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27/11/2019

Hyundai Merchant Marine, one of the worlds top 10 shipping lines posts its 18th consecutive quarterly loss.
As a partner in the the ONE alliance (Ocean Network Express - the one with Pink shipping containers) Hyundais demise would be a disaster for the industry.

https://splash247.com/hmm-continues-to-stand-out-as-box-shippings-biggest-loser/

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The main container carriers’ average operating margin improved to 3.6% in the third quarter of 2019, largely due to lower bunker costs, Alphaliner reports in its latest weekly report. However, there is one carrier that stands apart, still mired in red ink. Among the main carriers surveyed by Alpha...

26/11/2019

This very neat solar array can arrive to any site in a shipping container, and be up and running within 24 hours.
An amazing idea for disaster recovery as well as helping remote sites and rural communities access renewable power.
via BoxPower

https://www.fastcompany.com/90431566/this-single-shipping-container-can-start-powering-a-small-grid-in-less-than-a-day

“We jokingly call ourselves the Ikea of microgrids.”

21/10/2019

Another neat conversion project from down under!

https://www.containerhacker.com/2019/09/18/the-executive-container-home-australia

30/08/2019

Great looking container conversion project write up from down under!

https://theheartysoul.com/an-amazing-container-home

From using carton paper to make cute slippers to turning 20ft containers into one of the most comfortable and beautiful homes in the world. Imagination is our only limitation. A sweet young couple who live in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia has managed to transform three shipping containers into an a...

28/08/2019

An interesting idea, we do worry about the acoustics though?:

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2019/06/12/free-private-concert/

"Concert for One" will pair musicians with individual listeners for 60 second concerts.

31/07/2019

Very neat shipping container house project from Colorado!

https://www.buildwithrise.com/stories/a-custom-container-home-in-the-colorado-mountains

Take a look at this custom shipping container home where a reduction in overall energy and demand and reliance on fossil fuel was a top priority.

29/07/2019

Its not just your car that can pick up a fine for belching out too much smoke!
https://splash247.com/maersk-fined-in-spain-after-locals-spot-boxship-belching-excessive-emissions/

Observant Spanish locals last week spotted a boxship belching out more smoke than normal, leading to a swift EUR20,000 ($22,435) fine for Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company. The 2007-built, 6,478 teu was caught as it came in to the port of Algericas, its excessive emissions bla...

18/07/2019

Of course, zero emission 'capable' doesn't mean ships will all be running at zero emissions, but its progress!

https://splash247.com/uk-demands-ships-built-from-2025-onwards-ought-to-be-zero-emission-capable/?utm_campaign=57ea26c2dc97a57e790965d8&utm_content=5d2c26a35644e00001ecf7a7&utm_medium=smarpshare&utm_source=twitter

All new ships for UK waters ordered from 2025 should be designed with zero-emission capable technologies, according to ambitious plans set out today by maritime minister Nusrat Ghani to cut pollution from the country’s maritime sector. The commitment is set out in the Clean Maritime Plan published...

12/06/2019

Teresa May set ambitious targets for UK Shipping de-carbonation

https://splash247.com/theresa-may-sets-britain-on-early-path-to-shipping-decarbonisation/

via Splash Maritime and Offshore News

Theresa May, the embattled departing British prime minister, ensured today her legacy will not solely be remembered by her failure to handle the country’s exit from the European Union. The UK government today put into law a net zero carbon target for 2050, becoming the first country in the world t...

10/06/2019

Samskip increases Europe - UK capacity as freight moves from ferries to containers.

Dutch-based short-sea and multimodal container logistics operator Samskip is pressing on with its contingency plans to assist customers to secure their supply chains in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Talking to The Loadstar at Transport Logistic in Munich, interim CEO and COO Diederick Blom said tha...

21/05/2019

Could green ammonia be the path to zero carbon shipping?
More importantly, won't it smell?

https://splash247.com/green-ammonia-touted-as-shippings-silver-bullet-to-decarbonise/



via Splash Maritime and Offshore News

A new report suggests green ammonia can be shipping’s silver bullet towards decarbinsation. International shipping can meet its target of at least halving its emissions by 2050, and can unleash investment opportunities in sustainable industrial infrastructure – particularly in developing countri...

09/05/2019

Interesting write up about Singapore's newest port development: https://splash247.com/is-singapores-new-megaport-a-strategic-masterstroke/

Singapore has successfully built itself into a maritime powerhouse through exploiting its strategic location within the old trade routes. Innovation and sound strategic planning by the city-state’s founding fathers helped entrench this position and made the maritime sector an important economic pa...