Tag: Zero emissions
Advocates at Climate Week call on corporations, like Amazon, to urgently tackle transportation emissions
September 26, 2024
— Our session, “Building a Just Transportation Ecosystem” during Climate Week was a key opportunity to highlight that the transportation sector, and the corporations that are behind it, is a key driver in the climate crisis, comprising about a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ship It Zero cautiously welcomes container shipping majors’ joint effort to end fossil fuel-powered ships, calls for more stringent plan to achieve 100% zero-emission shipping
December 5, 2023
— The Ship It Zero coalition cautiously welcomes an announcement from five of the world’s largest shipping lines — MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Wallenius Wilhelmsen — made in Dubai at COP28 that calls for an end date for fossil fuel-only powered newbuilds, while also urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to create the regulatory conditions to accelerate the green fuels transition.
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Apple releases “Mother Nature” ad, touts maritime shipping
September 21, 2023
— Apple released a “Mother Nature” ad touting its 2020 promise to bring its entire carbon footprint to net zero by 2030. The ad shows the Apple environmental team giving Mother Nature a status report. In one moment, an Apple team member says, “I’m proud to report that we’re shipping more products by ocean rather than air, which reduces transportation emissions by 95%.”
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Amazon ships goods on first zero-carbon Maersk ocean ship
September 14, 2023
— Maersk named its first-ever zero-emissions ocean ship, the Laura Maersk. Just recently, Amazon transported goods on this ship from Shanghai to Rotterdam. Amazon also recently finalized a 2023-2024 agreement with Maersk for the transport of 20,000 40-foot equivalent containers using methanol through Maersk’s “ECO Delivery” ocean product offering.
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Hapag-Lloyd is unhappy with low grade in new climate rating
August 24, 2023
— The German container carrier is unhappy to fi nish last in a new rating of climate initiatives, behind China’s Cosco and others. Anenvironmental organization explains why.
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Amazon quietly ditched its plan to make half of all shipments carbon neutral by 2030
May 30, 2023
— An Amazon spokesperson told Fast Company that the change shouldn’t be taken to mean that the company wasn’t still working toward earlier internal goals. “Nothing has changed in our commitment to decarbonize our operations,” the spokesperson said. Will Evans, a reporter from the Center for Investigative Reporting who first discovered the change in policy, asked Amazon if the pledge had been eliminated because the company was going to miss the goal, and was told that wasn’t the case. Still, if the company was on track to hit the target, it’s not clear why they wouldn’t want to celebrate that publicly.
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Nike Setting Sail With ‘World First’ Watercraft
May 30, 2023
— The unveiling comes after Nike was cited by climate and public health group Ship it Zero as the top U.S. ocean import polluter—responsible for 87,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions—in 2021. While the H₂ Barge 1 is not equipped for ocean sailing, it is the only inland vessel anywhere to be powered by hydrogen, said Nike. It retrofitted the ship’s standard diesel-guzzling combustion engine with hydrogen-powered, emission-free technology. The vessel releases nothing but humid air and clean water and is “far quieter” than conventional diesel-fueled vessels, wasting less energy through hull vibrations and heat and offering what’s described as a more comfortable environment for the crew.
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The Climate Crisis Gives Sailing Ships a Second Wind
May 4, 2023
— Cargo vessels are some of the dirtiest vehicles in existence. Can a centuries-old technology help to clean them up?
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Ship It Zero Resolution Passes Long Beach City Council: San Pedro Bay Port Complex to Commit to 100% Zero-Emission Ocean Shipping by 2030
April 20, 2023
— The Long Beach City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero Resolution 8-0, after the city attorney recommended that the council approve the resolution. The resolution took effect immediately upon its adoption by the Long Beach City Council. Last June, Ship It Zero mistakenly announced that the resolution had been approved by the council; but, in fact, the vote was to ask the city attorney to draft a resolution for review.
