Research

Reverse logistics
By Marzipan Mountains
Reverse logistics stands for all reuse of products and materials associated activities. It is the ...
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Network Global Logistics
By Marzipan Mountains
Do we really need a network global logistics? In a sustainability context, the current global ...
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Recycling of ships
By Marzipan Mountains
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
By Marzipan Mountains
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
By Marzipan Mountains
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
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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?
By Marzipan Mountains
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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What is the carbon footprint of manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles?
By Marzipan Mountains
Please help us by answering the questions below? We'd love to hear from you. What is the carbon footprint of manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles? Are there other environmental implications? ...
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IMO Data Collection System
By Marzipan Mountains
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)
By Marzipan Mountains
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
By Marzipan Mountains
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?
By Marzipan Mountains
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
By Marzipan Mountains
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
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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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