Mr Tim Wilson, Principal Specialist on fuels, lubes and exhaust emissions at LR, discusses the approaching IMO 2020 regulation and the shipping industry that focuses on clean fuel, trying to avoid segregation risks and contaminated fuel. Mr Wilson highlights that one of the biggest challenges today is being ready to deal with the segregation of the new 0.50% fuel that is coming.
The situations on poor quality fuels are about the 0.01% in the industry or even less, in comparison to the global...
Tallink Grupp announced that it began using its shore power in order to provide electricity to two of its vessels, Silja Serenade and Silja Symhony, while they’re alongside in port, to decrease the environmental impact of the vessels and also mitigate air pollution in the Nordic capital cities the company’s vessels visit.
Specifically, the two vessels are sister ships, operating on the Helsinki-Stockholm route, have been piloting use of the shore power connection facility since February this...
https://safety4sea.com/tallink-grupp-conducts-its-first-cold-ironing-at-stockholm-port/
The Union of Greek Ship Owners applauds MSC’s 101 decision on adopting an action plan for mandatory measures to enhance the safety of ships relating to the use of fuel oil, as well as Resolution MSC.465(101) recommending as a matter of urgency governments to, inter alia, take action against oil fuel suppliers in confirmed cases of deliveries of fuel oil that does not comply with the minimum flashpoint as required by the SOLAS Convention.
As the President of UGS, Mr Theodore Veniamis commented
We...
https://safety4sea.com/union-of-greek-shipowners-welcomes-msc-101-results/
Wärtsilä, technology group, MARIN, Netherlands based Maritime Research Institute, and Grimaldi, Italian ship owner, designed an Energy Saving Device (ESD), suitable for use by ships with Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPPs).
Specifically, Grimaldi’s ‘Grande Portogallo’ was trialled in sea and partners confirmed a 3.5% fuel efficiency gains.
Grimaldi reported
The initial noon reports suggest a 5 percent decrease in the fuel consumption, but in order to get a more realistic value we need to record a...
Fujitsu and Kongsberg Digital have collaborated to tackle GHG emissions, using an AI Fuel Optimization Service. Namely, the new digital web service will allow shipping companies to reduce fuel costs for large ships and comply with new low sulphur fuel regulations, without needing complex ship re-engineering or major expenditure by ship owners and operators.
The Fujitsu VFO service is applicable across several shipping classes, generating savings for customers, while also putting them on course...
https://safety4sea.com/fujitsu-kongsberg-launch-ai-fuel-optimization-service/
The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) is meeting for its 101st session. Its agenda is including maritime autonomous surface ships, polar shipping, and goal-based standards among other agenda items.
Numerous draft amendments will be adopted, such as amendments to mandatory Codes regarding the carriage of possible hazardous cargoes. Namely, the MSC will adopt the draft consolidated edition of the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code), as well as a comprehensive set of draft...
https://safety4sea.com/msc-101-focuses-on-automation-polar-shipping-and-fuel-oil-safety/
Imtrade trading company offers IMO 2020 compliant fuel in the Russian far east from the early days on May. Specifically, the company sales 0.5% sulphur bunker fuel with 80cst viscosity on a delivered basis at the ports of Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Vostochnyi, Kozmino, Posyet, Zarubino.
Imtrade is offering the fuel at around $550/mt, a premium of about $150 over HSFO.
Although the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) hasn’t submitted a unified standard for 0.5% sulphur fuel, the...
https://safety4sea.com/russian-company-sales-0-5-sulphur-fuel-in-russian-far-east/
Rolls-Royce is developing a new electronic monitoring system together with ZF to achieve maximum availability for ships, while keeping fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to a minimum. It will be tested by the Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS).
The Equipment Health Management System (EHMS) will collect and analyse data from the MTU engines, ZF transmission systems and other key components on a vessel, analyzing additional factors, like wind, waves and currents.
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ABB Measurement & Analytics helps the shipping and power companies save fuel and improve the reliability of large diesel engines. ABB’s instrumentation and analyzers make solving tough measurement applications easy for customers.
An article published in ABB explains how it is done. Here’s an excerpt from it.
How ABB helps industry in current issues?With new environmental legislation, fuel costs and reliability are two of the most prominent issues facing ship owner/operators today. At the same...
http://mfame.guru/engine-performance-optimization-on-land-and-sea/