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Ships face lower sulphur fuel requirements in ECAs from 1 January 2015

Ships trading in designated emission control areas will have to use on board fuel oil with a sulphur content of no more than 0.10% from 1 January 2015, against the limit of 1.00% in effect up until 31 December 2014.  The stricter rules come into effect under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution form ships (MARPOL) Annex VI (Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships), specifically under regulation 14, which covers emissions of Sulphur Oxides (SOx) and particulate matter from ships. These requirements were adopted in October 2008 by consensus and entered into force in July 2010. The emission control areas established under MARPOL Annex VI for SOx are: the Baltic Sea area; the North Sea area; the North American area (covering designated coastal areas off the United States and Canada); and the United States Caribbean Sea area (around Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands). Outside the emission control areas, the current limit for sulphur content of fuel oil is 3.50%, falling to 0.50% m/m on and after 1 January 2020. The 2020 date is subject to a review, to be completed by 2018, as to the availability of the required fuel oil. Depending ...

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New Sulphur Fuel Regulations from 1 January 2015

As from 1 January 2015, all ocean going vessels travelling within the Emission Control Areas (the “ECAs” as defined in the MARPOL Convention, including the English Channel, Baltic Sea, North Sea, North American and US Caribbean Sea areas) must use fuel oil with less than 0.1% sulphur. The controls apply to all fuel oil, defined in MARPOL Annex VI Regulation 2.9 as “any fuel delivered to and intended for combustion purposes for propulsion or operation on board a ship including distillate and residual fuels”. More information about the Marpol Convention can be accessed on the IMO website by clicking here.   It should be noted that the US Coast Guard has announced that the low sulphur measures will be strictly enforced in the North American and U.S. Caribbean Sea Emission Control Areas, with checks being made on Bunker Delivery Notes and other records during Port State and Flag State inspections, as well as fuel oil sampling and in-the-field screening for sulphur levels. The US Environmental Protection Agency has  produced guidance for Owners in circumstances where compliant fuel oil is unavailable (click here). Essentially, Owners and operators are required to make best efforts to comply with the ECA rules so that, in circumstances where ...

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Royal Caribbean to add scrubbers to most of its ships

Royal Caribbean Cruises will retrofit 19 of its ships with advanced emissions purification (AEP) systems, to meet or exceed important environmental standards. These systems, also known as scrubbers, will remove more than 97% of the sulfur dioxide emissions generated by the ships' diesel engines.  The move will position RCL ahead of all forthcoming International Maritime Organization Emission Control Area emissions standards, and will ensure compliance with existing European Union standards. Additionally, the decision to install AEP systems instead of switching to a fuel with a lower sulfur content will ensure that RCL's ships can be compliant everywhere they sail, as availability of lower-sulfur fuels is limited. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has been involved in development, testing and planning for the use of AEP technology since 2010. Two newly built RCL ships that entered into service this year, Royal Caribbean International's Quantum of the Seas and TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 3, were among the first cruise ships to be built with AEP systems installed during initial construction. Royal Caribbean International's Liberty of the Seas has been operating one of its six engines with a retrofitted AEP system for two years. AEP systems "scrub" exhaust gases by injecting high volumes of water ...

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Neste Oil supplies low sulfur marine fuel to Finnlines

Finnlines has chosen Neste Oil as its low sulfur marine fuel supplier to its two vessels operating in Naantali - Kapellskär route. Neste Oil will supply the product from its refinery in Naantali. "We are very pleased that Finnlines appreciates our product's sulfur emissions reducing capabilities and has chosen our low sulfur marine fuel for these vessels. Our new marine fuel will significantly reduce sulfur, nitrogen and particle emissions in marine transportation without major changes to the ships", Olli Vesamo, Director of Neste Oil's Direct Sales explains. "Neste Oil has been our marine fuel supplier for a long time and we are looking forward to continue our successful cooperation", says Susanne Buhmann Manager in Chartering & Bunker Dept of Finnlines. Neste Oil will bring to the market a low sulfur marine fuel in accordance with the EU Sulfur Directive requirements entering into force in 2015, and will begin distributing it in mid-December 2014. The Sulfur Directive sets a maximum sulfur limit of 0.1 per cent for marine fuels in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel. Vessels operating in these areas either need to install a sulfur scrubber or make a transition to low sulfur fuel. Source ...

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Port of Gothenburg sniffs out emissions from ships

At the Port of Gothenburg it is possible to sniff out ships that are being less than honest when it comes to emissions. Chalmers University Technology, in collaboration with the Port of Gothenburg, has fitted a 'sniffer' at the entrance to the port. The port now hopes that this technology will prove effective. From January 1, stricter emission regulations for ships will be introduced in the Baltic Sea, North Sea and English Channel, what is known as the SECA area. The regulations mean that the sulphur content in marine fuel is not permitted to exceed 0.1 per cent.  The potential for control was thought to be limited but here at the Port of Gothenburg the technology is already in place to sniff out vessels that are cheating with marine fuel," said Edvard Molitor, Senior Manager Environment at the Port of Gothenburg. The 'sniffer' has been developed by Chalmers University Technology with support from Vinnova, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Gothenburg Port Authority. Johan Mellqvist, Associate Professor at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology, said: "We have worked for almost 10 years to produce methods to monitor compliance with environmental regulations at sea, both ...

