by Canadian Sailings | Sep 6, 2021 | Environment, Opinion, Theo van de Kletersteeg
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change, released its most recent report (AR6) in August. The report does not make for pleasant reading, as even IPCC’s most ambitious model of...
by Canadian Sailings | Sep 6, 2021 | Business and Economy, Environment, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
By Theo van de Kletersteeg The other day I received an email which contained the following pesky message at the end “Thank you for considering the environment before printing this message.” The email was sent to me by a well-meaning person who was obviously completely...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Environment, Ocean, Other
Ballard Power Systems announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Global Energy Ventures (GEV), an Australian provider of integrated compressed shipping solutions for the transportation of energy to regional markets, for the development...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Environment, Other, Ports and Terminals
At an initial workshop held at the port of Montreal with more than 45 participants in February 2020, the European Lean & Green certification program made its debut in Montreal. CargoM has now decided to implement the certification program starting in 2021, teaming...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Environment, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd. (WFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, has announced the addition of eight new methanol dual-fuel vessels to its fleet. These vessels are part of the company’s fleet renewal program which continuously replaces older...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Environment, Other, Rail
Canadian Pacific will employ Ballard fuel cell modules in its hydrogen locomotive program. The modules will provide a total of 1.2 megawatts of electricity to power the locomotive. “With this purchase from Ballard, a leader in the hydrogen fuel cell industry, CP...
