reducing shipping emissions

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/

UGS in favour of slow steaming for ships

During the annual assembly of the members of the Union of Greek Shipowners, Theodoros Veniamis, President of UGS, provided his comment on the 2020 sulphur cap, which is already in place.

According to Mr. Veniamis, shipping has been called upon to implement a regulation without guarantees of safety and security. He explained that, for this reason, he had frequent meetings with the IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim, and former Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, during which he described the...

https://safety4sea.com/ugs-in-favour-of-slow-steaming-for-ships/

Intra Mare, GreenStream to reduce GHG emissions

Intra Mare announced that will provide its support to the GreenStream’s machine learning-based vessel performance optimisation software in Greece. Specifically, the machine platform will use all the available data to measure vessels’ fuel consumption in order to boost their performance by saving fuel cost and reducing emissions.

With the IMO 2020 regulations already applied, Greek shipowners have expressed their goals to reduce the Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. 

Intra Mare along with...

https://safety4sea.com/intra-mare-greenstream-to-reduce-ghg-emissions/

Port of Kiel to accommodate Germany’s largest shore power system

The Port of Kiel commissioned Siemens to build Germany’s largest shore power system to date. With a power of 16 megavolt amperes (MVA), the Siharbor solution will supply two ships at the same time with certified eco-power, for the first time.

This will reduce annual CO2 emissions by more than 8,000 tons. The system is expected to go into test operation within the 2020 cruise ship season. 32 different cruise ships stopped in 174 times at the port facilities in 2018.

By building this new shore...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-kiel-to-accommodate-germanys-largest-shore-power-system/

AMSA reminds of the sulphur carriage ban, beginning March

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) reminds members and interested parties that from March 1st, 2020, all vessels are prohibited from carrying fuel oil with a sulphur content greater than 0.50% m/m.

In the first weeks of 2020, there have been very few reports of enforcement action taken against vessels for non-compliance with the sulphur cap, leading to IMO’s Secretary General to stating that the transition to the implementation of the regulation has been smooth.

Now, the industry has...

https://safety4sea.com/amsa-reminds-of-the-sulphur-carriage-ban-beginning-march/

CAA seeks for collaboration on black carbon emissions

Following the letter of several shipping companies to Clean Arctic Alliance (CAA) about the VLSFO black carbon emissions matter, the association gave its respond by writing an open letter. Specifically, Clean Arctic Alliance seeks for greater engagement and cooperation between all the stakeholders.

In fact, CAA asks the industry organizations whether they could collaborate, by developing data on the VLSFO matter, in order to ensure that the new fuels don’t produce higher emissions and enhance...

https://safety4sea.com/caa-seeks-for-collaboration-on-black-carbon-emissions/

Hamburg Port Authority joins Getting to Zero Coalition

The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) announced that it will participate in the Getting to Zero Coalition. The initiative now counts more than 90 companies from all areas of the maritime sector, is committed to international decarbonization.

More specifically, Getting to Zero Coalition aims to develop emission-free and economically viable ocean-going vessels by 2030.

By bringing together all those involved in the maritime transport chain – from ship financing to construction and shipping to ports and...

https://safety4sea.com/hamburg-port-authority-joins-getting-to-zero-coalition/

Leveraging standards to improve climate solutions

According to a recent statement, Verra is identifying and prioritizing ways to scale up financing for approaches that address climate change, through the evolution of existing standards and the development of new frameworks and tools.

Namely, Verra informs that Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) play an important role in addressing climate change, having the potential to deliver a third of the emissions reductions needed by 2030 to keep global warming below 2 degrees, yet they currently receive...

https://safety4sea.com/leveraging-standards-to-improve-climate-solutions/

ADNOC to test biofuel to reduce its sulphur emissions

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will test biofuel as a bunkering fuel for ships, in an effort to comply with the 2020 sulphur cap, the chief executive of the company’s logistics and services subsidiary said.

In an interview at local media, Captain Abdulkareem Al Masabi, chief executive of Adnoc Logistics and Services, stated that the company is studying the usage of biofuel, as well as ways to reduce fuel consumption.

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Biofuel will be used to ferry...

https://safety4sea.com/adnoc-to-test-biofuel-to-reduce-its-sulphur-emissions/

Shipping companies respond to Clean Arctic Alliance

Organizations and companies from the shipping, bunkering and refining industry wrote an open letter to Dr Sian Prior of the Clean Arctic Alliance (CAA), in response to the claims that shipping’s use of IMO 2020-compliant very flow sulphur fuel oils (VLSFOs) could increase black carbon emissions, coming from vessels.

Namely, last week the Clean Arctic Alliance (CAA) wrote a letter in response to a recent study revealing that some of the new blended low sulphur shipping fuels developed and...

https://safety4sea.com/shipping-companies-respond-to-clean-arctic-alliance/

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