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Lloyds Register at Posidonia With the focus on rising fuel prices, Lloyd's Register provides an effective energy management approach that will help owners identify suitable options and opportunities when choosing technologies, operational parameters and fuel typesIncreasing energy prices, the patchwork of emissions regulation and question marks over untested technology, are all giving shipowners a headache when it comes to making investment decisions. This is true for both retro-fit and newbuild solutions."Clearly, the market is confused by some of the messages out there", comments Katharine Palmer, Lloyd's Register's Environmental Manager. "Obviously, market conditions are not encouraging significant newbuild activity right now but owners are thinking about how they make their fleets more efficient and when they do order new tonnage, they want to be confident in their investment decisions. What is suitable for a Baltic ferry operator is likely to be very different to the requirements of Greek bulk carrier owner."At Posidonia next week Lloyd's Register will be running a series of free mini-seminars throughout the week, on its exhibition stand at the event. These mini-seminars will look at the issues owners need to consider when evaluating investment decisions. For details of timings and a print off of the seminar details, ...

IMO supports an ISO standard for the use of armed guards The International Maritime Organization, IMO, is underway with a requirement that private security firms continue to be ISO certified.It seems to be the result of the efforts of IMO's efforts to clean up the market for private security companies selling protection to piracy threatened merchant ships in the area off Somalia.Pirates' criminal activities have meant that the number of private security firms have grown over the past year. This has led to a situation where individual companies are responsible for the security of crews, ships and cargoes."We obviously support IMO's thoughts on an ISO standard. It is gratifying that the international community takes hold on this and moves quickly, rather than that the individual country authorities would have to make their own certification schemes," says Deputy Director of the Danish Shipowners' Association, Jan Fritz Hansen.Source: The Danish Maritime Magazine

ISO standard will be available in 2012 as a Publicly Available Specification In a joint submission to the 90th session of IMO's Maritime Safety Committee, BIMCO and ISO explain that work is underway to establish an ISO standard for the accreditation and certification of PMSCs (private maritime security companies) providing contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships.The new ISO standard will be available in 2012 as a Publicly Available Specification. Because the reputation and recognition of the organisations involved provide essential legitimacy, BIMCO firmly believes that this is the best and swiftest methodology to develop the process through which to audit with the necessary thoroughness. In IMO precedent has been set before with endorsement of ISO standards and it is hoped that IMO will also endorse this new ISO standard and thereby help speedily resolve this complex issue. Government and NGO participation encouragedTerms of reference and a draft framework for the work will be presented to an inaugural meeting in mid-2012 for expert comment and discussion. IMO Member States and observers are encouraged to participate in the process, and several IMO Member States and NGOs have already designated experts to do so. Scope of the new ISO standardUsing the ...

New regulation update from Maritime Progress Considerable effort is being expended to make the graphical symbols used within safety signs internationally recognised throughout the world. The meaning of some symbols is not always obvious and often training is required to ensure they are fully understood. Education can be achieved in a number of ways by including graphical symbols in operation manuals, company circulars and training literature as well as by using supplementary text alongside the symbol within the safety sign.Safety Sign DesignThe International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has been working on International Standard ISO 3864 covering the design of international safety signs for a number of years. The second edition of part 3 of the standard, "Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs" has just been published earlier this year. Parts 1 and 4 of the standard covers the colour and design principles of safety signs, new editions of these parts were published in 2011. The main signs affected are mandatory, some hazard and prohibition signs plus minor changes to safe condition and fire equipment signs. Fortunately ISO has compiled a catalogue of safety signs ISO 7010:2011 this standard is a live list of graphical symbols for ...

Classification society launches range of services to save fuel and reduce emissions International classification society RINA has launched a co-ordinated range of services to help shipowners save fuel and reduce emissions. There are seven different elements to the services which can be adopted individually or as a complete package.The seven services are: auditing to ISO14001 Environmental Management certification; auditing for ISO50001 Energy Management Certification; development of the SEEMP (Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan); EEDI verification; Energy Saving and Energy Conservation Analysis; Fuel Consumption Data Analysis and Decision Support Solutions and tailored energy saving training courses.Andrea Cogliolo, head of innovation, RINA Group, says, "All shipowners need some form of assistance and support to cut energy costs. We have a lot of experience working with major passenger ship owners and others to devise energy saving measures, and we know how to implement the ones that work best. Owners can use our services at the level appropriate to them, from simple compliance through to a major re-engineering of how they use energy on ship and ashore. The training complements all that, by ensuring that the people who have to make it all work know what they are doing, and why."RINA's auditing services to ...

