On 1 January 2015, new and stricter requirements for ships’ sulphur emissions take effect in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. In order to comply with the regulation ships must use fuels with a low sulphur content of 0.10 % or clean the exhaust gas for sulphur corresponding to the fuel limit value.
A great number of ships are going through Danish waters without calling a Danish port. Surveillance of sulphur emission either from air of from fixed installations has been identified as an effective means to identify ships that may violate the sulphur requirements.
Against this background the Danish Environmenta Protection Agency wishes to invite tenders for surveillance of sulphur emissions from ships in Danish waters.
It should be stressed that the project addresses only measurement of the sulphur emissions and reporting of the results to the authorities. Any follow up actions are exclusively left in the hands of the authorities.
Purpose
The purpose of the project is to support improvements of the air quality with specific focus on the reduction of the emission of sulphur and particulate matter from shipping.
The overall aim is to secure fair competition for ships operating in SECA areas. Non-compliant ships may get a considerable competitive advantage unless a level playing field is ensured. Further, non-compliance will undermine the expected benefit of the coming sulphur regulation on human health and the environment.
The surveillance has two elements. Firstly to provide spot checks of the actual sulphur emission from individual ships in Danish waters, secondly to supply a general picture of the sulphur emissions from ships in Danish waters.
The task
The task is to provide surveillance from air and from fixed installations of the sulphur emissions from ships. Measured sulphur emissions shall be combined with information on identity, position and port calls obtained from the AIS (Automatic Identification System). The results shall be reported to the Danish EPA. The tender deadline is 17 February at 12:00 am.
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Source: Danish EPA
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