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  The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released its draft report, entitled as 'Heavy-Duty Technology and Fuels Assessment: Overview' to provide an overview and status update on the heavy duty technology, including marine vessels, and fuels available, including low sulphur diesel and LNG.  Ocean-Going Vessel Efficiency Improvements There are numerous technologies and efficiency improvements available that can reduce emissions from ocean-going vessels (OGV). These include systems for recycling heat energy, advanced designs for hull, propellers and rudders, optimization of the draft and speed for a given route and arrival time, and monitoring the fouling of hulls and propellers. Engine technologies are also an essential factor for achieving the potential benefits, and could include electronic controls that improve fuel efficiency, LNG engines, or diesel engines with SCR after-treatment. Collaborative efforts are underway to better understand the opportunities these technologies could potentially provide. The two major OGV engine manufacturers, MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä, have worked together since 2002 to develop new technologies for marine engines that will increase engine efficiency and reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, reduce gaseous and particulate matter emissions, and increase engine reliability. This work was expected to reach completion by 2015. Another effort, the ...

Bureau Veritas has been chosen to class the unique LNG bunkering vessel which will be built at Hanjin Heavy Industries, Korea, under an agreement between Japan's NYK and Mitsubishi and France's GDF-SUEZ. The vessel will carry 5,000 cu m of LNG for ships' fuel stored at 4 Bar in two IMO Type C pressure tanks. Delivery is set for 2016 when the vessel will operate from the Fluxys LNG Terminal in Zeebrugge, initially supplying LNG fuel from GDF-SUEZ to the fleet of United European Car Carriers. Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive Vice-President and head of the marine and offshore division of Bureau Veritas, says, "Our experience with every type and size of gas carrier, our lead in the area of dual-fuel and multi-function gas carriers and our ability to support the partners means we can make a real contribution to this initiative. It will help kick-start LNG bunkering, bringing forward the use of this clean fuel in North European waters." The LNG bunker barge will be 111 m LOA, beam 16.8m, draft 4.9m and will have dual-fuel diesel electric propulsion with twin azipods for high manoeuvrability. It will be built and equipped to the highest environmental friendliness standards. Source: Bureau VeritasIn the ...

Denmark's official green brand, State of Green, is now launching a new theme on its website focusing on green maritime solutions. As a nation, Denmark has become well-known internationally in the green maritime field and now we intend to become even better at getting this across by means of State of Green's new initiative that focuses on sustainable, green maritime transport and technological solutions. The background is the Danish Government's Plan for Growth in Blue Denmark, one of the goals of which is, inter alia, to promote Danish green maritime solutions. Therefore, State of Green will now - in cooperation with the Danish Maritime Authority and Blue Denmark - focus on a variety of green maritime solutions, technologies as well as the manufacture of marine equipment. On State of Green's website, the profiles of companies, organisations and knowledge institutions are available, just as they are presenting their own green solutions. The overall message that Danish maritime solutions offer green and competitive maritime transport and production for an international market is common to all the profiles presented. Source: DMA  In the onset, I was frank with you propecia before and after has changed my being. It has become much more fun, ...

USA- CARB- Ocean Going Vessels Fuel Rule Subset Review Process

California Air Resources Board issued a Marine Notice regarding the compliance with the California Ocean-Going Vessel Fuel Regulation1 during the Air Resources Board Sunset Review Process as follows: The California Ocean-Going Vessel (OGV) Fuel Regulation includes a sunset provision2 which states that the requirements of the California OGV Fuel Regulation will cease to apply if the United States adopts and enforces requirements that will achieve equivalent emissions reductions to the California OGV Fuel Regulation within Regulated California Waters. The provision further states that the California OGV Fuel Regulation requirements will remain in effect until the Executive Officer issues written findings that the federal requirements will achieve equivalent emission reductions and are being enforced within Regulated California Waters. In accordance with this provision, Air Resources Board (ARB) staff is conducting a sunset review as allowed by the California OGV Fuel Regulation. During ARB staff’s sunset review, which is expected to extend beyond January 2015, the California OGV Fuel Regulation will remain in effect and will continue to be enforced. Vessel operators must ensure that they meet both the California OGV Fuel Regulation and the North American Emission Control Area (ECA Regulation) 3 requirements. We do not anticipate any undue difficulty for vessel ...

