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International approach needed to reduce shipping emissions
Yesterday saw the meeting of the European Vice-President Siim Kallas and Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard with the shipping industry, Member States and the European Parliament where it was discussed and debated how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry. Short, medium and long term solutions were discussed and the need for a uniformed, international approach was recognised as the most important factor in moving forwards.
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Keeping the world's super-ships safer
More and more ships are sailing the world’s oceans as trade becomes increasingly global. This has led to larger and larger ships being built to cope better with this increased demand for cargo capacity – but with bigger ships come bigger structural problems that can lead to disasters like the sinking of MSC Napoli in 2007. TULCS is a project that has spent three years investigating these structural challenges and now has the models available to avoid them at the design stage