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USCG: Findings of Concern on high speed craft operations

The US Coast Guard released Findings of Concern on ‘High Speed Craft Operations Manuals,’ regarding an incident where a high speed catamaran passenger ferry allided with a rock jetty at over 30 knots, injuring 15 passengers.

Findings of Concern are issued to disseminate information related to unsafe conditions that were identified as causal concerns in a casualty and could contribute to future incidents.

They are intended to educate the public and state/ local agencies about the conditions...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-findings-of-concern-on-high-speed-craft-operations/

American Bureau of Shipping comes out in favour of speed reductions to limit ship emissions

Shipping must pay the price today for tomorrow’s sustainability as a push to cleaner supply chains is seeing shippers reconsider their best routes to market.
A report from classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) claims that with no truly carbon neutral fuels available the best short-term option is slow steaming and speed optimisation.
“Even if there are regulatory complications, slow steaming and speed optimisation should be considered as options to comply …

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Canada issues measures to protect killer whales

On 10 May 2019, the Government of Canada issued an Interim Order announcing a suite of new measures to be implemented this summer to protect the endangered Southern Resident killer whales from vessel disturbance.

The new measures, effective from 1st June 2019, seek to help address the key threats of lack of prey and acoustic and physical disturbance for the marine mammals. The Interim Order will be in place until 31 October 2019.

As of 1st June 2019:

  • All vessels are prohibited from approaching...

https://safety4sea.com/canada-issues-measures-to-protect-killer-whales/

Carrier relief as MEPC fails to agree plan for mandatory speed limits for shipping

The 74th sitting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) ended on Friday without agreement of any of the proposals put forward to reduce GHGs (greenhouse gas emissions) from shipping.
They included a French and Greek proposal, supported by 120 shipping companies, to impose a mandatory speed limit on shipping.
However, the IMO did agree to keep the proposal on the table as one of three to be debated further at …

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‘Forcing ships to steam even slower could have ‘unintended consequences’

With the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in London this week to further debate cutting shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions, Drewry has cautioned on the “unintended consequences” of “super slow-steaming”.
The 74th sitting of the MEPC will consider proposals to cut GHGs in shipping as it heads towards its goal of a 50% reduction in maritime emissions by 2050.
One proposal that has received significant media attention is an open letter, …

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Canada announces speed restriction measures to protect whales

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Transport Canada has implemented new seasonal speed restriction zones that ships must follow in the western Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canada has put these zones in place to reduce the risk of fatal strikes to North Atlantic right whales by transiting vessels. Vessels must proceed at a speed of not more than 10 knots over the ground in the speed restriction zones.

Because of changing migration of North Atlantic right whales and their increased presence in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada has...

https://safety4sea.com/canada-announces-speed-restriction-measures-to-protect-whales/

Speed reduction plan favours old, inefficient ships, says Maersk

Maersk looks set to continue its derision of French speed limit proposals, due to be announced at next week’s IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) sessions. It has long been known that the Danish carrier resents the prospect of speed limits and its chief advisor for climate change, John Kornerup Bang – who will be present at the MEPC talks, is set to lay out its argument in full. In …

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Young people urge shipping to reduce its emissions

The climate school strike movement is now worldwide, bringing about 1.5 million children and young people to the streets, protesting for their governments to take action and address climate change. Now, the movement has turned its focus at the shipping industry.

Noga Levy-Rapoport, a core organiser of climate strikes, stated that the world must listen to scientists and act now. There is no room for delays. This includes the shipping industry, with delegates at the IMO having a responsibility to...

https://safety4sea.com/young-people-urge-shipping-to-reduce-its-emissions/

European Commission study suggests three short-term measures to reduce shipping emissions

A study led by CE Delft and UMAS, funded by the European Commission, analyzes potential short-term measures listed in the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) initial strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships.

The report presents two policies to further improve the EEDI. The first is to bring forward the implementation date of Phase 3 of the EEDI from 2025 to 2022 and introduce a fourth phase in 2027.

The second is a policy to apply the EEDI to current ships. According to this...

https://safety4sea.com/european-commission-study-suggests-three-short-term-measures-to-reduce-shipping-emissions/

UK Chamber of Shipping: Speed reduction regulation would hamper low-carbon transition

As the 2020 sulphur cap is getting closer and closer, the UK Chamber of Shipping takes a look at a proposal to reduce emissions, which is speed reduction. The Chamber comments that this idea is not new to the IMO, but until now it has not been accepted, as it would directly impact worldwide trade.

Among all the submissions on potential measures to reduce emissions and comply with the upcoming cap, the proposals from France and Greece for prescriptive speed reduction regulation and introduction...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-chamber-of-shipping-speed-reduction-regulation-would-hamper-low-carbon-transition/

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