfT’s, anticipated reforms to its Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) policy.
When used in HGVs, biomethane, derived from organic wastes such as food waste and sewage sludge, can typically deliver Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reductions of over 85% compared to diesel and can offer more than 100% GHG savings when the biomethane has been produced from manure. Read more from UK Haulier >
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by Mediateam | Apr 15, 2021 | Freight Industry News
Trucks are responsible for a disproportionate amount of greenhouse gases on the EU’s roads. In a study by Transport & Environment, trucks were found to have generated 22% of road transport CO2 emissions yet only accounted for less than 2% of the overall traffic on Europe’s roads.
Countering this imbalance, the EU’s first-ever emissions performance standards for trucks have called for a 15% reduction in CO2 by 2025, and a 30% reduction by 2030** to reduce the dependency on fossil-fuelled transport. Read more from the UK Haulier article >
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by Mediateam | Mar 31, 2021 | Global News
The stranded container ship is seen finally on the move and no longer blocking the canal.
Traffic has resumed in Egypt’s Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews.
Tug boats honked their horns in celebration as the 400m-long (1,300ft) Ever Given was dislodged on Monday with the help of dredgers.
Hundreds of ships are waiting to pass through the canal which links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
Read more from the BBC >
by Mediateam | Mar 28, 2021 | Global News
The huge 400m-long ship called Ever Given, operated by a Taiwanese company called Evergreen Marine is one of the largest container vessels in the world. Weighing in at 200,000 tonnes it has a maximum capacity of 20,000 containers.
A gust of wind blew the ship off course on Tuesday, causing it to run aground, blocking one of the key waterways in the world, and affecting many other ships.
Blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes, work is underway to clear the blockage which has created a massive tailback of other ships – more than 160 vessels – which are trying to pass through the canal.
The Suez Canal has long been an important trade route which separates Africa from the Middle East and Asia. As long as it continues the blockage is holding up billions of pounds worth of goods per day.
There is now an effort to refloat the wedged container ship. Read more from the BBC >
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