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Millions for research on emission allowances

As recently as May, Lighthouse presented a pre-study on how shipping would be affected by an inclusion in EU emissions trading system. Now it’s alrea…

Ships from "white states" place the most strain on the marine environment

It is not ships from blacklisted flag states but those from whitelisted that put the most pressure…

Major setback for shipping's climate work

According to a survey of how Covid-19 has affected shipping almost half of the European Community S…

How to make ports sustainable transport nodes

The trend of digitization, automation and electrification is creating great pressure on small and m…

Short strong sounds the biggest threat to marine life

Noise in harbours is similar to that which can be measured near a shipping lane, but there are indi…

No extra cost to switch to electric ferries

The financial costs does not seem to be the problem when electric ferries are to be brought into pu…

Large variations in costs - new pre-study on shipping and emission allowances

An additional cost of between EUR 0.2 billion and EUR 12.5 billion per year. How shipping will be a…

Sustainable shipping receives an additional 4.5 million

Lighthouse has received an additional SEK 1.5 million a year for three years to run the Swedish Tra…

Shipping disappeared again

The great exposure that shipping got in the Swedish daily press during the month of March due to th…

More carrots and sticks are needed

The Swedish climate targets will not be achieved with today's incentives, not even if shipping is i…

The corona crisis has made shipping visible

Layoffs, closed lines, demands on economic help to keep traffic alive. The negative consequences of…

Swedish report on corona and shipping completed in record time

Last Friday, she took on the assignment. On Monday, Marta Gonzalez-Aregall finished a report on gov…

Hello…

… Johan Woxenius, professor of shipping economics & logistics at Gothenburg University and a me…

Network for lightweight constructions to support Swedish industry

They reduce fuel consumption, are gentle on the environment and last longer. Interest in lightweigh…

Authorities: shipping needs incentives

Policies and incentives are too few to reduce the climate impact of shipping. According to a contr…

Ammonia must be green and powerful

According to a new report from British Royal Society, ammonia can make shipping climate neutral. Bu…

Hello Åsa Burman!

Lighthouse has now run the Swedish Transport Administration's industry program for one year and on…

20 February 2020

Focusing on lighter, more efficient and safer hulls

An optimized hull design can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20 percent. But how is it bes…

18 February 2020

LNG - no permanent solution, but important transition fuel

The climate benefit of converting shipping to natural gas is non-existent, a report and following n…

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