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Alliance calls for supportive policies to ensure UK captures full economic, energy security, and decarbonisation benefits of developing a low-carbon ammonia market

Slim majority of countries vote to push back decision on climate scheme by a year, after intense lobbying from the Trump administration

Logistics giant and Danish firm to generate additional carbon credits by slashing emissions from the 'last nautical mile' at UK ports

Significant progress has been towards turning ammonia and methanol into viable, low carbon shipping fuels in recent years – but there remain many hurdles to widespread adoption ahead

UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority sets out timetable for expanding the scope of the cap-and-trade regime

However, the agreed policy package has been widely criticised by nations and environmental groups as deeply underpowered in the face of shipping’s sizeable climate impacts

However some nations are more on board with ambitious green shipping measures than others, explain University of Manchester's Simon Bullock, the University of Melbourne's Christiaan De Beukelaer, and UCL's Tristan Smith

New ship is first of 34 vessels which the UK shipowner is planning to fit with rotor sails in a bid to deliver sizeable fuel and emissions savings

Analysis shows the world's biggest shipping firms are raking in multi-billion dollar profits - and driving up carbon emissions - while paying a fraction of the taxes other industries face

By not charging for greenhouse gas emissions, the UK government is handing over nearly £5m of taxpayer money to the shipping sector every day, writes Transport & Environment's UK director Anna Krajinska