reducing shipping emissions

Partners discuss Smooth Ports project’s progress

The Port Authority Network of Northern Tyrrhenian Sea conducted the second Smooth Ports partner meeting, with attendees from Bulgaria, France, Italy and Germany, who discussed the progress of the project.

The Smooth Ports project is an effort to reduce CO2 emissions in ports by reducing truck transports in ports and their hinterland. A special focus is on optimization of administrative procedures in order to save unnecessary transport within the port.

During the meeting, the partners agreed to...

https://safety4sea.com/partners-discuss-smooth-ports-projects-progress/

BIMCO joins Japan for regulation of existing ships’ carbon intensity

Panama, Norway, Greece and other actors are co-sponsoring a proposal originally tabled by Japan to curb the carbon intensity of existing ships through use of an Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI), much like the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) which is mandatory for new ships.

As BIMCO says, the new short-term measure requires existing ships to comply with an EEXI limit, if adopted by IMO. The proposal offers a simplified way to comply by using estimated speed/power curves and...

https://safety4sea.com/bimco-joins-japan-for-regulation-of-existing-ships-carbon-intensity/

Ammonia could cut GHG emissions, says UK’s Royal Society

The UK Royal Society issued a report presenting the opportunities and challenges associated with the manufacture and future use of zero-carbon ammonia, in line with the global goals towards a sustainable and greener future.

The production of ammonia plays a major role in shipping’s decarbonization and has the capability to impact the transition towards decarbonization, despite its current use in fertilizer production.

The report indicates that green ammonia could also be used as:

  • As a medium to...

https://safety4sea.com/ammonia-could-cut-ghg-emissions-says-uks-royal-society/

Scrubber discharges bans: Update

In protection of the marine environment, many ports have already banned or limited the use of open loop scrubbers in their territorial waters; Thus, new countries emerged implementing new restrictions for vessels calling their ports.

Africa 

  • Egypt

Discharge of washwater from open loop scrubbers is prohibited in the Suez Canal. Gard highlights that although use of fuel with a sulphur content greater than 0.5% sulphur may be allowed without the use of scrubbers, vessels should always refer to...

https://safety4sea.com/scrubber-discharges-bans-update/

Getting to Zero coalition: Zero emissions ships for zero emission future

In line with a global push to decarbonization and green development, a recently launched partnership among over 90 organizations ambitions to get commercially viable deep sea zero emission vessels fueled by zero emission fuels into operation by 2030.

What is ‘Getting to Zero Coalition’?

Getting to Zero Coalition is an alliance of more than 90 companies across the maritime, energy, infrastructure and finance sectors, launched at the United Nations climate summit in New York on September 23, 2019.

Wh...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-getting-to-zero-coalition-zero-emissions-ships-for-zero-emission-future/

IMO Sulphur Cap Recap: Where we stand and what’s next

As we are two months into 2020, IMO’s sulphur cap is being implemented worldwide and considering the radicality of the new regulation, its implementation has been smooth so far. However, that does not mean that there are no breaching cases, while the discussion regarding the best way to comply has heated up. What’s more, from March 1st, the regulation will enter the next phase, meaning that the industry has only few days to discharge fuel that has a sulphur content greater than 0.50% m/m.

Sulphur...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-imo-sulphur-cap-recap-where-we-stand-and-whats-next/

SAFETY4SEA London Forum focuses on seafarers’ needs and shipping sustainability

The second SAFETY4SEA London Forum successfully concluded on Wednesday 12th of February 2020 at the Hellenic Centre, London UK.

The event was organized by SAFETY4SEA having as sponsors the following organizations: CR Ocean Engineering, ERMA FIRST, Green-Jakobsen A/S, MarineTraffic, RightShip, RISK4SEA, SQEMARINE, Standard P&I Club, and World-Link Communications. Supporters of the event included Maritime London, Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain, INTERCARGO, IWSA, Sailors’ Society, and...

https://safety4sea.com/safety4sea-london-forum-focuses-on-seafarers-needs-and-shipping-sustainability/

IEA to connect the gap among energy and climate goals

During the International Energy Agency (IEA) conference on 11 February, representatives from COP host countries were presented at its Paris headquarters and reviewed ways to achieve climate and sustainability goals in the maritime industry.

The gathering took place following IEA’s announcement that global carbon emissions had stopped increasing last year, expecting that they would grow during 2019.

For the records, Kwasi Kwarteng, the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth of the United...

https://safety4sea.com/iea-to-connect-the-gap-among-energy-and-climate-goals/

ICCT doubts on CO2 cuts from limiting engine power

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) in its latest report focused on the CO2 reduce emissions issue, by limiting engine power. The study shows that shipping Green House Gas (GHG) emissions have been reduced by 30% during a ten-year period from 2008 to 2018.

With the IMO working towards to achieve shipping’s decarbonization, technical practices to limit engine power proved to have limited impact on reducing CO2 emissions, ICCT reported.

According to the study, engine power...

https://safety4sea.com/icct-doubts-on-co2-cuts-from-limiting-engine-power/

Fossil fuels’ air pollution costs India ₹10.7 lakh crore annually, report reveals

Greenpeace Southeast Asia partnered with the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), revealing that the global cost of air pollution from fossil fuels has reached an estimated US$8 billion per day, or 3.3% of the world’s GDP. Now, the report highlights that air pollution has a severe impact on the environment and the health of people, leading also to a major economic cost affecting mostly China Mainland, the United States and India, who bear the highest costs from the global fossil...

https://safety4sea.com/fossil-fuels-air-pollution-costs-india-10-7-lakh-crore-annually-report-reveals/

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