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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 ...

Ice class tankers receive special coatings A Norwegian based shipping company chose Ecospeed to give lasting protection to their two newbuild general cargo vessels. The first vessel, M/V Golfstraum, was delivered in November. Her sister vessel M/V Rystraum is planned for a 2012 delivery. Both vessels are of the highest ice class and will be trading in North Europe and the Baltic Sea.PHOTO: M/V GolfstraumBecause the most northern parts of the Baltic Sea are almost completely frozen during the winter season the owner wanted an underwater hull coating that would protect his vessels against the frequent impact of large pieces of floating dry ice. Ecospeed was therefore the ideal coating, requiring no more than a few touch-ups during future drydock visits and no full repaint.Ecospeed has also received the Lloyd's Register certificate that recognizes the coating as an abrasion resistant ice coating for vessels intending to navigate in ice conditions. For this reason the ice belts of both vessels, the area on the bow just above the waterline that is most prone to mechanical damage from sailing through ice, were also coated with Ecospeed.For over five years several vessels coated with Ecospeed have been sailing through the most severe Baltic ...

Expiry of tripartite agreements LR issues Statutory Alert regarding Provisional assessment of bulk chemicals in the Chemical Codes and MARPOL Annex II - Expiry of tripartite agreements as follows:The IMO's Guidelines for the Provisional Assessment of Liquid Substances Transported in Bulk (MEPC.1/Circ 512) detail requirements for tripartite agreements.Tripartite agreements for pure or technically pure products, which have not been classified by IMO, mixtures containing more than 1% of such products, or trade-named mixtures presenting safety hazards expire three years after their inclusion in the MEPC.2/Circular - Provisional Categorization of Liquid Substances.Withdrawals due to the new Guidelines for the Carriage of Blends of Petroleum Oil and Bio-fuelsThe following trade-name chemicals have been withdrawn by the flag authorities since they are now carried under the new IMO Guidelines for the Carriage of Blends of Petroleum Oil and Bio-fuels contained inMEPC.1/Circ.76Bio-fuel blends of Diesel/gas oil and Alkanes (C10-C26), linear and branched with a flashpoint ≤60C containing 75% or more petroleum oilE85 VSS, made by VerticalE85 VWS, made by VerticalE90 (Fuelstreamers, Inc), made by Fuelstreamers, IncE90 (Shell), made by ShellEtamax B (s), made by SEKAB BioFuels & ChemicalsEtamax B (w), made by SEKAB BioFuels & ChemicalsGasoline Blending Component SG90, made by Sugden BiofuelsSME B99, ...

International measures for shipping emissions are needed Christian Breinholt, Deputy Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority was a guest speaker at the meeting. He made the case for the Danish proposal for a greenhouse gas convention introducing Market Based Measures for shipping.Looking for support from Greek owners he presented the mechanics and philosophy of the International Green House Gas Fund - a market based measure to address IMO's 'equal treatment' requirements with the UNFCCC's 'common but differentiated responsibilities' approach. It will take years to develop an international convention he said so we need to start now. 'From our perspective, we need a single, dedicated, mechanism for the global industry'. Mr. Breinholt said that the Danish proposal is becoming widely supported within the industry.One of Mr. Breinholt's comments, using Lloyd's Register research, was that without some form of market based measures, in the context of anticipated growth in trade even with massive energy efficiency improvements, shipping will be unable to reduce its total greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Breinholt was persuasive and his comments were listened to with great interest by the committee.Lloyd's Register provided updates on shipbuilding activity world-wide, insight into efficient ship designs, as well as technical and operational ...

Lloyd's Register Classification Alert IACS Unified Requirement Z24 introduced new periodical survey requirements for the bow, inner, side shell and stern doors of ro-ro ships. These have been incorporated into Notice No.2 to the Lloyd's Register 2011 Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships.The new requirements will apply to Annual and Special Surveys commenced on or after January 1, 2012.The requirements for Annual Surveys will be included in the updated Survey Checklist which will be available on ClassDirect Live.These include a requirement for Close-up Surveys of securing, supporting and locking devices to be carried out.At Special Survey, in addition to the Annual Survey requirements, the following are to be carried out:1. The securing, supporting and locking devices, including their weld connections, are to be subjected to non-destructive testing and thickness measurement to the extent considered necessary by the Surveyor. The maximum allowable diminution is 15 per cent of the as-built thickness.2. The effectiveness of the sealing arrangements is to be verified by carrying out a hose test, or equivalent.3. The clearances of hinges, bearings and thrust bearings are to be measured. Unless otherwise specified in the Operation and Maintenance Manual (OMM), or by the manufacturer's recommendation, the measurement of ...

