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Nuclear ships only pay off under the IMO’s net-zero rules, UCL study finds

International Shipping October 29, 2026

LONDON : Nuclear propulsion can compete in container shipping only if an effective global emissions policy is in place and reactor costs fall sharply,...

IMO’s Net Zero Framework can provide significant incentives for electrification and boost support for COP31 35-by-35 electrification target : UCL Report

International Shipping October 16, 2026

New UCL report reveals major renewable electricity infrastructure projects can find bankable demand from shipping driven by the IMO’s NZF LONDON: Using the Grand Inga...

New research by UCL and Strider Carbon shows financiers persistently priced in transition risk late in Germany’s power sector

International Shipping August 17, 2026

LONDON: Shipping lenders and investors risk repeating the mistakes made by Europe's electricity utilities and their financiers a decade ago, and the financial fallout...

Shipping banks remain exposed to latent systemic refinancing risks as a result of the energy transition and tightening shipping emission regulations, UCL study finds

International Shipping March 25, 2026

LONDON: A new report from the UCL Energy Institute and Strider Carbon finds that while banks seem largely insulated from direct losses when climate...

LNG and methanol create path dependencies that divert investments from shipping’s long-term decarbonisation pathway, new study warns

Fuel March 12, 2026

Study by UCL academics finds that while LNG and methanol use as alternative fuels generate some knowledge spillovers and procedural regulatory learning useful for...

Adoption of the IMO NZF delayed. Regional, national and corporate actors action urged to fill the gap: UCL

International Shipping October 18, 2025

LONDON: A scheduled Extraordinary Session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has ended without adopting the policy measures agreed upon in principle in...

USD 48 billion at risk of being written off as gas tanker orders soar by 300% in five years, new research shows

Fuel September 23, 2025

LONDON/HAMBURG: USD 48 billion invested in LNG carriers could be written off by 2035 as they will be in oversupply in a 1.5°C climate...

2030 shipping goal at risk despite historic progress made by IMO: New report

International Shipping September 17, 2025

The shipping industry welcomed a major breakthrough this year with global agreement on the International Maritime Organization’s Net Zero Framework, but progress on zero-emissions...

New report highlights the important role of voluntary insetting in accelerating shipping’s energy transition, with caveats

Global Trade July 18, 2025

LONDON : New analysis by UCL Energy Institute, with the assistance of UMAS, analysing voluntary insetting schemes in the maritime sector suggests that they...

New analysis is a wakeup call for shipping industry’s leaders to get serious on voluntary climate standards, as time is running out

International Shipping June 12, 2025

LONDON : A new study by UCL Energy Institute Shipping and Oceans Research Group, Wageningen University & Research, and University of East Anglia, revealed...

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