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UBC Sauder CTS

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Centre for Transportation Studies, Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia

 Vancouver
sauder.ubc.ca/Faculty/Research_Centres/Centre_for_Transportation_Studies
Joined July 2016
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The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), co-founded by @Amazon, @patagonia, @AspenInstitute, & Tchibo are announcing the launch of a Request for Proposals for 600k twenty-foot containers over the next 3 years, all powered by zero-emission fuels. bit.ly/4680VUp
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Amazon, Electrolux, Philips, and over 20 other Major Global Companies Launch Initiative to Accelerate Deployment of Zero-Emission Shipping - The Aspen Institute aspeninstitute.org/news/zemb… via @aspeninstitute #ubc_cts
Amazon, Electrolux, Philips, and over 20 other Major Global Companies Launch Historic Tender to...

Amazon, Electrolux, Philips, and over 20 other Major Global Companies Launch Historic Tender to...

Through this tender, ZEMBA will help its member companies reduce nearly 1 million metric tonnes of carbon emissions, equivalent to taking 215,000 cars off the road.

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Shipping faces two fronts in the war on emissions theloadstar.com/shipping-fac…
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Maersk launches 'the first green methanol ship: "...Our ambition is that today is the beginning of a new green revolution in supply chains – the important question isn’t how to develop new technology, but how to speed it up,”theloadstar.com/maersk-launc… #ubc_cts
Maersk launches 'a new age' with the first green methanol ship - The Loadstar

Maersk launches 'a new age' with the first green methanol ship - The Loadstar

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen today christened Maersk's new green-methanol vessel, the Laura Maersk

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Green shipping project partner, @BethDeSombre performs her fantastic new album 'The Sea Beside Us" (2023) at our @SSHRC_CRSH Vancouver workshop. bethdesombre.com/the-sea-bes… #ubc_cts
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Productive, fun meeting of the green shipping research network! @SSHRC_CRSH @UBCSauderSchool @tonyrwalker1 @hsfino @JaneLister24 #ubc_cts
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European Green Deal: Agreement reached on cutting maritime transport emissions by promoting sustainable fuels for shipping ec.europa.eu/commission/pres… #ubc_cts
Agreement reached on cutting maritime transport emissions

Agreement reached on cutting maritime transport emissions

European Green Deal: Agreement reached on cutting maritime transport emissions by promoting sustainable fuels for shipping

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EU finally reaches deal on FuelEU Maritime danishshipping.dk/en/press/n…
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New EU law 'marks the beginning of the end of dirty fuels in shipping' theloadstar.com/new-eu-law-m… #ubc_cts
New EU law 'marks the beginning of the end of dirty fuels in shipping' - The Loadstar

New EU law 'marks the beginning of the end of dirty fuels in shipping' - The Loadstar

Shipping and environmental groups have welcomed the world’s first law requiring ships to use sustainable fuels agreed yesterday by the EU

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Can green corridors effectively reduce shipping emissions? chinadialogueocean.net/en/cl… #ubc_cts
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The future challenges of maritime supply chains: annual shipping convention in Southern California focused on restoring trust bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via @business #ubc_cts
Shipping Execs Gather as Global Supply Chains Hit Calmer Waters

Shipping Execs Gather as Global Supply Chains Hit Calmer Waters

Supply chains across the world are healing, turning an annual shipping convention in Southern California this week into an opportunity to restore order and trust.

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From retail to transport: how AI is changing every corner of the economy theguardian.com/technology/2… #ubc_cts
From retail to transport: how AI is changing every corner of the economy

From retail to transport: how AI is changing every corner of the economy

Artificial intelligence has implication across the board, solving problems and raising others

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Prof Trevor Heaver @UBCSauderSchool on the challenge of minimizing ship anchoring times: "We know where every ship is in the world because of digitalization and we really have to make better use of that information." clearseas.org/en/blog/anchor… #ubc_cts
Anchors Away: Understanding the Issues About Ships at Anchor

Anchors Away: Understanding the Issues About Ships at Anchor

As Canada’s international trade and the global demand for its products continues to grow, the need for anchorages, which allow ships to wait outside a harbour to unload or pick-up their cargos, has...

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Maritime sector and green hydrogen leaders agree on ambitious targets and collaboration to reach zero emissions global shipping by 2050 climatechampions.unfccc.int/… #ubc_cts
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Ten organizations signed the Joint Statement on Green Hydrogen and Green Shipping today at #COP27 committing to rapid adoption of green hydrogen-based fuels this decade. Learn more bit.ly/3E8UnIQ
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Shipping in a Changing Energy System at #COP27. youtube.com/watch?v=DJN6Ne2y…. #ubc_cts
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Olaf Merk@o_merk3 Nov 2022
Forthcoming: special issue on Maritime and Port Governance in the academic journal Maritime Economics & Logistics. Many thanks to @JanHoffmann_gva and @Haralambides for this fruitful cooperation
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MECH @ubcires faculty member @amandagiang is teaming up with fellow IRES colleague Dr. Terre Satterfield and @ClearSeasOrg's Dr. Paul Blomerus to tackle reducing the environmental impact of commercial shipping!
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New collaboration: IRES's Dr. @amandagiang & Dr. Terre Satterfield are teaming up with @ClearSeasOrg... ...to study how commercial ships🚢 can reduce their environmental impact, including air pollution🌫️, releases of microplastics🚯 & underwater noise🔕: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Joint UBC and Clear Seas Study to Provide Path to Zero-Impact Marine Shipping - businesswire.com/news/home/2… #ubc_cts
Joint UBC and Clear Seas Study to Provide Path to Zero-Impact Marine Shipping

Joint UBC and Clear Seas Study to Provide Path to Zero-Impact Marine Shipping

The study aims to play a key role in reducing the environmental footprint of marine shipping, including carbon emissions.

businesswire.com
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Katharine Palmer@KP_LR1 Nov 2022
There is no way to stay below 1.5 without decarbonising shipping. Join @hlcchampions at #COP27 to explore bold ideas to accelerate action and put #shipping on a 1.5 aligned trajectory for 2030 and beyond #racetozero #racetoresilience eventbrite.com/e/radical-col…
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