We have previously written about moving on from the initial pitching round at Danish maritime start-up competition and accelerator programme Maritime Stars.
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Maritime Stars - Pitch video
25/07/2024
As previously noted, we had the honour and pleasure to be invited to pitch at the Danish Maritime Stars event in Aalborg on 20 June 2024. We were extremely pleased that our pitch ended up with us being chosen among the 5 start-ups to go on into the main part of the course.
Maritime Stars Contender!
27/06/2024
Maritime firebrand Allan Hejslet of Erhvervshus Nordjylland (loosely translates into "Business House Northern Jutland") is spearheading a new round of Danish maritime accelerator course and competition Maritime Stars.
In the world of sustainability, life cycle assessments (LCAs) are unavoidable. An LCA is a systematic method used to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with all stages of a product's or service's life, from raw material extraction through processing, manufacturing, distribution and use, and ideally all the way through reuse, recycling or...
Moving Up The Waste Hierarchy
06/06/2024
Our friends at Oceanswellenergy have recently received support from the good people at The Danish Maritime Fund for an extremely interesting project, see the announcement (in Danish) here: https://dendanskemaritimefond.dk/oceanswellenergy-udvikling-af-boelge-energi-catamaran-design-ved-brug-af-genbrugte-fartoejer/
In working with circular economy - notably within the EU, or between the EU and the rest of the world - one aspect that stands out very clearly is the sheer amount of regulation that you need to bear in mind.
We have previously written about why high-quality scrap steel is necessary for the green transition. That piece mostly dealt with the quality and reliability advantages for the end users. But there are more advantages to scrap steel in relation to the green transition:
The Need for High-Quality Steel Scrap
17/01/2024
The world produces about 2 billion tonnes of metal every year, from about 9.4 billion tonnes of metal ores extracted. Some 94% of all that metal is iron, primarily to make steel (https://www.mining.com/graph-global-metal-and-ore-production-at-a-glance/).
In June 2023, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) published a remarkable report on green steel and shipping. You can access SSI's web site and find the full report here: Green steel and shipping – Sustainable Shipping
In June 2023, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) published a remarkable report on green steel and shipping. You can access SSI's web site and find the full report here: Green steel and shipping – Sustainable Shipping