Tag: shipping

Opinion: Saving The Oceans With Advanced Transportation Technologies

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July 1, 2020 By Rahul Razdan Forbes
Sustainability is driven by a carbon pipeline consisting of demand for energy, efficient delivery of energy to the end user, and finally dealing with the consequences of the process in the form of pollution. Virtualization, electrification, sequestration are powerful tools to accelerate the development of sustainable systems. Virtualization and electrification have powerful economic models which drive investment. However, sequestration is the least developed because it deals primarily with pollution.

As Oil Prices Crashed, Tankers Idled off California—Spewing Pollution for Weeks

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June 12, 2020 By Alejandra Borunda National Geographic
Giant ships lurked off the California coast for weeks in April and May, their bellies full of up to 20 million barrels of oil. This floating cache, enough to support the energy needs of the entire U.S. for a day, sat aboard an idling fleet that pumped out tons of pollutants, according to a new analysis performed by the University of College London and shared with National Geographic. These emissions could ultimately affect the long-term health of coastal communities—many of them already at risk and underserved—and they added tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

Opinion: 8 Ways to Rebuild a Stronger Ocean Economy After COVID-19

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May 12, 2020 World Economic Forum
Some of the COVID-19 stimulus packages that are being designed to recover land-based industries and communities are also exploring ways to leapfrog forwards into greener modes of operation. However, little is being considered for bluer modes of operations. Similar opportunities, however, await us in our ocean and on our coasts. Here are eight pathways for rebuilding an ocean economy that is both stronger and more sustainable after COVID-19.