{"id":995,"date":"2023-03-08T09:53:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T01:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/singapores-net-zero-emission-harbour-craft-plans-applauded\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T09:53:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T01:53:33","slug":"singapores-net-zero-emission-harbour-craft-plans-applauded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/singapores-net-zero-emission-harbour-craft-plans-applauded\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore\u2019s net-zero emission harbour craft plans applauded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:900px; margin:0 auto; background-color:rgb(246,246,246); padding:20px; line-height:25px; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>To meet a goal of net-zero emissions from all harbour craft in Singapore <\/p>\n<p>port last week Singapore\u2019s Minister of Transport S Iswaran announced in <\/p>\n<p>parliament that, \u201cTo achieve this transition, from 2030, all new harbour craft <\/p>\n<p>operating in our port waters must be fully electric, be capable of using B100 <\/p>\n<p>biofuels, or be compatible with net-zero fuels such as hydrogen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1678239510371661-1.jpg\" alt=\"Singapore\u2019s net-zero emission harbour craft plans applauded.jpg\" title=\"Singapore\u2019s net-zero emission harbour craft plans applauded\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; padding:15px 0px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There are around 1,600 harbour craft currently operating in Singapore port <\/p>\n<p>waters.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The new targets drew support from pressure group Pacific Environment. <\/p>\n<p>Allyson Browne, Climate Campaign Manager for Ports, Pacific Environment: \u201cWe <\/p>\n<p>applaud Singapore\u2019s commitment to move towards 100% zero-emission port and ships <\/p>\n<p>through its 2050 net zero emissions targets. This transition requires a <\/p>\n<p>jumpstart this decade, and harbor craft are a great place to start. <\/p>\n<p>Fossil-fueled harbour crafts &#8212; including ferries, tugboats, crew and supply <\/p>\n<p>boats, fishing vessels, excursion vessels and others \u2013 produce air quality <\/p>\n<p>pollutants and GHG emissions that warm our planet. We must transition these <\/p>\n<p>vessels to electric and zero-emission fueled-engines as quickly as <\/p>\n<p>possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Maritime &amp; Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is supporting <\/p>\n<p>electrification through a number of initiatives including consortiums <\/p>\n<p>researching and developing electric ferries and lightering craft. Meanwhiule <\/p>\n<p>Shell and Penguin Internationalare commissioning their first full electric <\/p>\n<p>ferries and rapid shore chargers, scheduled for operational deployment this <\/p>\n<p>year.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>MPA aims to develop charging infrastructure implementation masterplan by <\/p>\n<p>2025 and has started a study with local research institutes from which the <\/p>\n<p>results are expected to be released in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Pacific Environment urged other ports to follow Singapore\u2019s lead. \u201cIt is <\/p>\n<p>imperative that leading port cities like Singapore accelerate their commitment <\/p>\n<p>and action towards zero-emission shipping in order to protect the health of port <\/p>\n<p>communities, address the climate crisis and dramatically reduce pollution at the <\/p>\n<p>ports,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To meet a goal of net-zero emissions from all harbour craft in Singapore port last week Singapore\u2019s Minister of Transport S Iswaran announced in parliament that, \u201cTo achieve this transition, from 2030, all new harbour craft operating in our port waters must be fully electric, be capable of usin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}