The Clean Arctic Alliance and its member organization, Norway-based Bellona, called on the Arctic Council to take action to reduce black carbon and greenhouse gas emissions from shipping in the Arctic.
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International Shipping Body Fails the Arctic and Global Climate Fight
Civil society groups have damned the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for failing to take action on the Arctic climate crisis, after plans to reduce black carbon emissions from shipping in the Arctic were bumped off the agenda of its Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting (MEPC76), which ended today.
“The IMO and its Member States failed at MEPC76 to carve out the time needed for the urgent development of the...
A recent news article published in the MSC and Marine Link reveals that MSC reaffirms commitment to avoid arctic cargo routes, helping to limit black...
https://mfame.guru/no-commercial-cargo-route-through-arctic-reassures-msc/
Non-governmental organisations are calling on the IMO to seize the chance to immediately reduce climate-warming emissions of black carbon from ships currently using heavy fuel oil in the Arctic by switching them to cleaner distillate fuels, reports offshore energy.
As explained, the switch would ensure a cut by some 44%.
PPR 8The calls coincide with the start of the virtual five-day meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Pollution Prevention and Response Sub-Committee (PPR 8).
“Manda...
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In fact, CAA asks the industry organizations whether they could collaborate, by developing data on the VLSFO matter, in order to ensure that the new fuels don’t produce higher emissions and enhance...
https://safety4sea.com/caa-seeks-for-collaboration-on-black-carbon-emissions/
Organizations and companies from the shipping, bunkering and refining industry wrote an open letter to Dr Sian Prior of the Clean Arctic Alliance (CAA), in response to the claims that shipping’s use of IMO 2020-compliant very flow sulphur fuel oils (VLSFOs) could increase black carbon emissions, coming from vessels.
Namely, last week the Clean Arctic Alliance (CAA) wrote a letter in response to a recent study revealing that some of the new blended low sulphur shipping fuels developed and...
https://safety4sea.com/shipping-companies-respond-to-clean-arctic-alliance/
The Clean Arctic Alliance has called the IMO to support an immediate switch to distillate fuels for ships in the Arctic and develop a global rule prohibiting fuels with high Black Carbon emissions. The call comes in response to a recent study revealing that some of the new blended low sulphur shipping fuels developed and marketed by oil companies to comply with IMO 2020 air pollution standards will actually lead to a surge in the emissions of Black Carbon.
If immediate action isn’t taken by the...
https://safety4sea.com/imo-urged-to-act-after-findings-on-vlsfo-black-carbon-emissions/
A newly-launched study focuses on the importance of reducing shipping emissions and its benefits in favour of humans’ health, nature and the environment. The report highlights that a 20% reduction would decrease GHG emissions, as well as curb pollutants that pose great risks on human health, as black carbon and nitrogen oxides.
Accordingly, this study launched by campaign groups Seas at Risk and Transport & Environment is based on existent research that suggests that slowing down ships will have...
https://safety4sea.com/vessels-speed-limits-to-have-positive-impact-on-the-environment/