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In his maritime blog, attorney Dennis Bryant notes a news release from the Washington State Department of Ecology, which stated that a commercial airliner jettisoned approximately 5,000 gallons of jet fuel over Puget Sound after experiencing an in-flight emergency. The airliner landed safely at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Bryant says the incident highlights the different ways that enforcement agencies react to aviation and maritime fuel spills: Experience has shown, numerous times, that if a vessel discharges oil into the water in an emergency, civil penalties will surely follow and criminal penalties may also be imposed. With the aviation industry,...

In his maritime blog, attorney Dennis Bryant notes a news release from the Washington State Department of Ecology, which stated that a commercial airliner jettisoned approximately 5,000 gallons of jet

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Southern California agency to unilaterally develop emissions cut rules at rail yards 

Maersk to invest $500 million in Southeast Asia logistics even as integrator model struggles

Europe’s ocean trades may see overlapping CO2 charges: DNV 

Carriers weigh options after Red Sea route threatened by missile attacks 

Fast-approaching green goals pose uncomfortable question for shipping: analyst

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The South Coast Air Quality Management District says it will create rules to reduce emissions at Southern California rail yards because Union Pacific insists on including public financing as a precondition for participating in the more collaborative MOU process.

The spending program will target the company’s logistics and services arm with a “substantial amount of investment” earmarked for its ocean and terminals infrastructure in the region.

The IMO’s global market-based emissions-cutting measure will be introduced in 2027 when it will clash with Europe’s ETS and could force shippers to comply —  and pay for —  two CO2-reducing systems at the same time, classification societies believe.

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Southern California agency to unilaterally develop emissions cut rules at rail yards

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