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Ship It Zero Resolution passes Long Beach City Council
April 20, 2023
— The Long Beach City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero Resolution 8-0, after the city attorney recommended that the council approve the resolution. The resolution took effect immediately upon its adoption by the Long Beach City Council.
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LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMPORTERS TO ‘TAKE STEPS TOWARDS MAKING PORT CALLS AT THE SAN PEDRO PORT COMPLEX ON ‘ZERO-CARBON’ SHIPS BY 2030’
April 19, 2023
— The Long Beach City Council yesterday (18 April) unanimously approved a resolution ‘calling on top maritime importers to Long Beach to adopt existing emissions-reducing technologies and take steps towards making port calls to the San Pedro Port Complex on zero-carbon ships by 2030’. The Council’s move has been welcomed by local climate action NGOs and supporters of the ‘Ship It Zero’ coalition.
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Ship It Zero coalition sends open letter to Target requesting meeting to discuss health-harming pollution
July 5, 2022
— In an open letter to Brian Cornell, CEO of Target, the coalition is holding the retailer accountable for its outsized role in the port congestion crisis.
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Long Beach City Council OKs resolution calling for 100% zero-emissions shipping
June 23, 2022
— “As a hub for international trade, Long Beach and its residents face significant impacts from cargo ship pollutants,” Al Austin II, Long Beach City Council Member, District 8, said.
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San Pedro Bay Port Complex to Commit to 100% Zero-Emissions Ocean Shipping by 2030
June 23, 2022
— Long Beach City Councilmember Cindy Allen introduced the resolution on Earth Day, calling on Long Beach’s top maritime importers to commit to making all port calls to the San Pedro Port Complex, which includes the Port of Long Beach, on 100% zero-emissions ships by 2030.
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Ship It Zero resolution passes Long Beach City Council
June 22, 2022
— This resolution would unite the nation’s largest ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach – and the largest U.S. seaport complex – in making the commitment of zero-emissions ocean shipping by 2030.
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Ship It Zero Resolution Passes Long Beach City Council
June 22, 2022
— Long Beach City Councilmember Cindy Allen introduced the resolution on Earth Day, calling on Long Beach’s top maritime importers to commit to making all port calls to the San Pedro Port Complex, which includes the Port of Long Beach, on 100% zero-emissions ships by 2030.
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Target Annual General Meeting Ends Abruptly, Port Residents’ Questions on Maritime Pollution Go Unanswered
June 8, 2022
— With 15 minutes left in the meeting, Target ended the call – leaving unanswered questions for port residents.
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Ship It Zero Coalition to CMA CGM: time to set sail on zero-emissions ships is now
June 6, 2022
— CMA-CGM, top ocean shipping supplier for Walmart, announced that it has ordered six ships with dual-fuel methanol engines as part of its climate strategy.
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Open Letter from Ship it Zero to Shipping Companies
May 23, 2022
— Cargo companies like CMA-CGM, A.P. Moller-Maersk, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Evergreen Marine, and Ocean Network Express have reported record-breaking profits as a result of Covid-related consumer spending and supply chain disruptions over the last two years. It is your duty to invest these resources in reducing fossil fuel use and catalyzing the shift to zero emissions vessels.
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New Clean Cargo Ship Signals Continued Technology Availability
February 10, 2022
— Ship It Zero Coalition Calls on Walmart, Target, Amazon and IKEA to Move their Business to Carriers that Offer Zero Emission Solutions
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Maersk launches the world’s first offshore electric vessel-charging station venture
January 28, 2022
— Now is the perfect time for international ocean shipping companies to invest their record profits into a horizon of hope for our shared future on this planet.
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New study: California’s trailblazing diesel rules save lives
January 28, 2022
— Jesse Marquez, executive director of the Coalition for a Safe Environment and a resident of the portside community of Wilmington, pointed to the role of environmental justice advocates in pushing for cleaner air. “The port did not do this on their own. (The air board) did not do this on their own,” he said. “We forced it to happen.”
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