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New fuels, new challenges?

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Unni Einemo, Director, International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) comments on possible challenges that will arise due to the 2020 sulphur cap. Ms. Einemo notes that in the ideal scenario, enough fuels of acceptable quality will be available in order to meet future demand. However, this scenario is too optimistic and the shipping industry must prepare to deal with future issues.

“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” This quote attributed to Nils Bohr, Nobel...

https://safety4sea.com/new-fuels-new-challenges/

Steep Rise in LNG Bunkering ! Rotterdam To Be LNG Hub

  • In 2018 fuel oil sale decreased from 9.9 million m3 to 9.5 million m3 due to the dip in sales of HFO from 8.3 million m3 to 7.9 million m3 in Rotterdam bunker port.
  • LNG as bunker fuel increased considerably from 1,500 to 9,500 tonnes.
  • Supplies to container ships account for approximately 70 per cent of the total Rotterdam bunker market.
  • An increase of ten suppliers within five years and a considerable increase in LNG bunkering is expected by the Port Authority.
  • ‘Timetobunker App’ trial was...

http://mfame.guru/steep-rise-in-lng-bunkering-rotterdam-to-be-lng-hub/

Danish maritime authority supports progress in PPR 6

Danish Maritime Authority discussed about the agreements made on PPR 6 and focused on the progress the IMO members made towards the  Organization’s final preparations for the new global sulphur regulation. More importantly, the Authority highlighted that the participants agreed on a number of measures for consistent implementation and enforcement of the new rules.

Mainly, the new measures have now been forwarded to the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee for completion in May this year.

https://safety4sea.com/danish-maritime-authority-supports-progress-in-ppr-6/

IBIA to participate in IMO’s PPR 6

IBIA announced that it will be present at the 6th session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 6), which will endeavour to complete work on remaining issues relating to consistent implementation of the 0.50% sulphur limit set to take effect from 1 January 2020, so that these can be sent to the 74th meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) in mid-May for any final revision and approval.

Mainly, IBIA’s members are interested on the...

https://safety4sea.com/ibia-to-participate-in-imos-ppr-6/

Clean Arctic Alliance: PPR 6 must focus on Arctic HFO ban

As the meeting of IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 6) opens today in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance called on Member States to give emphasis to the target of establishing a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil by shipping in the Arctic.

Specifically, Dr Sian Prior, Lead Advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance, mentioned that IMO member states must be focused on banning HFO in the Arctic, ‘especially in light of recent revelations from the IPCC on the urgent...

https://safety4sea.com/clean-arctic-alliance-ppr-6-must-focus-on-arctic-hfo-ban/

IMO Member States Must Stay Focussed On Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil Ban

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As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 6) opens in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance called on the Member States to remain focussed to the goal of developing a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil by shipping in the Arctic.

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“While IMO delegates gather to discuss ways to mitigate the impacts of heavy fuel oil (HFO) – the dirtiest of ships’ fuels – on Arctic ecosystems, IMO...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-member-states-must-stay-focussed-on-arctic-heavy-fuel-oil-ban/

Infographic: The story of Arctic HFO ban so far

Due to the important risks around HFO, the international shipping community banned its use and carriage by ships around Antarctica in 2011. To describe the process of what have been done and what will be done in the future, the Clean Arctic Alliance published an infographic.

A ban on HFO in the Arctic was considered in 2013 during the deliberations on the IMO Polar Code. However, while some member states were supportive, no consensus was reached.

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https://safety4sea.com/infographic-the-story-of-arctic-hfo-ban-so-far/

Study: Air quality on cruise ships worse than world’s most polluted cities

A new report commissioned by international environmental organization Stand.earth details findings of a two-year study, exposing extremely poor air quality on four cruise ships ‘that can be worse than some of the world’s most polluted cities including Beijing, China and Santiago, Chile‘.

The report, titled “An investigation of air pollution on the decks of 4 cruise ships” was authored by Dr. Ryan Kennedy, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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https://safety4sea.com/study-air-quality-on-cruise-ships-worse-than-worlds-most-polluted-cities/

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises to stop using HFO

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises announced that it will use low-sulphur Marine Gas Oil (MGO) on all expedition ships from July 2020. Currently, the company is using MGO in particularly vulnerable areas like the Arctic, Antarctica and Kamchatka.

Speaking about this decision, Karl J. Pojer, CEO Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, said that it was made to protect nature and the environment.

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Today, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is using MGO in particularly vulnerable areas such as the Arctic,...

https://safety4sea.com/hapag-lloyd-cruises-to-stop-using-hfo/

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