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Sulphur content in ships bunker fuel in 2015

The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland has issued a study entitled "Sulphur content in ships bunker fuel in 2015" regarding the impacts of the new IMO regulations on transportation costs. On 10 October 2008 the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) unanimously adopted the revised Annex VI to MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships), which places restrictions on nitrogen and sulphur oxides emissions from ship traffic. Lowering the sulphur content in fuels will also be a way to reduce emissions of particulate matter from shipping. The new Annex enters into force on 1 July 2010. The sulphur content of fuel will fall in the special areas (SECA = Sulphur Emission Control Area), which are the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel, from 1.5% to 1% from 1 July 2010, and to 0.1% from 1 January 2015. Globally, the highest permitted sulphur content of fuel will fall, as from 1 January 2012, from 4.5% to 3.5%, and to 0.5% from 1 January 2020. The use of sulphur scrubbers will still be allowed, so that the fuel grades currently in use on vessels fitted with them can ...

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Shipowners urge for clarity and legal certainty at the eleventh hour

ECSA Position Paper on the use of scrubbers In a position paper published today, European shipowners ask EU Member States to adopt a clear, long-term and above all harmonised position on the issue of the discharges of washwater produced by open-loop scrubbers installed on ships.The EU Sulphur Directive requires that, as of 1 January 2015, all ships sailing in the SECAs (Sulphur Emission Control Areas - the Channel, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea) use bunker fuels with a maximum sulphur content of 0.1% or that the same level of emissions is reached by the use of alternative fuels or compliant abatement technologies.Scrubbers are devices that use water to wash unwanted substances from an exhaust gas stream. They have been identified as one of the few abatement technologies available that allow ships to reduce the sulphur content in their emissions.The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a source of concern for European shipowners as it sets limits for the content of pollutants in ports, estuaries and coastal areas. This in turn means that the discharges of washwater will in some areas be well under the limits set by the WFD, while in other areas with poorer water quality, washwater ...

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IMO Facilitation Committee Outcome

Session 39th, from 22 to 26 September 2014 IMO held theFacilitation Committee (FAL), 39th session from 22 to 29 September 2014. Four items were on the FAL 39 agenda of particular interest to operators which are now described as follows :e-Business Possibilities for the Facilitation of Maritime TrafficA Working Group on Electronic Means for the Clearance of Ships was formed under the chairmanship of Mr R Butturini (USA). Following the WG's report, the Committee:1. Agreed that electronic certificates should be used as an equivalent to traditional paper certificates, provided that the certificates and the website used to access them, conform to the guidelines and that specific verification instructions are available on board the ship;2. Agreed that electronic certificates viewed on a computer should be considered as meeting the requirements to be 'on board', and invited MSC, also MEPC, to take appropriate action reflecting this understanding;3. Noted WG discussions related to the development of technical standards for the harmonised application of technology solutions to implement electronic certificates for ships, agreeing further consideration by a re-established Correspondence Group (CG);4. Agreed a proposal to modify the module 'Survey and certification' of GISIS so as to include references to Administrations issuing electronic certificates, making ...

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