Tag: Emission Control Areas (ECA)

The UK P&I Club advises operators trading to the United States to be aware that on August 1, 2012, the North American Emissions Control Area (ECA) came into effect.

The first four vessels to use DNV GL's rules for low flashpoint fuels will be a series of 50,000 dwt tankers ordered by the owners Marinvest and Westfal-Larsen. The vessels are the very first to be fuelled by methanol - a fuel that significantly reduces local air emissions.

Videotel has launched a new training course, The Practical Management and Switching of Fuels, designed to ensure that switching to low sulphur fuel when operating in Emission Control Areas (ECAs)

The West of England has issued news alert on its website to remind operator for the new ECA requirements that will enter into force on January 1st, 2014 and covers waters under the jurisdiction of the United States surrounding Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, extending approximately 50 nautical miles from the coast.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to retrofit its Open Loop Scrubber systems on three additional vessels owned by Color Line, Norway's largest cruise and ferry operator.

Wartsila to Retrofit Scrubber Systems on Color Line Vessels

Wartsila releases another ECA compliant dual-fuel engine in US: Dual-fuel engine technology meets US EPA Tier 4 criteria

The Clean North Sea Shipping project (CNSS) has defined four main scenarios that describe possible future ship emissions

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

First scrubber-equipped vessels accepted in US waters