MARITIME CHRONICLES
ELECTROFUELS: DECARBONIZATION OF MARITIME TRANSPORT
Nowadays most of the ships in the world are propelled by diesel engines powered by liquid fuel, the so-called "marine diesel oil". Therefore, in the search for alternative solutions to decarbonize the oceans, the race has begun to find clean alternative fuels that can replace the existing ones.
SOLAS 1974: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA
Among all the international conventions relating to maritime safety, the most important is undoubtedly the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
PORT SECTOR IN COLOMBIA
Maritime transportation is a fundamental tool for globalization, foreign trade and the supply chain of countries. For this reason, the port system is a fundamental component for commercial activities between economies, since it allows the development of maritime transportation operations in a continuous and efficient manner.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN PORTS
Sustainability is the ability to continue a given behavior indefinitely. Hence the concept of environmental sustainability as the conservation and protection of the environment indefinitely.
According to the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development in 1984, environmental sustainability consists of acting in a way that ensures that future generations will have sufficient resources available to have the same quality of life, or better, than present generations.