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- How offshore wind sector is powering demand for heavy-lift ships Fri, 8 Dec 23, 5:00pmAs wind turbines get bigger, shipborne cranes required to lift giant blades into place at sea will need to be taller and stronger
- Full clean ahead: can shipping finally steer away from fossil fuels? Mon, 7 Aug 23, 5:00pmElectric ships, hydrogen, ‘air lubrication’ and even good old wind power are reducing emissions, but campaigners say true change will ‘take guts’
- Shipping emissions levy delayed but goals for greenhouse gas cuts agreed Fri, 7 Jul 23, 10:24pmInternational Maritime Organization agreement is inadequate to decarbonise sector, say campaigners
- Major US railroad merger could bring more tar sands to south-east Texas Mon, 13 Feb 23, 10:00pm$27bn deal would create the first direct route from Canadian mines to Gulf coast, while another would ship controversial oil from Utah
- ‘Do you think people are stupid?’ MPs challenge Sunak over income tax cut planned for election year – as it happened Tue, 29 Mar 22, 4:43amThis blog is now closed. You can read our full report on Sunak’s evidence to MP here
- ‘Do you think people are stupid?’ MPs challenge Sunak over income tax cut planned for election year – live Tue, 29 Mar 22, 4:43amLatest updates: chancellor faces Commons Treasury committee amid criticism over his spring statement
- Sunak tells MPs announcing income tax cut will help resist pressure for higher spending – UK politics live Tue, 29 Mar 22, 2:01amLatest updates: chancellor faces Commons Treasury committee amid criticism over his spring statement
- Shipping industry proposes ‘moonshot’ fossil fuel levy Thu, 11 Mar 21, 5:39amProposed levy, backed by nine governments, would raise funds for developing zero-carbon ships
- 173 countries agree to slash shipping industry emissions in historic deal Sat, 14 Apr 18, 4:03amShipping was the sole industry excluded from the 2015 Paris Agreement, even though the sector's annual carbon emissions are higher than those of Germany — and countries now plan to address that...
- Staxxon’s Collapsible Containers Could Revolutionize Global Shipping Industry Tue, 3 May 11, 5:40amThe humble shipping container has truly come into its own over the last decade as architects and designers have innovated ump-teen new ways of re-purposing the standardized metal box...