Tag: CO2

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 ...

According to a new report ‘High Seas: High Stakes' released by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at The University of Manchester, avoiding dangerous levels of climate change requires a radical rethink of the shipping system. If global shipping is to make its fair contribution to avoiding the 2°C of warming associated with dangerous climate change, CO2 emissions need to be cut within the next decade and fall by at least 80% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels, say the authors. The report's findings highlight that much more needs to be done even to just curb the rate of growth in emissions, with slow-steaming - where ships run at lower speeds during their voyages in order to reduce fuel burn - an essential part of the push towards cutting CO2. It also highlights the importance of looking at the bigger picture: one high profile policy area currently in the minds of the shipping industry is how to cut the sulphur content of fuels. New regulations that encourage the uptake of fuels that are lower in sulphur, such as low sulphur diesel, may ultimately release higher levels of CO2. Wind-assisted propulsion, in conjunction with other technologies, is one option that ...

According to a new report High Seas: High Stakes' released by the Tyndall Centre avoiding dangerous levels of climate change requires a radical rethink of the shipping system

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 ...