Tag: alternative fuels

A study conducted by UMAS for Getting to Zero Coalition suggests that zero emission fuels need to make up 5% of the international shipping fuel mix by 2030, in order to enable decarbonization in line with Paris Agreement goals.

Eastern Pacific Shipping agreed with Dutch fuel provider OCI and engine manufacturing giant MAN Energy Solutions to retrofit some of its existing tankers and build methanol engine and ammonia engine newbuilds. 

The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has published a review on the quality of marine fuels supplied, following a year since the introduction of the 0.50% sulphur cap.

Shipping players issued a joint letter to the European Commission urging to promote the use of green hydrogen and ammonia by ships as part of its upcoming maritime fuel law.

Following the adoption of MARPOL Annex VI amendment on fuel oil sampling at MEPC 75, IMO has in addition released new guidelines for onboard sampling of fuel oil intended to be used or carried for use onboard a ship. 

Amid a growing interest across the industry on the need of market-based measures (MBM), BIMCO called states and the industry to start a dialogue on how to create a global ruleset for MBMs, in order to support the use of low carbon fuels and to create a level playing field for the industry.

Mr George Polychroniou, Executive Director Strategy and Business Development DEPA COMMERCIAL, and Project Manager of the European project Poseidon Med II, explains the reasons why the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel can lead marine transportation to a greener and more sustainable future, in a cost – efficient manner for ship-owners.

Indications are that the transition to 2020 sulphur cap has been ‘’extremely smooth, a testament to the preparations of all stakeholders prior to the new rules entering into force", IMO said on the occasion of one year of implementation of the IMO Sulphur Cap requirement

Presented by Bryan Comer, ICCT senior marine researcher, and Nikita Pavlenko, ICCT senior fuels researcher, the video focuses on the climate implications of using LNG as a marine fuel.

The Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted Thursday the Delli Report on more efficient and cleaner maritime transport, which calls on the Commission, among others, to address the carbon intensity of fuels under the FuelEU Maritime initiative.