Innovations & New Technologies
Recycling of ships
The development of the Hong Kong Convention
The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and ...
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The future of green shipping
IMO GMN project is promoting technologies and operations to improve energy efficiency in maritime sector and help navigate shipping into a low carbon future. It is steering a course for ...
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ABOUT SPACE DEBRIS
https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2017/11/027/1711_027_AR_EN.mp4
SPACE DEBRIS BY THE NUMBERS
The latest figures related to space debris, provided by ESA's Space Debris Office at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany.
Information correct as of January 2019
Number of rocket launches since ...
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Disruption, digital ecosystems and Porsche in the centre of it all
Disruption, digital ecosystems and Porsche in the centre of it all – Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG and Member of the Executive Board responsible ...
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What is Green Logistics?
A step towards green Logistics
Logistics is the integrated management of all the activities required to move products through the supply chain. For a typical product this supply chain extends from ...
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Reverse Logistics theory
Reverse logistics diagram
Source: https://www.chegg.com
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What is the carbon footprint of manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles?
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What is the carbon footprint of manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles?
Are there other environmental implications?
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Porsche: Electromobility as an opportunity
Porsche is actively pursuing the future of electromobility—where the journey is going and where challenges await is discussed in this interview with Otmar Bitsche, Director of Development Electrics, Electronics, Electromobility ...
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IMO Data Collection System
Data collection system for fuel oil consumption of ships entered into force on 1 March 2018.
Under the amendments, ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above are required to collect consumption ...
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Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI)
The EEDI for new ships is the most important technical measure and aims at promoting the use of more energy efficient (less polluting) equipment and engines. The EEDI requires a minimum ...
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Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships
In 2012, international shipping was estimated to have contributed about 2.2% to the global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Although international shipping is the most energy efficient mode of mass ...
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Impact of emissions Did you know?
Next to CO2, the transport sectors also emit nitrogen oxides (NOx=NO+NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and hydrocarbons (HCs) that lead to further perturbations of the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases ...
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Sustainable logistics and supply chain management
Supply chain of the future focuses on analyzing the implications of considering CO2 emissions in logistics decisions. Companies can potentially achieve important reductions in carbon emissions by making better sustainable ...
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Values of key climate indicators
Values of key climate indicators
Indicator
Time period
Value
Ranking
Global mean surface-temperature anomaly (1981–2010 baseline)
2017,
annual mean
+0.46°C
Second-highest on record
Global ocean heat content change, 0–700 metre layer
2017,
annual mean
1.581 x 1023 J
Highest on record
Global mean CO2 ...
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Environmental economics definition
It is a branch of economics which discusses about the impacts of interaction between men and nature and finds human solutions to maintain harmony between men and nature. Environmental economics ...
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