Tag: CO2

At a major conference today (18 June) in Liverpool, United Kingdom, hosted by the renowned Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), gave the keynote speech explaining the shipping industry’s commitment to reducing its CO2 emissions. Mr Hinchliffe said that shipping is the only industry with a mandatory global regime in place, agreed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to reduce its CO2 emissions. “We are therefore already on a pathway to deliver ships by 2030 that will be 30% more efficient than those of just a couple of years ago.” He added: “There is a clear mood to address supply chain efficiency at every stage. In particular, the enormous financial pressure of the global recession on freight rates, coupled with virtually year-on-year fuel increases – some 300% over 10 years – has meant that the quest for efficiency is much more than enlightened self-interest and really a means to survive to fight another day.” The current focus of ICS is helping to ensure that the existing technical and operational measures agreed by IMO are properly implemented. The desire of some governments to develop additional Market Based Measures remains very ...

Call for shipping industry to anticipate climate change impacts At a major conference today (18 June) in Liverpool, United Kingdom, hosted by the renowned Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), gave the keynote speech explaining the shipping industrys commitment to reducing its CO2 emissions.Mr Hinchliffe said that shipping is the only industry with a mandatory global regime in place, agreed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to reduce its CO2 emissions. We are therefore already on a pathway to deliver ships by 2030 that will be 30% more efficient than those of just a couple of years ago.He added: There is a clear mood to address supply chain efficiency at every stage. In particular, the enormous financial pressure of the global recession on freight rates, coupled with virtually year-on-year fuel increases some 300% over 10 years has meant that the quest for efficiency is much more than enlightened self-interest and really a means to survive to fight another day.The current focus of ICS is helping to ensure that the existing technical and operational measures agreed by IMO are properly implemented. The desire of some governments to develop additional Market ...

A new spar platform being built for Statoil's Aasta Hansteen field off the coast of Norway will feature Wärtsilä's Inert Gas and Nitrogen Generator systems. The contract has been issued in the first quarter 2014 by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of South Korea, the yard building the platform

The ICCT has showed interest in improving our ability to assess ships' carbon footprint. Therefore, ITCC teamed up with researchers at the University of College London on a novel way around those limitations using the Satellite Automatic Identification System (S-AIS). S-AIS is a tracking system used to identify and locate vessels. The IMO International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, passed in the aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic, now requires that every ship larger than 300 gross tons be equipped with an S-AIS transponder that transmits ship identification, speed, and location every few seconds. This almost continuous stream of data enables researchers to calculate ship speed and therefore CO2 emissions with greater resolution and confidence. The data also offer an improved picture of shipping routes across the globe. The initial results of this research indicate that ship speeds are substantially lower than previously thought and that in-use ship efficiency varied greatly even within individual ship types. Ship movement in August 2011, as recorded by the Satellite Automatic Identification System (S-AIS). The velocity of the dots in the video reflects ship speed. The onboard S-AIS transponder electronically transmitted ship information, location, and speed to satellite, which monitors and tracks ship locations ...

The ICCT has showed interest in improving our ability to assess ships' carbon footprint. Therefore, ITCC teamed up with researchers at the University of College London on a novel way around those limitations using the Satellite Automatic Identification System (S-AIS).

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which starts on 31 March, will seek to make progress on the development of a global system of monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from ships.  This is supported by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) which has made a detailed submission on the issue to the MEPC meeting on behalf of its member national shipowners' associations. In Ålesund, Norway, at a seminar organised by ICS for senior officials of maritime administrations, ICS explained that it supports a global system, provided that the mechanism is simple to administer, is primarily based on fuel consumption and that the system itself will not be used for the development of a full blown Market Based Measure. ICS supports the 'three phase' approach to the development of a global system proposed by the United States. ICS Director External Relations, Simon Bennett said: "ICS believes that the question of whether IMO should eventually develop a mandatory system of energy indexing for existing ships - to which ICS is currently opposed - should be left open until after a mandatory CO2 emissions reporting system has been established, trialed, and the results evaluated." He added: "The priority of ICS is ...

ICS says The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which starts on 31 March, will seek to make progress on the development of a global system of monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from ships. This is supported by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) which has made a detailed submission on the issue to the MEPC meeting on behalf of its member national shipowners' associations.In Ålesund, Norway, at a seminar organised by ICS for senior officials of maritime administrations, ICS explained that it supports a global system, provided that the mechanism is simple to administer, is primarily based on fuel consumption and that the system itself will not be used for the development of a full blown Market Based Measure.ICS supports the 'three phase' approach to the development of a global system proposed by the United States.ICS Director External Relations, Simon Bennett said: "ICS believes that the question of whether IMO should eventually develop a mandatory system of energy indexing for existing ships - to which ICS is currently opposed - should be left open until after a mandatory CO2 emissions reporting system has been established, trialed, and the results evaluated."He added: "The priority of ICS is to assure ...

A.P.Moller - Maersk Group, as an operator in global transport and energy, commits to minimise its impact on the environment through energy efficiency and sound management. According to its latest Sustainability Report, Maersk Line has taken out 34% of the CO2 it emits when shipping a container since 2007. Maersk Line is well on its way to achieving its 40% CO2 reduction target by 2020. With the combined efforts of other players in the value chain, the CO2 footprint of containerised trade can be further improved. CO2 performance The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group has achieved a 17% improvement in CO2 efficiency since 2010, mainly driven by accelerated energy efficiency gains in Maersk Line. As a result, both our relative and  absolute CO2 emissions decreased in 2013. Maersk Line CO2 emissions per container dropped by 12% in 2013. Compared to the 2007 baseline, CO2 emissions per container are down 34%. The CO2 reduction achieved in 2013 is directly related to consistent efforts to reduce fuel costs. Had Maersk Line not achieved this reduction in 2013, their total fuel cost would have been USD 764 million higher In 2013, Maersk Line further improved and simplified their network of shipping services. This meant reducing overlapping service and port coverage by deploying fewer but larger ...

A.P.Moller - Maersk Group, as an operator in global transport and energy, commits to minimise its impact on the environment through energy efficiency and sound management. According to its latest Sustainability Report, Maersk Line has taken out 34% of the CO2 it emits when shipping a container since 2007.

The West of England P&I Club has issued a news alert on its website regarding the recent introduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reporting requirements affecting all vessels carrying cargo, passengers or in ballast when proceeding to or from French ports