Tag: CO2

France Demands Carbon Footprint on Transport As part of France's objectives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, ship operators are required as of 1October 2013 to disclose the quantity of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during transport services. This new CO2 emission disclosure requirement applies to "any public or private persons organising or sellingtransport services for passengers, goods or moving purposes, carried out using one or several means of transport,departing from or travelling to a location in France, with the exception of transport services organised by public orprivate persons for their own behalf" - including ships transporting passengers or cargo to / from French ports.The requirement DOES NOT apply to ships:transiting Frenchwaters;making stops for refuelling or making other technical stops in France;and with no goods or passengersdeparting from or transporting to a location in France.More details regarding the new requirement can be found at Decree n 2011-1336 of 24 October 2011 on information on the quantity of carbondioxide emitted during transport servicesThe Gard P&I Club has issued news alert to inform operators with ships calling at French ports to immediately familiarise themselves with the new CO2disclosure requirements in force and, as the possible methods available for communicating the required informationare numerous, ...

EU Regulation requires a system for MRV shipping emissions starting in 2018

Halving global emissions by 2050

How shipping industry can address sulphur and CO2 emissions: to tackle sulphur regulation and climate change simultaneously

USCG issues guidance to assist PSC Officers for CO2 system examinations on cruise ships

Port of Salalah commits to carbon reduction

Calls for a transparent, harmonized global method for reducing emissions The Global Shippers' Forum has taken special notice of proposals from the European Commission to establish a system to reduce carbon emissions (CO2) from the maritime sector.The European Commission will legislate for a monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system for large ships (over 5,000 gross tons) from 2018 that use EU ports, irrespective of where the ships are registered.Ship owners will be required to monitor and report the verified amount of CO2 annually emitted by their large ships on voyages to, from and between EU ports. The proposal offers flexibility for ship owners to record and report emissions by focusing on fuel consumption through methods such as using bunker fuel delivery notes or bunker fuel tank monitoring.International maritime emissions make up an estimated 2.7 per cent of global greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions but left unchecked could increase by 150 to 200 per cent between 2007 and 2050.*Chris Welsh, Secretary General, Global Shippers' Forum said:"Achieving global agreement on precisely how to tackle climate change within the maritime sector has been slow paced and fraught with difficulty. There are many competing views; however, shippers are looking for a substantive breakthrough. Shippers are ...

New CO2 GHG MRV scheme for shipping BIMCO believes that before governments can establish realistic targets for the reduction of CO2 as related to the shipping industry, governments must compile reliable data that supports such targets. In support of this undertaking, BIMCO will in principle support a scheme that strives to collect reliable data regarding CO2 emissions from ships engaged in international trade, provided that such a scheme does not place an unnecessary and additional administrative as well as operational burden on the ships and thus potentially impact the safe operation of ships.In line with BIMCO's objective to facilitate international trade in a fair and non-discriminatory manner the MRV dataset should be as simple as possible to facilitate international implementation and preferably by use of data monitored and collected by means of existing procedures on board the ships.BIMCO thus sees any possible MRV scheme of data collection as a vehicle by which the industry may contribute to deliver data for governments to facilitate their setting of realistic targets for the reduction of CO2 emissions from ships.DiscussionIn the autumn of 2012 the European Commission (EC) communicated its intentions with regard to actions towards GHG emissions from ships. Its initial approach is ...

MOL Starts New Sailing Rig Onshore Demonstration Test to Reduce CO2 Emissions

New EU-wide system for the monitoring, reporting and verification of shipping emissions