ISO 8217:2010 - With effect from 1 July 2012 The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) issued a circular stating that, with effect from 1 July, it will adopt application of the fourth edition of the ISO specifications for marine fuel (ISO 8217:2010) for fuels supplied within the Port of Singapore through the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for Bunkering (SS600) as follows:The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 8217 specifies the standards and requirements for marine fuels supplied to ships, and takes into the account the international requirements such as the SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions in respect of the allowable limits or contents in flash point and sulphur, respectively.With effect from 1 July 2012, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will adopt the application of the 4th edition of 8217 (ISO 8217:2010) for marine fuels supplied within the Port of Singapore through the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for Bunkering or SS600. The ISO 8217:2010 includes two new fuel characteristics, namely Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) in liquid phase and Oxidation Stability (OS). These two fuel characteristics require special sampling methods that will be tested at cargo source e.g. at the oil terminals.The values of H2S and OS shall be ...

ISO 8217:2010 - Standard Code of Practice for Bunkering (SS600) The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) issued a circular stating that, with effect from 1 July, it will adopt application of the fourth edition of the ISO specifications for marine fuel (ISO 8217:2010) for fuels supplied within the Port of Singapore through the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for Bunkering (SS600) as follows:The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 8217 specifies the standards and requirements for marine fuels supplied to ships, and takes into the account the international requirements such as the SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions in respect of the allowable limits or contents in flash point and sulphur, respectively.With effect from 1 July 2012, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will adopt the application of the 4th edition of 8217 (ISO 8217:2010) for marine fuels supplied within the Port of Singapore through the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for Bunkering or SS600. The ISO 8217:2010 includes two new fuel characteristics, namely Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) in liquid phase and Oxidation Stability (OS). These two fuel characteristics require special sampling methods that will be tested at cargo source e.g. at the oil terminals.The values of H2S and OS shall ...

ISO 50001 certification by Lloyd's Register Lloyd's Register has awarded Maran Tankers Management, Inc. (MTM), the oil tanker management company of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group, with ISO 50001 certification as commercial ship operators continue to search for ways to lessen their environmental impact and operating costs.ISO 50001 is a voluntary international standard that specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy-management system. It offers companies a systematic approach to continually improve energy performance, including energy efficiency, use and consumption."Certification to ISO 50001 was a milestone for our company," MTM Managing Director Stavros Hatzigrigoris said. "Having in place an effective and efficient energy-management system for the operation of our fleet brings real added benefits to the company and it allows us to be proactive in satisfying upcoming regulations, customer requirements and society's expectations."Energy management has become a critical part of ship operations in part because fuel is an increasingly major cost element for any shipping company, according to Sokratis Dimakopoulos, MTM's HSQE Manager."Improving energy efficiency reduces fuel consumption and operating costs for MTM and its clients. In addition, being energy efficient has become a legal and industry requirement and assists in reducing the environmental impact associated with CO2 ...

It was awarded ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certifications Shri G. K. Vasan, Union Minister of Shipping awarded ISO certification to Jawaharlal Nehru Port at a function in Mumbai today. The following is the full text of his speech:"I am happy to be in your midst at this function for the award of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certifications to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust by the Indian Register for Quality Systems (IRQS). With the addition of these certifications, JNPT has achieved the distinction of becoming the first major port to achieve the three certifications from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and an Occupational Health and Safety Management System certification, in keeping with its status of a world class port. I extend my hearty congratulations to the management and staff of JNPT for this unique achievement.The major ports play a key role in facilitating external trade which contributes to 40% of India's GDP. Container volumes in India are expected to witness very high growth in the years to come. We also expect that in future, high demand for energy will result in increased import of coal and oil. For our ports to gear up for the growing demand, we ...

DIN EN ISO 50001:2011 Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has been accredited by DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle), the national accreditation body for the Federal Republic of Germany, to provide worldwide certification of energy management systems according toDIN EN ISO 50001:2011. GL is among the first certification organisations worldwide to be able to offer accredited certifications according to ISO 50001. A company's energy efficiency and performance can be sustainably improved by implementing systems and processes which conform to the new standard."The continuing increase in global green house gas emissions should prompt many companies to rethink the energy management systems they have in place", says Bernhard Ständer, Global Head of ISO Systems Certification at Germanischer Lloyd. "I am convinced that this new ISO-Norm will have a positive impact on the energy efficiency of many firms. Our experience has shown that implementing systematic energy management can not only improve the environmental performance of a company, but result in significant savings. In many countries governmental support is available for the implementation and maintenance of such management systems."The core rationale behind the ISO 50001 is to promote continuous improvement in the "energy and environmental performance" of a company. The norm describes the requirements for energy management systems, which ...