Tag: NOx Tier III

Deltamarin announced that Icelandic Eimskip Ltd and Greenland-based Royal Arctic Line A/S ordered the first three container vessels from its energy-efficient cargo ship family. The ships will be built at the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China, with which Deltamarin (China) Co., Ltd has signed a design contract.

Incat Crowther announced the christening of the first ferry in NYC Ferry’s fleet, as a subsequent pair of vessel arrives in New York. The Lunch Box will be one of the cleanest operating in American waters, with efficient Tier 3 certified main engines, dry exhausts, and vinyl coating in lieu of toxic solvent-based paints.

Rolls-Royce will be presenting used MTU brand propulsion systems designed to meet IMO III and EPA Tier 4 emission regulations for commercial, off-shore and military vessels and yachts, at the SMM International Maritime Trade Fair from 6 to 9 September 2016.

Under IMO’s MARPOL Annex VI, Regulation 13 on oxides of nitrogen, Tier III limits apply in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) for engines in ships with keels laid on or after 1 January 2016.

MAN Diesel & Turbo announced that it will deliver world’s first IMO certified two-stroke engine with Tier III NOx control and Exhaust Gas Recirculation Systems. While there are already IMO Tier III-compliant vessels with EGR systems in service, the Suezmax newbuildings will be the first vessels with keel-laying after 1 January, 2016 to be officially certified as complying with Tier III emission restrictions within existing North American NOx Emission Control Areas (NECAs) and the United States Caribbean Sea NECA.

If a diesel engine installed on board a vessel has to be replaced by a non-identical diesel engine, the replacement engine has to comply with IMO Tier III emission regulations for installations after the 1 January 2016. The market is only starting to respond to this demand, and it may be difficult to find a suitable replacement engine complying with Tier III. DNV GL explains in this technical news how to handle this issue.

Five 85,000 cu.m Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) will each be powered by a single MAN B&W 6G60ME-GI main engine.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands issued marine guideline referring to the application of Regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex VI Tier III requirements to dual fuel and gas- fueled engines

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced that it produced the world’s first High Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (HP SCR) system for the dramatic reduction of NOx emission from 2-stroke marine engines.

Ships constructed on or after January 1, 2016 and entering into the North American or U.S. Caribbean Emission Control Areas (ECA) must comply with the Tier III NOx requirement of MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 3, Regulation 13.5.1.1.