Tag: HFO

The Clean Arctic Alliance, a coalition of NGOs, has developed a position statement urging the IMO to adopt a legally binding instrument to phase out the use of HFO as marine fuel in Arctic waters by 2020.

The on-time implementation of a global low-sulphur fuel law for ships would prevent 200,000 premature deaths globally, a health study by a group of leading researchers from the United States and Finland reveals.

USCG has recently held a public listening session in Washington D.C. on the topic of heavy fuel oil use by ships in the Arctic. The purpose of the session was to exchange information regarding environmental risks to Arctic waters posed by HFO use by ships; potential measures that could be taken to reduce those risks; and development of communities that would be directly affected by such measures.

The West of England P&I Club informs operators that it has scheduled to carry out condition surveys of seagoing tankers aged 10 years or more if they carried heavy fuel oil (HFO) as cargo during the previous policy year. Therefore, operators are requested to complete a declaration form and submit it not later than the end of August.

A group of eight environmental NGOs has said that the EU’s failure to push for a ban on the use by ships of heavy fuel oil (HFO), a toxic pollutant, when operating in the Arctic is a major cause of concern. However, they welcomed the European Commission’s focus on climate mitigation and adaptation strategies and on protecting the environment in its new Arctic strategy.

Pacific Environment is calling on the International Maritime Organization to prohibit the use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic waters at its MEPC meeting which takes place this week.The Environmental Group highlights that prohibiting the use of heavy fuel oil by shipping in the Arctic will produce a number of significant environmental and social benefits.

The use of heavy fuel oil by shipping in the Arctic could have disastrous consequences. Banning this fuel would protect the region’s rich wildlife, improve human health and benefit the climate, writes Sue Libenson

A group of fifteen environment groups delivered a letter to the Arctic Council renewing a call on the involved nations to ban the use of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic.The use of heavy fuel oil by shipping in the Arctic could have disastrous consequences. Banning this fuel would protect the region’s rich wildlife, improve human health and benefit the climate

 Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), a Germany-based environment association, has launched a campaign for a cleaner cruise industry.The cruise ships of the leading providers become cleaner, but still there are too few ships with environmental friendly emission abatement technique. This is a result of the current cruise ship ranking presented by NABU in Hamburg. The ranking examined the planned ship new builds until 2020. It is based on an analysis of recents developments on the European market with a focus on the environmental performance of ships. Decisive were, besides the fuel used, the planned emission abatement technique as well as other emission reducing measures. NABU representatives welcomed at the presentation of the ranking the willingness of some providers such as AIDA and Costa Cruises to get a handle on the massive emission problem of their ships. If the ships enter the market as announced, they will be a worldwide model for high sea ships. The ongoing denial of big market players such as Royal Caribbean und MSC was harshly criticised by the environmental experts.NABU CEO Leif Miller: "The sector is at crossroads, now the chaff is sifted from the wheat. Companies that still dread to invest in emission abatement ...

The West of England P&IU Club advise reminds operators whose tankers have carried Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) as cargo to and complete and return a relevant declaration form.