by faster | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Independent DATE: September 29, 2019 SNIP: Global shipping companies have spent millions rigging vessels with “cheat devices” that circumvent new environmental legislation by dumping pollution into the sea instead of the air, The Independent can reveal. More...
by faster | Mar 24, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Vancouver Sun DATE: March 24, 2019 SNIP: A combination of Chinese demand and increased pipeline space led to a massive increase in the export of crude oil out of the Port of Vancouver last year. Figures provided by the port showed there were 22 million barrels...
by faster | Mar 18, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: McGill University DATE: March 18, 2019 SNIP: Rising global maritime traffic could lead to sharp increases in invasive species around the world over the next 30 years, according to a new study by McGill University researchers. The findings, published in the...
by faster | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Conversation DATE: December 18, 2018 SNIP: Maritime shipping transports 90 percent of the goods traded around the world by volume. Moving large amounts of goods such as oil, computers, blue jeans and wheat across oceans drives the global economy, making it...
by faster | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Independent DATE: February 14, 2018 SNIP: A ship has made a winter crossing of the Arctic without an icebreaker for the first time as global warming causes the region’s ice sheets to melt. The tanker, containing liquefied natural gas, is the first...