Andreas Chrysostomou joins the Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA)

Andreas Chrysostomou joins the Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA)

A veteran of the maritime industry, Cypriot Andreas Chrysostomou is joining the Clean Shipping Alliance as Executive Director.

With a background in Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding, Andreas Chrysostomou has contributed immensely to the various aspects of the shipping industry throughout his career, ranging from safety and security to the protection of the marine environment. He has served as Chairman of the Design and Equipment...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/08/andreas-chrysostomou-joins-the-clean-shipping-alliance-csa/

Clean Shipping Alliance Contradicts ICCT’s Wash Water Report

  • The environmental group ICCT published a report on wash water discharge given out by scrubbers.
  • The Clean Shipping Alliance expresses its concern about the wrong perception of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (“scrubbers”) and wash water discharges.

Following the release of a report by environmental group ICCT, the Clean Shipping Alliance expresses its concern about the wrong perception of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (“scrubbers”) and wash water discharges portrayed in the publication, says an...

https://mfame.guru/clean-shipping-alliance-contradicts-iccts-wash-water-report/

Clean Shipping Alliance: Wash water discharges are not ‘sludge’

Clean Shipping Alliance: Wash water discharges are not ‘sludge’

Captain Mike Kaczmarek, vice president, Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding. Photo by Andy Newman /Carnival Cruise Lines

Following the release of a report by environmental group ICCT, the Clean Shipping Alliance expresses its concern about the wrong perception of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (“scrubbers”) and wash water discharges portrayed in the publication.

We welcome all scientific inquiries on Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems that are...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/03/clean-shipping-alliance-wash-water-discharges-are-not-sludge/

Wash Water Discharge is Not Marine Pollution, Says Disappointed CSA

The Clean Shipping Alliance is “disappointed” in the recent decision to restrict exhaust gas cleaning system (scrubber) wash water discharge, says a press release published on their website.

Announcement from Turkey

The Clean Shipping Alliance expressed disappointment in the 6 April announcement from the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization that they will restrict the discharge of wash water in the territorial waters of the country, based on its marine pollution regulation.

For more...

https://mfame.guru/wash-water-discharge-is-not-marine-pollution-says-disappointed-csa/

Regional Regulations Cripple IMO’s Decarbonisation Goal

Ship owners and operators want International shipping stakeholders to collaborate through IMO to support its decarbonisation effort and avoid regional regulations, says an article published in Riviera Maritime Media.

Regional regulations 

One of the main concerns among panellists at an owner and operators’ session during the Riviera Maritime Media’s MAP Europe conference was the regional regulations.

According to them, regional regulations are patchwork that will undermine international shipping’s...

https://mfame.guru/regional-regulations-cripple-imos-decarbonisation-goal/

EGCS Installation Delivers a Lot More Than Anticipated

  • The members of the Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 reported on the installation and performance of their respective exhaust gas cleaning systems.
  • All panel members said that their EGCS installations were removing substantially more sulphur emissions than the 0.50% required to comply with the global sulphur cap.
  • With respect to the future of marine exhaust gas cleaning systems, new alternative fuels and propulsion technologies will emerge but scrubbers could also have a wider role to play.

Al...

http://mfame.guru/egcs-installation-delivers-a-lot-more-than-anticipated/

CSA 2020 Applauds DFDS On Ten Years Of Successful Scrubber Operations

DFDS Ship

The Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 has congratulated Danish ferry operator DFDS A/S for ten years of successful scrubber operation, with the exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) onboard the 37,939gt RORO Ficaria Seaways achieving more than 50,000 running hours since 2009.

Ficaria Seaways, one of the first ro-ro vessels to be fitted with an Alfa Laval PureSOx system, operates inside the stringent European Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA), on the Gothenburg – Immingham route.

“The...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/csa-2020-applauds-dfds-on-ten-years-of-successful-scrubber-operations/

More Shipowners Join Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 In Support Of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems

pollution sunset

Wallenius Wilhelmsen is the latest shipowner to join the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), increasing the organisation’s membership to 35 shipowners operating a combined fleet of almost 2500 vessels.

Other companies to have recently joined the Alliance include Hammonia Reederei, International Seaways, Chandris (Hellas) and Genco Shipping & Trading.

Roger Strevens, Vice President, Global Sustainability, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, said: “The implementation of the IMO 2020 0.5% global sulphur cap...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/more-shipowners-join-clean-shipping-alliance-2020-in-support-of-exhaust-gas-cleaning-systems/