Shipping Australia sent the following text to The DCN in response to an article about the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s call for regulation of vessel speeds.
The ocean shipping industry is keen to operate in a sustainable manner with a minimal burden on communities and eco-systems.
Shipping Australia notes comments made by the IFAW: “Blue speeds: socioeconomic...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/ifaw-statement-on-slowing-down-ships-ignores-industry-efforts/
ANL, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, has announced success of the first biofuel trial on a containerised shipping vessel within Oceania.
A concrete partnership enabling the pooling of expertise
The trial, undertaken on ANL’s AAX1 service was a 42-day rotation, commencing in Brisbane, travelling via Southeast Asia and then onto key Australian ports. The international shipping service...
When results of the new research were compared with ships measured in the English Channel (where emissions are controlled through...
https://mfame.guru/ship-exhaust-emissions-are-a-major-cause-of-worry-say-scientists/
Shipping and aviation emit more than 5% (pdf) of the world’s greenhouse gases, not to mention black carbon, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Left unchecked, their emissions could eat up nearly a third of the world’s“carbon budget,” the allowable emissions to keep the Earth’s climate below 2°C of warming this century. While both of them are competing with each other, it’s shipping who has outmaneuvered the climate action battle, reports Quartz.
It has left a giant hole in the world’s climate...
http://mfame.guru/shipping-vs-aviation-who-will-win-the-emission-control-battle/
The US Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that two Greek Shipping companies have been convicted and sentenced for various pollution, record-keeping, and obstruction of justice crimes, reports The Maritime Executive.
Fine over $3 millionThe U.S. Department of Justice District of the Virgin Islands has fined two Greek Shipping companies for various air pollution offenses committed in the U.S. Caribbean Emission Control Area, with fines totaling over $3 million for those...
http://mfame.guru/us-fines-greek-companies-for-air-emissions-case/
Georgia ship pilots, New England offshore lobster fishermen and their boat builders will get three more years to meet Tier 4 emission standards for their lightweight and high-powered diesel engines, with a proposed extension from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The offshore...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/epa-extends-time-for-tier-4-emissions-compliance/
With the 2020 sulphur cap under its belt, the...
Starting in 2019, ships participating in the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) in working towards reducing air emissions may apply for up to 8 per cent discount on tonnage fees in the harbours of the Port of Tallinn. The new port pricing system involving differentiated port fees is aimed at encouraging shipping companies to adopt environmentally friendlier technologies and thus also contribute to the health of Baltic Sea ecosystem.
“All the vessels sailing on the Baltic Sea must, naturally, meet...
http://container-news.com/port-tallinn-rewards-emission-reducing-ships/
Air pollution regulators are looking to tighten California’s air emissions rules for commercial vessels, already the strictest in the nation.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced its staff is beginning a new rulemaking process to modify the state’s existing Commercial Harbor Craft Rule.
Now in its implementation phase, the rule makes California the only state in the Union that requires most vessels with older engines – pre-dating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency diesel...