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The Clean Shipping Index: How shipping companies are ranked

More and more cargo owners are taking the opportunity to exert environmental pressure on carriers to mitigate their environmental impact. This observation was made by Sara Sköld, Director at Clean Shipping Network, whose international environmental index, the Clean Shipping Index, has grown from 0 to 100 in just a few years. It is now used by many of Sweden's largest import and export companies. The Clean Shipping Index was set up in Gothenburg in 2007 by Ulf Duus and Jan Ahlbom. County Administrative Board employee Jan Ahlbom and consultant Ulf Duus had been assigned the task of compiling a report on the latest environmental technology in shipping. During the course of their examination they gradually came to the realisation that there were surprisingly few ships at the Port of Gothenburg that were environmentally adapted. Sara Sköld explained: "They discovered that the shipping companies' customers were exerting pressure on the carriers to mitigate their environmental impact. This led to the cargo owners and shipping companies joining forces to produce eco-adapted solutions. Working in collaboration with a number of major cargo owners, Ulf and Jan went on to develop what was to become the Clean Shipping Index." The Clean Shipping Index is ...

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Neste Oil to supply new low sulfur marine fuel to Tallink Grupp

Neste Oil and AS Tallink Grupp have signed a partnership agreement according to which Neste Oil will supply low sulfur marine diesel oil to Tallink Grupp's ferries making port calls in Finland. The marine diesel oil has less than 0.1 percent sulfur and thus fulfills the new EU Sulfur Directive requirements. Tallink Grupp's ferries will bunker the new fuel in Helsinki and in Turku. "We are eager to partner with Tallink Grupp as it is a well-known brand in the Nordic countries and the Baltic States and a major player in the cruising industry. Tallink Grupp shares our vision of cleaner traffic fuels and our low sulfur marine fuel delivers clear environmental benefits." says Olli Vesamo, Director in Neste Oil's Direct Sales. "This collaboration opens up new market potential for Neste Oil. We are already a major player in the Baltic Sea region on petroleum products used on land and in the air. The new EU Sulfur Directive with its stringent environmental requirements and our capability to produce cleaner traffic solutions now enables us to take foothold also in the marine sector," he continues.   "Neste Oil's marine fuel solution meets our needs. The environmental and technical quality of the ...

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Seafarers Union slams ‘’alarmist’’ sulphur statements

European Union regulations restricting the sulphur content of marine fuels to 0.1% are due to come into effect in the North Sea and Channel from 1 January 2015. These are required under laws agreed in 2005 by the International Maritime Organisation. The EU gave notice of the planned sulphur cap and the deadline for introduction to industry and European Governments in 2008. Shipping union RMT slammed what it describes as “blatantly alarmist” noises coming out of the shipping industry which threaten to destabilise the already damaged sector and which pose a renewed threat to seafarers jobs and training.The Amec report commissioned by the Chamber of Shipping into the costs of new sulphur regulations is out of date. That report was published in March 2013 and priced conversion for companies at £300m. In the last 6 months oil prices have collapsed dramatically, one significant factor that escaped yesterday’s three-minute warning from the industry body. As a result, seafarers and passengers face an uncertain future after the sulphur regulations are introduced and Government should commit to making the release of any public subsidy to industry to meet conversion costs conditional on the protection of seafarers jobs and passenger fare levels. RMT General ...

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Chemoil offers low sulfur fuel oil

Chemoil has announced the supply of 2015 ECA Fuel Alternatives in select ports. Beginning in December the company will begin supplying the alternative options in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Houston, New York and Savannah. In addition to the new alternative fuel options, the following ports will have 0.10% S MGO available in December: Los Angeles, Long Beach, New York, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami, Port Everglades, Houston, Gulf of Mexico, Panama and ARA. 0.10% S Fuel Oil Benefits 0.10% S Fuel Oil to comply with ECA S cap More cost effective than MGO Engine Manufacturer “no objection” statement Initial offering December Compatible with other 0.10% S products ISO 8217:2010 specification for RMG 380   0.10% S DMB Benefits 0.10% S DMB to comply with ECA S cap More cost effective than MGO Initial offering December 1 Compatible with other 0.10% S products ISO 8217:2010 specification for DMB LS   0.10% S Fuel Oil Benefits 0.10% S Fuel Oil to comply with ECA S cap More cost effective than MGO Engine Manufacturer “no objection” statement Initial offering early December Houston (HOFTI) scheduled to come on line Dec. 20 Compatible with other 0.10% S products ISO 8217:2010 specification for ...

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Ship emissions reduction system receives award

Haldor Topsøe A/S has won the Danish Engineering Product Award 2014 for its new ECO-Jet solution. The product is a newly developed catalytic process capable of reducing emission of harmful substances such as soot, hydrocarbons and heavy metals from ships powered by bunker fuel, also known as fuel oil. The prestigious award, presented annually by the Danish technical journal Engineering Weekly (in Danish Ingeniøren), honors technological products with significant news value based on substantial technical expertise. Engineering Weekly has awarded the prize for the past 15 years announcing five winners in different categories and a main award, which is presented to Topsoe in 2014. “When they put out to sea, large ships using bunker fuel emit harmful black smoke, and this smoke represents a major source of air pollution locally and globally. With Topsoe’s new process, we have an operational technology in place that is able to reduce emissions of soot and heavy metals. The process has interesting, environmental perspectives and, for Topsoe, promising commercial perspectives as well,” Professor Lene Lange, chairperson of the Engineering Weekly awards committee, said at the award ceremony. Cleans bunker fuel of flue gases Topsoe’s new catalytic process, called ECO-Jet, was developed over a number ...

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