LR issues Alert Lloyd's Register issues Statutory Alert regarding Changes to the requirements for the carriage of blends of petroleum oil and bio-fuels as follows:The 62nd session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 62) agreed that from September 1, 2011, bio-fuel/petroleum oil blends should be carried in accordance with new Guidelines for the Carriage of Blends of Petroleum Oil and Bio-fuel. These are contained in IMO Circular MEPC.1/Circ.761.The Guidelines define bio-fuels as: ethyl alcohol (ethanol), fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), vegetable oils (triglycerides) and alkanes (C10-26), linear and branched with flashpoint of either 60ºC or less or more than 60ºC. Further bio-fuels identified as falling under the scope of the Guidelines will be listed in a new Annex 11 of the MEPC.2/Circular.The Guidelines split bio-fuel blends and requirements for their carriage into three bands, as follows:Band 1: bio-fuel blends containing 75% or more of petroleum oil These can be carried as an oil cargo under MARPOL Annex I. However, when carrying such bio-fuel blends, Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment (ODME) shall be in compliance with Regulation 31 of Annex I and should be approved for the mixture being transported. If the ODME is not capable of monitoring the bio-fuel ...

Lloyd's List One Hundred 2011 Two top executives at Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk have overtaken China's transport minister as the most influential individuals in shipping, Lloyd's List said on Thursday.The duo came in shared first place in the shipping newspaper's annual ranking, the "Lloyd's List One Hundred", also ahead of Mike Duke, the head of the world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Somali pirate Garaad Mohammed.Maersk's group Chief Executive Nils Smedegaard Andersen and Eivind Kolding, who heads the group's container arm Maersk Line, were "changing the face of container shipping" in terms of ship size, booking systems and service, Lloyd's List said.It said that Andersen and Kolding aimed to turn Maersk into a global brand recognised also outside the industry.Andersen and Kolding overtook China's minister of transport, Li Shenglin, who topped the list last yearThe paper ranked Norwegian shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, principal owner of the world's biggest independent oil tanker group Frontline and other companies, third most influential in the industry, followed by Ma Zehua, the head of China's COSCO Group, in fourth place.Lloyd's List named Walmart's Duke fifth most influential in the shipping industry. The U.S. retail group is a huge consumer of shipping ...

Worlds first LNG-fuelled tanker newbuilding The world's first new LNG-fuelled tanker has been delivered in Rotterdam to Lloyd's Register class, heralding the start of a new era of cleaner shipping for Europe's local waterways.The delivery of MT Argonon, a 6,100-dwt dual-fuelled chemical tanker, represents a significant milestone for the Deen Shipping subsidiary, Argonon Shipping B.V., in its pursuit of cleaner transport solutions for Europe. Lloyd's Register helped the owners and regulators to identify their risks, meet regulatory requirements and overcome the technical challenges for the precedent-setting tanker."This has been a great project and it is a significant first," said Piet Mast, Lloyd's Register's Marine Business Manager for Western Europe. "The nature of inland waterways traffic, which passes through or close to major population centres, makes LNG an attractive way to reduce harmful local emissions. We had to look carefully at the risks and worked closely with the owner and the regulators to ensure that they understood, and were comfortable with, the technical solutions that were developed."The dual-fuel system is designed to burn an 80/20 mixture of natural gas and diesel, reducing Sox, Nox and particulate-matter emissions, as well as reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from tank to flue. The LNG ...

A report must be submitted and reports must be submitted by December 19, 201 Further to Classification News 18/2009 and 30/2008 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has advised that a 'one time report' is now required for all vessels covered by its Vessel General Permit (VGP) requirements.A report must be submitted by the owner/operator for each vessel to which the VGP applies and reports must be submitted by December 19, 2011.The EPA has provided an electronic system for filing reports on its website athttp://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/vessels/vesselsreporting.cfm along with a tutorial and a set of frequently asked questions. Owners and operators are strongly advised to use the tutorial as a guide to submitting reportscorrectly.The VGP is a discharge permit covering discharges that are incidental to normal operation. It defines effluent limits for each discharge according to their constituents and to best management practices designed to decrease the amount of those constituents entering the waste stream. A vessel might not produce all of the discharges covered by the permit, but owners and operators are responsible for complying with all the effluent limits for every listed discharge that the vessel produces.More information about the requirements is available at www.epa.gov/npdes/vesselsSource: LR

Good marine coatings are vital for the maintenance of safe and efficient hull structures Programme will develop appropriate, qualified, expertise in a cost effective and convenient mannerGood marine coatings are vital for the maintenance of safe and efficient hull structures and surfaces.The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) require compliance with coatings standards. Inspections under the IMO's Performance Standards for Protective Coatings (PSPC) and IACS' UI SC223 must be carried out by qualified coatings inspectors certified to National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Coating Inspector Level 2, The Norwegian Professional Council for Education and Certification of Inspectors for Surface Treatment (FROSIO) Inspector Level III or equivalents.To help meet demand for qualified inspectors, Lloyd's Register has developed a new series of online, marine coatings training courses. Coatings and Corrosion Control with the use of Protective Coatings, is an internationally accredited series of coatings-inspection courses."Students will be able to earn either certificates or diplomas, depending on the level they study, in coatings and corrosion control. The qualification achieved by taking the course on Performance Standards for Protective Coatings is equivalent to the NACE and FROSIO qualifications required by IMO and IACS," said Andrew Williamson, Lloyd's Register's ...