Monitoring The Enforcement Of IMO’s 2020 Sulphur Regulations

The International Maritime Organization’s 2020 Global Sulphur Limit Regulation, which is a significant challenge for the shipping industry, came into effect as of 1 January 2020. It limits the sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships operating outside designated emission control areas to O.5O% m/m (mass by mass), from 3.5O% m/m. Monitoring and enforcement of the new limit is the responsibility of Governments and national authorities of member States that are Parties to MARPOL Annex VI, reports...

https://mfame.guru/monitoring-the-enforcement-of-imos-2020-sulphur-regulations/

Tackling Decarbonization With Scrubbers Amidst Strict Regulations

Scrubbers a valuable stepping stone to carbon neutral future, says wärtsilä exhaust treatment chief, reports Bunker Spot.  

Strict parameters

Scrubbers are buying shipping operators valuable time while they ponder their decarbonization decisions, Sigurd Jenssen, Director, Exhaust Gas Cleaning, Wärtsilä, tells Bunkerspot.

For all the talk of IMO 2020 – and everything that has happened since – it is easy to forget that shipowners and operators in North America and northern Europe have been working...

https://mfame.guru/tackling-decarbonization-with-scrubbers-amidst-strict-regulations/

Vital Solution To Reduce Air Pollution in Shipping Industry

There is an immediate need for improvement of air quality of ports and cities of the Mediterranean Sea, by using better-quality fuels and greener technologies, says an article published in Safety4Sea.

Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea 

Shipping emissions and heavy air pollution in the Mediterranean Sea are a major concern for the shipping industry, as they can harm human health, the environment, and the global climate in general. 

Med ECA webinar

During the “Mediterranean Emission Control Area”...

https://mfame.guru/vital-solution-to-reduce-air-pollution-in-shipping-industry/

146 Mark Bell, General Manager, The Society for Gas as Marine Fuel

In episode 146 we meet Mark Bell, General Manager, The Society for Gas as Marine Fuel, and we speak about the fuels roadmap to 2030/2050 and what needs to be done now in order for us to achieve the goals set.

We cover a lot in this episode, bunker infrastructure, safety, alternative fuels, sulphur, carbon, regulations, engines – but also how to make the shipping industry more visible to the general public.

Mark is an engineer and he has been working for classification societies after he sailed...

https://shippingpodcast.com/146-mark-bell-general-manager-the-society-for-gas-as-marine-fuel/

REMPEC to further consider a potential Mediterranean ECA

To address negative effects on human health and ecosystems of maritime activities, more than 80 participants from 19 Mediterranean coastal States and European Union, as well as the IMO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), other governmental and non-governmental organizations, the industry and associations, met in Malta last week to discuss several technical issues and strategic issues.

With its strategic location, the Mediterranean Sea accommodates important transit lane and...

https://safety4sea.com/rempec-to-further-consider-a-potential-mediterranean-eca/

Italy in support of a Mediterranean Emission Control Area

At the G7 meeting of Environmental Ministers in Metz, France, on May 6, the Italian Minister Costa met with his French counterpart, De Rugy. Among the topics discussed, it was decided to conduct a joint initiative to get the declaration of a combined SECA and NECA for the entire Mediterranean Sea.

Environmental groups including NABU, Cittadini per l’aria and FNE welcomed the important step. The NGO network has called for a Mediterranean Emission Control Area since several years, while recently...

https://safety4sea.com/italy-in-support-of-a-mediterranean-emission-control-area/

REMPEC: A Mediterranean SECA would bring health and environmental benefits

REMPEC, the IMO-administered marine pollution emergency response centre in the Mediterranean, has concluded a study to evaluate the costs and benefits of implementing a SECA in the Mediterranean region. It found that additional costs will be needed, but health and environmental benefits would be significant.

From 1 January 2020, IMO will require the reduction of the sulphur content allowed in ships’ fuel-oil, globally, to just 0.5%. This will result in important health benefits.

Except from the...

https://safety4sea.com/rempec-a-mediterranean-seca-would-bring-health-and-environmental-benefits/

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