shipping Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    Government slow to act on Rena highlights oil drilling risks - by Gareth Hughes



    As oil hits the shore I’d like to salute the hundreds of people working very hard to contain the spill and volunteers registering to clean up the beaches. It’s a deeply worrying situation especially with a severe weather warning issued. The Government and petroleum industry have gone on the defensive over the speed of the [...] read more
    October 10, 2011 4:27 pm - 22 Comments
  • frog

    Sailing into the future - by frog



    Last week’s Business Herald had a feature article about the future of shipping. I covered the recent success of Beluga SkySails in a related post last year, so I followed up on the E/S Orcelle part of the story. The Orcelle is a concept Green Ship that incorporates all the latest renewable, fuel cell and [...] read more
    January 31, 2009 11:41 am - 25 Comments
  • frog

    The island - by frog



    It seems you can now sail around the Arctic if you should want to.  The ice has melted enough that there are, for the first time in recorded history, sailing passages around both the north of Canada and Russia allowing boats to circumnavigate the ice. Of course, for some this is a good thing: Shipping [...] read more
    September 1, 2008 4:04 pm - 7 Comments
  • frog

    It’s back to the future for UK waterways - by frog



    Hat tip to the Energy Bulletin staff for this excellent summary of an Independent article: Britain’s waterways are on the brink of an astonishing revival – and some of the UK’s biggest trucking firms are leading the way. The UK’s long-neglected latticework of canals and rivers, which once helped to jump-start the industrial revolution, are [...] read more
    August 17, 2008 8:25 pm - 12 Comments
  • frog

    SkySails’ Successful Maiden Voyage - by frog



    There was so much interest here from my last post about wind assisted shipping, that I had to follow up. Let’s see if we can crack the 55 comments level again… After all, SkySails, with there undersized prototype, managed to save 20% fuel on a significant real world trip around the Atlantic. From their press [...] read more
    March 21, 2008 10:07 pm - 24 Comments
  • frog

    More shipping, less oil - by frog



    The government’s launch yesterday of its coastal shipping draft strategy is a key step towards getting unnecessary freight off our roads, out of trucks and into ships. All of which is about reducing our oil consumption. Which all leaves you wondering if some of the Green policy advisers accidentally left their transport strategy ideas lying [...] read more
    November 7, 2007 10:31 am - 42 Comments