Emissions

Malta to face 122 port calls of ‘worst-polluting cruise ships’ in 2019

During 2019, NGO BirdLife Malta informed that there will be no less than 122 port calls to Malta by Europe’s ‘worst-polluting cruise ships’, according to the Cruise Ship Ranking for 2019 which has just been published.

The list, compiled by NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) was presented in the past days, and regarding this year’s ranking, 90 vessels were checked on their emissions’ impacts, especially on contribution to air pollution levels.

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US EPA considers amendments for marine diesel engine emission standards

US EPA suggested to amend the national marine diesel engine program to provide relief provisions to address concerns regarding the finding and installing certified Tier 4 marine diesel engines in certain high-speed commercial vessels.

The proposed relief is in the form of additional lead time for qualifying engines and vessels. The proposal also contains waiver provisions to enable the continued installation of Tier 3 engines for certain ships if suitable Tier 4 engines continue to be...

https://safety4sea.com/us-epa-considers-amendments-for-marine-diesel-engine-emission-standards/

16-year-old climate activist arrives in New York on zero emission vessel

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sailed into New York Harbor on Wednesday after a 14-day journey from UK on a zero-carbon emissions vessel, to join a United Nations climate summit to take place in late September.

The 16-year-old Swedish activist, who set sail from Plymouth, England, on 14 August, attracted media attention last year, when she started missing school on Fridays to protest against political inaction on climate change.

Thunberg chose to travel on the zero emissions vessel...

https://safety4sea.com/16-year-old-climate-activist-arrives-in-new-york-on-zero-emission-vessel/

French President has the limit of ships’ speed as a priority

During the G7 summit in Biarritz, the French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that reducing ships’ speed would be one way to decrease maritime transport’s carbon emissions footprint. This is a proposal that Greece has supported as well.

Emmanuel Macron believes that reducing speed would be ‘one of the most efficient ways of reducing emissions’. For this reason France recommended using this measure, in IMO during April.

In addition, cutting speed would also limit sound pollution, thus reducing...

https://safety4sea.com/french-president-has-the-limit-of-ships-speed-as-a-priority/

PIL receives Environmental Ship Index certification for its fleet

Pacific International Lines (PIL) announced that it has successfully attained Environmental Ship Index (ESI) certification for its fleet comprising of half a million TEUs. ESI certification is an initiative led by by the World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP), in which ship owners enroll their ships, indicating that they exceed the basic standard set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

According to PIL, this is a major milestone for the Singaporean shipowner ahead of the...

https://safety4sea.com/pil-receives-environmental-ship-index-certification-for-its-fleet/

Bellona, Port of Oslo cooperate on emissions reduction

Oslo Harbor KF has signed a cooperation agreement with the Bellona Foundation. Under the agreement, Bellona will collaborate with the Port of Oslo to make the port emission-free. It will also distribute the lessons learned from this project with the international community.

The municipality of Oslo and the Port of Oslo have a plan to become the world’s first emission-free port. Emissions in the port will fall 85% by 2030 and gradually continue until it reaches zero-emissions.

The Port of Oslo has...

https://safety4sea.com/bellona-port-of-oslo-cooperate-on-emissions-reduction/

Indonesia will comply with IMO 2020 sulphur cap

Indonesia informed that ships flying its flag will comply with the upcoming 2020 sulphur cap, as the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation announced earlier this week. This development comes after the country had announced in July that it will not implement the 2020 suplhur cap regulation on its domestic shipping fleet because of the expense of the cleaner fuel.

As Reuters reports, Sudiono, the Transportation Ministry’s director of shipping and maritime affairs, explained that the sulphur cap...

https://safety4sea.com/indonesia-will-comply-with-imo-2020-sulphur-cap/

Joint Industry Guidance on the supply and use of 0.50% – sulphur marine fuel

Joint Industry Guidance on the supply and use of 0.50% – sulphur marine fuel

A number of shipping, refining, fuel supply and standards organisations have worked together to produce Joint Industry Guidance on the supply and use of 0.50% – sulphur marine fuel released on 20 August 2019.

The publication has been developed by experts from across shipping, refining, supply and testing of marine fuels.

The publication is designed to provide guidance for stakeholders across the marine fuels and shipping...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/21/joint-industry-guidance-on-the-supply-and-use-of-0-50-sulphur-marine-fuel/

Cruise industry still relies on heavy fuels, report finds

On August 21st, NABU presented its cruise ship ranking 2019. The findings of this year’s evaluation demonstrate that only a small proportion of fleets is becoming cleaner, while the industry by large continues to depend on heavy fuels and fails to employ exhaust technology.

This year NABU covered technologies in the field of energy supply and propulsion systems for the first time listed as a separate category. Two sailing ships alone as well as those ships with a shore power connection, using...

https://safety4sea.com/cruise-industry-still-relies-on-heavy-fuels-report-finds/

Ship Finance to equip 7 vessels with scrubbers

Ship Finance International (SFL) announced that it has agreed with a customer to install exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) on a total of seven vessels ranging in size from 8,700 to 10,600 TEU.

The charter period has been extended on some of the vessels, resulting in an increase of more than $160 million to its fixed-rate charter backlog.

In addition, several other of SFL’s container vessels will have scrubbers installed for the charterers account.

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