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Cruise industry says clean fuel rules will increase passenger costs and impact itineraries
TransportEnvironmental regulations aimed at reducing sulphur emissions could force cruise lines to avoid certain destinations, according to a leading travel agent. The rules will require ships travelling through established “Emission Control Areas” – which currently includes the Baltic, the North Sea and parts of the North American coastline – to burn fuel that emits no [...]
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JetBlue’s founder says he’s on a mission to lower fuel costs
TransportDavid Neeleman, the serial entrepreneur with four successful airlines under his belt, is looking to tackle one of aviation’s most acute problems: the price of jet fuel. The notion of converting a gas into a liquid jet fuel is not as technically far-fetched as it may initially sound. In Qatar, Shell (RDSA) has built an $18 billion [...]
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New fuel additive “Bunker Green” helps make cruise lines sail greener
TransportThe bunker fuel used in cruise liners and freighters is some of the cheapest, crudest fuel available. It’s also among the dirtiest. Scientists from the Maine Maritime Academy and SeaChange Group LLC led by George N. Harakas, Ph.D announced at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society that they have developed [...]
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United Airlines joins three other airlines in support of sustainable biofuels
TransportUnited Airlines has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an industry working group that aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of aviation biofuels. In joining SAFUG, United Airlines signed a pledge to pursue the advancement of drop-in biofuels that achieve important sustainability criteria, work with leading organizations to achieve biofuel certification standards, and [...]
