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This week the IMO Maritime Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) will hold it’s 78th Session MEPC78. PortVision50 will be attending virtually. While all eyes of the maritime world have been on these meetings and the Intersessional Working Groups that led up to this week’s meeting, MEPC 78 was featured in today’s Washington Post. To read theContinue reading “MEPC 78 Featured in Washington Post”

PortVision50’s President Margaret Kaigh Doyle was interviewed for the Riviera Maritime Media (RMM).  John Snyder, RMM’s Managing Editor conducted the interview.  The podcast covered several topics including PortVision50, our mission, the vital role ports will play in maritime decarbonization, and how infrastructure changes will be vital to the success of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  Additionally,Continue reading “PortVision50 Highlighted in RMM Podcast”

The oracles have weighed in on the 77th Session of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC77) meeting held last week. The virtual format continues to hamper the progress on so many of the GHG reductions efforts which appear to be frustratingly unachievable in the short term.  Despite calls by the delegates to the COP26 ClimateContinue reading “MEPC 77 Update”

Source:  AAPA Release 11/6/21 U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which includes over $5 billion exclusively for port programs and an additional $27 billion that ports would be eligible to apply for. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law quickly. FundingContinue reading “Infrastructure Bill Passes”

The Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Shot Summit was held virtually from August 31 – September 1, 2021 and introduced the DOE’s ‘1-1-1’ goal, which is to lower the cost of green hydrogen to $1 per kilogram within 1 decade. In 2021, hydrogen production costs vary from $1/kg for grey hydrogen, to $3-$5/kg for greenContinue reading “Hydrogen Shot Summit”