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DNV GL, VPS cooperate on new ECO Insight module

  Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) and DNV GL signed a cooperation agreement to develop a new module for DNV GL’s ECO Insight fleet performance management solution at the Nor-Shipping trade fair recently. By tapping into the world’s largest fuel sampling database, this module will allow owners, operators and managers to determine how fuel quality can result in performance differences between similar vessels. “Fuel quality is a factor which is often overlooked in performance management, but it can have a significant impact. We recommend carrying out lab tests on bunkered fuel,” explains Bjørn Olav Odland of VPS Nordic Countries. “Together with DNV GL we can now tap into the wealth of data generated by these tests and make it available to customers aiming to improve their fleet’s performance.” “DNV GL and VPS have started to work on the design of the new module in January, the second half of 2015 will be used to implement it into ECO Insight. Our web-based portal structures this vast amount of data, which would normally be difficult for individual owners and operators to analyse – enabling them to make more informed business decisions,” says Dr. Torsten Büssow, DNV GL’s Head of Fleet Performance Management. Source ...

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Polar Code provisions set for adoption at MEPC 68

  The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meets for its 68th session from 11 to 15 May 2015, at IMO Headquarters in London.  Items on the agenda include the proposed adoption of the environmental part of the Polar Code and associated draft MARPOL amendments to make the Code mandatory; the implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention; further work on air pollution and energy efficiency measures; and a proposal to extend the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) to parts of the Coral Sea. Polar Code environmental provisions set for adoption  The MEPC is expected to adopt the environmental requirements of the mandatory International Code for ships operating in polar waters (Polar Code), and the associated MARPOL amendments to make the Code mandatory. This follows the adoption, by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) in December 2014 of the Polar Code and related amendments to make it mandatory under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).  The Polar Code is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2017.   The Polar Code covers the full range of design, construction, equipment, operational, training, search and rescue ...

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2015 GREEN4SEA Forum – Albert Leyson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBO9UuCUW0M&feature=youtu.be Albert Leyson, Drew Marine, covered the next generation fuel management solutions on a risk-based approach by analysing fuel quality, fuel specifications, component maintenance and system upset during the 2015 GREEN4SEA Forum. The 2015 GREEN4SEA Forum, a PRO BONO event, successfully concluded on Wednesday 22nd of April 2015 in Eugenides Foundation Athens attracting 950 delegates from 25 countries representing a total of 450 organizations. The event organized by SQE4SEA and sponsored by Bureau Veritas, ERMA FIRST ESK Engineering, Lloyd’s Register, Schneider Electric and SKAI in the media for the event coverage. Other sponsors include: ABS, American P&I Club, Chart Industries, DNV GL Maritime, Dorian LPG, Drew Marine, Du Pont/BELCO, ECOSPRAY Technologies, Kyklades Maritime Corporation, Nakashima Propellers, NAPA, Poseidon Med, SKF Marine, SQEACADEMY, SQEMARINE, Transmar Shipping, Trojan Marinex, UK P&I Club, VAF Instruments, Wartsila and Yara Marine Technology. The event supported by Chios Marine Club, ECOMASYN, ECSA, EENMA, EΛΙΝΤ, Green Award Foundation, HEMEXPO, INTERTANKO, MARTECMA, NAMEPA, QACE, WIMA and WISTA.In the starting, I was open with you propecia before and after has changed my being. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.

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Alfa Laval : Fuel handling in ECAs from next year

Alfa Laval has issued a paper regarding fuel handling in ECAs after 1st January 2015. The first part deals with overall issues suchas equipment preparation and fuel storage, while the second part deals with the specific challenges of common LS fuels and emerging alternatives. The game-changing legislation taking effect 1st January 2015 will reduce the allowed sulphur content for fuel burned in marine engines from 1.00% to 0.10% in Emission Control Areas (ECAs). Understandably, many ship owners and operators have questions about the huge impact this will have on their vessel’s fuel handling. Vessels can comply with the legislation either by installing a scrubber and continuing with HFO, or by using low-sulphur (LS) fuel when operating in ECAs. For those that choose the latter, it will have a major effect on the vessel’s fuel handling. Among other things, it will necessitate both the conversion of fuel tanks and the addition of fuel cooling equipment to secure the viscosity of the engine’s fuel supply. In Alfa Laval's paper, it is explored the operational implications of the ECA fuel change. The first part deals with overall issues such as equipment preparation and fuel storage, while the second part deals with the specific challenges ...

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IBIA launches Port Charter to improve marine fuel quality

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) called on the world’s ports to sign up to a Port Charter scheme to improve bunkering standards. Signatories to the IBIA Port Charter will be required to demonstrate that they have a licensing scheme for bunker suppliers in their port; that they are able to regulate and enforce their regulations covering bunkering operations; that there are sufficient qualified personnel working in the bunker supply chain and that they have effective testing regimes in place. Launching the scheme at the IBIA Annual Convention in Hamburg, IBIA Chairman Jens Maul Jorgensen said: “IBIA believes that partnerships with ports to deliver “Quality, Quantity and Transparency” are a key element in delivering a robust fuel supply chain. As changes occur going forward with new fuels and variants designed to meet compliance, we need now more than ever to be vigilant in ensuring quality is maintained. It would be a great day for maritime commerce and the bunker industry if the perception that the quality of bunkers was habitually “poor” or “bad” was consigned to history.” The IBIA Port Charter already has the support of the ports of Rotterdam, Gibraltar and Singapore. Welcoming IBIA’s move Roland van Assche, Director ...

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