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Hamburg Süd has achieved its environmental goal of reducing the CO2e emissions of its fleet by 26 percent by the year 2020, compared to 2009, well ahead of schedule. This is due to a number of measures, including investments in the energy efficiency of the shipping company’s own ships, the expansion of the average ship size within the newbuilding programme, the chartering of energy-efficient ships and the further optimisation of vessel deployment. All in all, these activities together have led to a significantly more positive effect on CO2e emissions reduction than originally forecasted. The newly formulated CO2e goal specifies a reduction of emissions by 45 percent between 2009 and 2020 and encompasses the shipping company’s own and chartered container ships per unit of transport performance (TEUxkm). The CO2e unit of measurement, carbon dioxide equivalent, not only considers carbon dioxide but also other emissions produced during the combustion process (e.g. methane gas) in terms of their impact on the climate. More detailed information, particularly regarding the environmental balance sheet of the entire shipping group, can be found on Hamburg Süd’s newly restructured and redesigned website under the area. Source and Image Credit: Hamburg Sud GroupIn the onset, I was explicit with ...

Progress was made this during Port Metro Vancouver’s 2014 Alaska cruise season, to reduce emissions as Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited joined fellow cruise line companies Disney, Holland America and Princess with the ability to use shore power in Vancouver. Shore power reduces marine diesel air emissions by allowing ships to shut down their engines and connect to BC Hydro’s electrical grid while at dock. Since its inception in 2009, shore power connections in Vancouver have reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 11,000 tonnes. Further opportunities for shore power connections were made possible in part thanks to the addition of a third shore power connection arm at Canada Place in 2013, funded by Transport Canada. “We are pleased to see the 2014 cruise season numbers holding strong, on par with last year” said Peter Xotta, Vice President of Planning and Operations, Port Metro Vancouver. “The decision by an additional cruise line to enable shore power was another win, providing more opportunities to reduce emissions and contribute to our local quality of life”. The 2014 season’s cruise numbers contributed to an exceptional year for tourism in the region. Each time a cruise ship arrives, it stimulate more than $2 million in ...

Ecoships, a fully owned subsidiary of Newport Shipping Group, has introduced a customized version of the Six Sigma DMAIC approach to process and performance evaluation in order to optimise the energy-efficiency of the vessels under its management. The technique has already resulted in Ecoships’ managed ships benefitting from up to 15% greater fuel efficiency, resulting in substantial reductions in CO2, NOx and SOx emissions. One of the first vessels to benefit from Ecoships’ eco-smart approach is the 25,000dwt bulk carrier Bulk Rose. The vessel, delivered from Turkey’s Cicek Shipyard in 2011 and taken under Ecoships management in January 2014, was initially consuming 840g/dwt of fuel per day. It now consumes 750g/dwt/day. Ecoships used the DMAIC technique to identify the best technical and operational energy-efficiency solutions available, such as trim optimisation and weather routing software, along de-rating engines and retrofitting hardware such as rudder fins, shaft generators and waste heat recovery systems. “Bulk Rose was fitted with a shaft generator and we had access to most of the signals and measurements. But we identified that a minimum 10% reduction in fuel consumption could be achieved by operational optimisation,” explains Yilmaz. “After analysing the data, we decided to retrofit a shaft power ...

CEO of the Maersk Group Nils Smedegaard Andersen spoke at the BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) Conference in New York and outlined Maersk Line’s new CO2 target.   Highlighting the importance of an industry-wide effort to reduce CO2 emissions, Mr Andersen announced Maersk Line’s new Carbon Emissions target, reinforcing Maersk Line’s commitment to be ‘part of the solution’. "Over the past years, we have driven significant energy efficiency improvements across our fleet, pioneering initiatives from speed optimisation and technical upgrades to designing new and more energy efficient ships, the Triple-E’s" said Mr Andersen. Since 2007 Maersk Line has cut the average CO2 impact of a container by more than a third. Simultaneously, Maersk Line’s focus on energy efficiency has made the company significantly more cost competitive thereby decoupling growth from resource consumption Maersk Line has set itself a bold new target of reducing CO2 emissions per container moved by 60%, relatively to 2007 standards. This is up from a previous 40% mark set last year. This means that in 2020 Maersk Line will have increased our volumes by 80% while cutting our absolute emissions by 15 million tons. In this way Maersk Line can continue to grow our business and help increase ...