California Air Resources Board issues Marine Notice 2014-1 CaliforniaAir Resources Board issued a Marine Notice regarding the compliance with the California Ocean-Going Vessel Fuel Regulation1 during the Air Resources Board Sunset Review Process as follows:The California Ocean-Going Vessel (OGV) Fuel Regulation includes a sunset provision2 which states that the requirements of the California OGV Fuel Regulation will cease to apply if the United States adopts and enforces requirements that will achieve equivalent emissions reductions to the California OGV Fuel Regulation within Regulated California Waters. The provision further states that the California OGV Fuel Regulation requirements will remain in effect until the Executive Officer issues written findings that the federal requirements will achieve equivalent emission reductions and are being enforced within Regulated California Waters.In accordance with this provision, Air Resources Board (ARB) staff is conducting a sunset review as allowed by the California OGV Fuel Regulation. During ARB staffs sunset review, which is expected to extend beyond January 2015, the California OGV Fuel Regulation will remain in effect and will continue to be enforced. Vessel operators must ensure that they meet both the California OGV Fuel Regulation and the North American Emission Control Area (ECA Regulation) 3 requirements. We do not ...

In 2013, the research team returned to Sermilik Fjord to find that a large passing iceberg had pushed down the SF1 mooring's top float to depths where increased water pressure caused it to implode. The researchers dragged the bottom of the fjord to recover the mooring. Its instruments survived the trauma and recorded data that helped the researchers learn about ocean's circulation near the glacier. The fatal blow was definitely not the first hit. For 13 months, icebergs had plowed over Mooring SF1, again and again. They pushed the long line of underwater scientific instruments toward the seafloor in a Greenland fjord. Usually, these chunks of ice-sometimes as tall as a skyscraper and as wide as seven city blocks-would hold down SF1 for several hours and then move along, allowing SF1 to resiliently float back up. This may not seem like a safe location for scientific equipment, but the research group deliberately placed SF1 in the line of iceberg fire in Sermilik Fjord, 20 miles from the terminus of Helheim Glacier. This narrow coastal inlet, abutted by steep cliffs, connects at one end to the open ocean; at the other end, the vertical ice face of the glacier forms a ...

Finnlines Plc has announced that it has undersigned extensive contracts with two major suppliers for installation of exhaust gas scrubbers for the most of the Group's ships. The first installations will be completed by the end of 2014 and the rest in early 2015. Being equipped with sulphur scrubbers, Finnlines ships will comply with the IMO and EU SOx emission regulations in a cost-efficient manner.  The new stringent regulations will enter into force in the Sulphur Emission Control Areas on 1 January 2015. Scrubbers will reduce exhaust gas emissions, such as sulphur oxide emissions and particulates efficiently and also some nitrogen oxide emissions. Finnlines has also signed a contract for reblading of propellers on the Star-class roro-passenger ships. Modification will be done during 2014. The investment will greatly reduce the required engine output, it will reduce fuel consumption and improve speed with the same machinery power. These investments are part of the 2014 capex programme, which will amount to EUR 50 million.  In the outbreak, I was straightforward with you propecia before and after has changed my life. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is improbable to sit.

Ports of Stockholm and Port of Tallinn signed an important agreement to work together to improve the environment in the Baltic Sea. The two ports will jointly focus on the provision of future fuels, the management of ship-generated waste and the supply of electricity to vessels in port. Ports of Stockholm and Port of Tallinn have set high environmental targets for reducing effects on the marine environment in the Baltic Sea. This environmental agreement between two ports is a further step towards minimising the effects of port operations and shipping on the Baltic Sea region. "We are proud and happy to present our joint collaboration with the Port of Tallinn," says Johan Castwall, Managing Director of Ports of Stockholm. "Environmental problems are cross-border issues and we are very much looking forward to working together with the Port of Tallinn on these matters." "Port of Tallinn has been consistently contributing to various environmental initiatives and such extended cooperation with one of the forerunners in the field of sustainable marine development presents us both great potential in working towards cleaner marine environment of the Baltic Sea," says Ain Kaljurand, Chairman of the Management Board of Port of Tallinn. The environmental agreement comprises ...

International classification society RINA has launched a new goal-based class voluntary notation, GREEN PLUS. The voluntary notation will be based on an environmental performance index which covers all aspects of the vessel's impact on the environment, including carbon emissions. RINA's GREEN STAR notation has become a watchword for environmental excellence in shipping, anticipating the requirements of MARPOL and other relevant legislation, and placing owners and operators in an advantageous position. Now, with GREEN PLUS, RINA introduces a new class notation only to be granted to new vessels which make a significant investment in design solutions, onboard equipment, and operational procedures which contribute to an improvement in environmental performance beyond the minimum levels required by regulation. Design solutions and onboard equipment include anything which reduces the risk of pollution, or which lowers fuel consumption and air emissions. Innovative engine design, alternative fuels, high-efficiency propellers, optimal hull design and bio-degradable oils all fall into these categories. Operational procedures covered by a GREEN PLUS notation include those which ensure that design solutions and onboard equipment are correctly used, voyage planning programmes resulting in reduced fuel consumption and emissions, or training courses designed to increase the environmental awareness of officers and crews. Antonio Pingiori, managing ...