In November 2019, the Office of Coast Survey (OCS), part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announced the start of a five-year program to “sunset” all raster and paper nautical charts.NOAA has produced electronic navigational charts (ENCs) since 1993. In the 2019 notice, NOAA writes that “ENC sales increased 425% since 2008
Classification society DNV announced it has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC) for its PCO2 tank system for the transportation of liquefied CO2 (LCO2).Many of the world’s decarbonization goals can only be met through use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
Shipping giants are heading for port, but not in the traditional sense. Companies like Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd are riding a record valuation wave thanks to a year of sky-high container rates. Gobbling up land-based logistics rivals would be one use for the cash burning a hole in their pockets.
Oil major BP said Monday that its BP Singapore branch had delivered its first carbon offset liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to CPC Corporation, Taiwan (“CPC”), to the Yung An terminal in Taiwan in September 2021. The LNG was sourced from BP’s LNG portfolio."This is BP’s first delivery of carbon offset LNG in the Asia-Pacific region