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Marine transport

America's pandemic shopping haul arrived on dirty cargo ships

A new report assesses the environmental toll of transporting goods for Walmart, Target, Home Depot and other major U.S. retailers in the frenzied year of 2021.

By Maria Gallucci . 1 March 2023

a large red and blue plug is getting connected to a cruise ship in port

Marine transport

Electrifying US ports could drive sharp cuts in air pollution

A new analysis finds that cities near some of the busiest U.S. ports could see major health benefits if the facilities powered ships and trucks with electricity.

By Maria Gallucci . 14 February 2023

A man inserts a charger into an electric truck

Clean fleets

Ports need electric trucks. Forum Mobility has $400M to make it happen

The electric-trucking-as-a-service startup will build charging depots and make electric trucks available to freight haulers serving California's busiest ports.

By Jeff St. John . 17 January 2023

A large ship sails across the ocean with a tethered, rainbow-shaped white kite flying above it

Marine transport

Watch this cargo ship fly a giant kite to save fuel and cut emissions

Tweaking a centuries-old concept, French startup Airseas is one of many companies now harnessing the wind to clean up the global shipping industry.

By Maria Gallucci . 6 December 2022

Marine transport

How to clean up the dirty ports that handle our Black Friday junk

A new initiative gives report cards to the world’s top ports to show how they’re leading, or falling short, on efforts to decarbonize cargo shipping.

By Maria Gallucci . 25 November 2022

Two cargo ships in the ocean piled high with colorful cargo containers

Marine transport

The race is on to build the world's first ammonia-powered ship

Startup Amogy is retrofitting a tugboat in New York, while several Nordic companies are testing out different ammonia technologies for cleaning up the shipping industry.

By Maria Gallucci . 10 November 2022

A cargo ship packed high with colorful containers

Marine transport

Zero-emissions cargo shipping catches on in cities and port communities

Los Angeles and Long Beach are now joined by Minneapolis, home to retail giant Target, in asking importers to slash all shipping emissions by 2030.

By Joseph Winters . 26 September 2022

Dockworkers in safety gear move cargo containers at an industrial facility

Marine transport

3 ways the new climate law will help clean up dirty US ports

The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3 billion to slash pollution from ports by electrifying machinery, plugging ships into the grid and more.

By Maria Gallucci . 23 August 2022

a large cargo ship piled high with colorful shipping containers sits off the coast of Long Beach

Marine transport

Cargo ships are notoriously dirty. A new bill aims to clean them up

The Clean Shipping Act, proposed this week in Congress, would curb CO₂ pollution from shipping and accelerate the adoption of nascent technologies.

By Maria Gallucci . 14 July 2022

A very large green cargo ship laden with cargo containers comes into port at dusk

Marine transport

Startup Amogy raises $46M to fuel cargo ships with green ammonia

The Brooklyn-based company is using funds from Amazon, SK Innovation and Saudi Aramco to decarbonize tractors today and freighters in the near future.

By Maria Gallucci . 24 June 2022

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Marine transport

America's pandemic shopping haul arrived on dirty cargo ships

Electrifying US ports could drive sharp cuts in air pollution

Ports need electric trucks. Forum Mobility has $400M to make it happen

Watch this cargo ship fly a giant kite to save fuel and cut emissions

How to clean up the dirty ports that handle our Black Friday junk

The race is on to build the world's first ammonia-powered ship

Zero-emissions cargo shipping catches on in cities and port communities

3 ways the new climate law will help clean up dirty US ports

Cargo ships are notoriously dirty. A new bill aims to clean them up

Startup Amogy raises $46M to fuel cargo ships with green ammonia