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Wednesday, 06 January 2021

Times Online

• Scottish patrol boards Irish trawler in disputed waters around Rockall [Subscription]Crew from a Scottish fishing patrol ship boarded an Irish trawler to keep it from casting nets in disputed waters around Rockall, the islet in the North Atlantic.
• Third of large vessels at risk from Brexit, fishers say [Subscription]One in three large Irish fishing vessels will be decommissioned in the next five years as a result of Brexit, an industry representative has claimed.
• Trawlers ‘damaging almost all Britain’s protected sea zones’ [Subscription]Fishing trawlers are destroying underwater habitat and sealife in 99 per cent of the UK’s offshore marine protected areas, a study has found.

Daily Express

• Brexit fury: Boris Johnson urged to stop trawling of EU boats to protect British seabedFISHING laws protecting British marine conservation waters must be strengthened post-Brexit to protect from EU trawlers, according to the UK's leading charity.

Daily Record

• Fury as Clyde shipyard bosses order workers to turn up for workWorkers at Ferguson Marine were stunned to receive a letter saying they must report for work as usual despite the new Covid restrictions.

Northern Echo

• Port of Tyne on the way to hitting its carbon neutral targetA PORT has taken steps closer to achieving its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

Business Live

• Welsh tech firm deal with US Navy to reduce waste and environmental impactThe Thermal Compaction Group has sold a prototype that is expected to help the US Navy reduce the waste produced by its fleet by up to 75%

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Port of Tyne clean energy programme cuts carbon emissions by 700 tonnes in 12 monthsPort of Tyne has completed a detailed modelling exercise and long term analysis of its electricity network, as part of its award-winning decarbonisation and clean energy strategy. This process enables the port’s leadership to understand both current and future energy requirements in line with Tyne 2050’s ambitious net zero roadmaps for Port of Tyne to become carbon neutral by 2030 and an all-electric port by 2040.
• Shipping and the UK Ports a tale of dire straits?Written by Alan Braithwaite, Chairman, Freight & Logistics Policy Group Stories are gathering pace of UK ports being in trouble with landside capacity being completely full of containers and vessels simply refusing to call. A meeting of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s Freight and Logistics Policy Group discussed what has been happening and the implications for future trading patterns. This blog was originally penned before the Brexit deal was announced so it has been updated to reflect that.