A broader mobilisation towards a lower-carbon future will require political backing — and that means stronger decarbonisation commitments in the near future

The build of ammonia-fuelled ships must ramp up significantly if net carbon-zero emissions targets are to be met; however, accelerating the development of this preferred decarbonisation option to make it commercially viable is no mean feat

Container lines are bringing together unique combinations of companies to help solve the conundrum of how to decarbonise shipping

Future fuels, such as ammonia and hydrogen, may provide the energy shipping needs to traverse the seas without cooking the planet, but like the fossils fuels they replace they present safety challenges

This week Johannah Christensen of the Global Maritime Forum gives us insight into how one of the industry's leading actors in the decarbonisation space sees the efforts made elsewhere in the business, and what it hopes to tackle during its most important meeting of the year next month

The shipping industry is once again urging governments to live up to their moral and legal obligations as the political stand-off that has seen a Maersk tanker carrying 27 rescued migrants, unable to call in any port, moves into its sixth week. On the podcast this week we talk to Danish Shipping’s Maria Skipper Schwenn about the growing frustration within the industry and review the latest developments with two of Lloyd’s List’s journalists following the story, Janet Porter and David Osler

Listen to the first of three special edition podcasts produced in association with DNV GL examining the tectonic shift shaping shipping's future: decarbonisation, alternative fuels and digitalisation

The Panama Canal has certainly taken a hit from the coronavirus backdrop. But the consequences have not been as severe as many probably assume, and the canal authority even expects to make its budget this fiscal year, according to deputy administrator Ilya Espino de Marotta