 HOUSTON, Sept. 16, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- ION Geophysical Corporations Edinburgh-based Software group today announced the Company received a grant to advance port decarbonization through its climate-smart platform, Marlin SmartPortTM. The grant supports the UKs Ten Point Plan to address climate change and help achieve the countrys net-zero emissions target by 2050. The Data-Led Emissions Management D-LEMA project is part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the UK Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. The 6-month pilot study will validate whether vessel fuel usage and carbon dioxide emissions can be reliably estimated in and around ports using the International Maritime Organization IMO global standard. 