The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) global sulphur cap has reduced artificial “ship track” clouds to record-low levels, a new study conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows.
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https://www.offshore-energy.biz/nasa-imos-global-sulphur-cap-slashed-air-pollution-from-shipping/
Según un reporte especial de The Guardian, existe un sucio secreto en el transporte marítimo: cómo los “depuradores” de las chimeneas de los buques limpian el aire, mientras contaminan el mar.
Esta entrada Depuradores de las chimeneas de los buques limpian el aire mientras contaminan el mar Aparece...
While making the switch to clean burning methanol, some changes onboard, conversion is a viable option, as the Stena Germanica ro-pax ferry – successfully running on methanol for the last six years – has proved, says a press release published in Wartsila website.
Clean burning, cheap to produce, widely available, and with the potential to be 100% renewable – methanol checks plenty of boxes for the shipping industry as it wrestles with the increasingly pressing need to decarbonize. While making...
https://mfame.guru/next-port-of-call-the-methanol-bunkering-station/
The ‘Tesla of the Seas’ – pioneering British company, Windship Technology unveils first True Zero Emission ship design
With shipping now accounting for over 3% of global CO2 emissions, and still increasing, the innovative all-ship solution is set to revitalise an industry under pressure to reform
8th February 2021, London: Windship Technology, a British company with a whole-ship solution to tackle the CO2 emissions of the shipping industry, today unveils its designs and announces an investment...
https://mfame.guru/3-new-vlccs-join-oman-shippings-massive-fleet/
Según BIMCO, El colapso del mercado petrolero ha desencadenado una disminución en los precios de los combustibles marinos que cumplen con la regulación de azufre de la OMI 2020 (Vea Artículo: Qué es la regulación OMI 2020), lo que proporciona cierta facilidad para los armadores en la crisis...
http://mfame.guru/imo-2020-increasing-number-of-shippers-opt-for-scrubbers/
La última revisión de las regulaciones de la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI), conocida como OMI 2020, exige reducir las emisiones de óxido de azufre (SOx) de los buques oceánicos a menos del 0,50% en masa. Esta audaz iniciativa, que entró en vigencia el 1 de enero, ayudará a reducir el...
https://fullavantenews.com/omi-2020-impactos-beneficios-transporte-maritimo/?lang=es
Sea Commerce Consultants, along with sponsors will hold the next in its series of commercial and technical seminars on methanol as a marine fuel, says a press release...
http://mfame.guru/sea-commerce-hosts-seminar-on-methanol-as-marine-fuel/
What is a scrubber? How does it work? Heidi Johannessen Paulsrud from Wärtsilä explains the basics around environmental footprint from the ship, for me. The technology has been there for quite some time but since there has not been any incentive to use it it’s only now that the item has surfaced to the top of the agenda in the maritime industry.
Heidi is a chemist, so she explains what happens if we are not reducing the SoX and NoX in the exhaust gas from ships. She also speaks about fuel,...