Speaking at the 4th Shipping and Offshore Corporate and Social Responsibility Forum, the Secretary General of the Global Shippers' Forum outlined the need for transparency of maritime carbon emissions and interventions, saying it is essential in order that shippers can identify their carbon footprint. After presenting at the CSR event, Chris Welsh, GSF's Secretary General said: "Leading edge shippers, charters and carriers are making substantial progress in establishing common methodologies for measuring, recording and verifying carbon emissions.  The drive is led by customers who are calling for greater transparency in carbon emissions data to benchmark the energy efficiency of carriers so that they cannot only identify their supply chain emissions, but also to take appropriate interventions to reduce supply chain carbon emissions." Entitled 'Driving Transformation through the value chain - the demand for CSR by Shippers' the GSF presentation referred to comments from leading shippers and their motivation of working towards that goal: Reporting carbon emissions within logistics supply chains is essential to demonstrate to customers that businesses are managed in a sustainable way    Being at the forefront of changes in their market sectors Consumers and customers associate brands with doing business in an environmentally ethical way - ie ...

Hitachi Zosen Corporation has become the first to receive first-time approval (FTA) for an SCR system (Selective Catalytic Reduction system) for marine engines from its licensor MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, in the field of the design and manufacturing of marine diesel engines. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) proposed the standards on the reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions during maritime transportation. In April 2014 The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee adopted stringent Tier III controls twhich require an 80% reduction of NOx emissions from Tier I (17.0 g/kWh) to be effective within emission control areas (ECA) from 2016. Hitachi Zosen in partnership with MAN, its licensor boasting a more than 80% global share in the marine diesel engine market, embarked to develop a SCR system for marine engines using Hitachi Zosen’s proprietary NOx removal catalyst and system into test engine in 2009. In 2011 the SCR system was certified by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK: Japan Maritime Association) ahead of the competition and fitted in a new vessel for in-service testing ongoing for three years from November 2011. The FTA from MAN verified that Hitachi Zosen’s SCR system for marine engines is fully compliant with Tier ...

As the first drone innovators Danish Explicit with its 'sniffer drone' for monitoring sulphur emissions from ships receives international recognition as finalists at the 2014 Ocean Exchange innovation contest. In parallel, the Danish EPA commits an additional $100.000 to the project. The recognition once again highlights the urgent need for strong enforcement initiatives with new sulphur limits on ship emissions only a few months away. That drones can make a difference in the fight for a better environment is clear after the conclusion of this year's international Ocean Exchange innovation contest in Savannah, Georgia (USA). Selected among a global pool of innovators, Danish drone innovator Explicit was recognised as one of only 10 finalists. Explicit has developed a sniffer drone aimed at catching sulphur violators at sea. The system uses self-guided drones to seek out ships during cruise, measure their sulphur emissions and report back in real time. It is the first time a drone project is selected for the contest finale. "To have global innovation networks like Ocean Exchange recognise the potential in drones for environmental purposes is a huge motivation. In the case of sulphur enforcement drones are one of the few technologies available to ensure that regulations ...

The Ministry of The Environment And Water Resources of Singapore has questioned the methodology used in the WWF report, and stressed Singapore’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions. The ministry stated that the report fails to recognise Singapore’s unique circumstances as a small island city-state with no hinterland and it does not give due recognition to Singapore’s real environmental achievements, including  long-standing commitment to sustainable development and resource efficiency. The report also allocated international marine and aviation bunker emissions to each country in proportion to the country’s share of international trade volume, a practice not shared by other agencies such as UNFCC and International Energy Agency. The ministry said that this results in a gross over-estimation of Singapore’s per capita carbon footprint as Singapore sits on a vital global shipping route and has one of the busiest transhipment ports in the world Source: Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources In the starting, I was forthright with you propecia before and after has changed my existence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.

China is home to seven of the world's ten busiest container ports. About 26 percent of the world's containers pass through the top ten Chinese ports every year. Every ship and truck brings pollution along with its cargo, and China is paying a high price for pollution from shipping. In 2010 the country saw an estimated 1.2 million premature deaths caused by ambient air pollution. According to studies conducted in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, shipping is a significant source of these air pollution and health problems, particularly in port cities. Since Chinese port cities are among the most densely populated with the busiest ports in the world, air pollution from ships and port activities likely contributes to much higher public health risks than are found in other port regions.  Please click at table below to view the t op 20 container terminals and their throughput for 2013 (source: NRDC)    Health and Environmental Impacts of Shipping and Port Emissions Most ships at Chinese ports run on bunker fuel, also known as residual fuel. Almost all port vehicles and equipment are powered by diesel fuel. The exhaust from all of these engines contains high levels of diesel particulate matter (PM), oxides ...

In late May, Drewry’s Container Insight Weekly highlighted the new low-sulphur fuel environment regulations that will come into force in January 2015 and some five months later a number of carriers have finally announced the related surcharges they will be requesting from shippers. In summary, from 1 January carriers will be obligated to use fuel with maximum 0.1% sulphur content, down from today’s allowed 1%, in so-called Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in North Europe and North America, see map below. Northern Europe’s and North America’s Emission Control Areas   Carriers have said that they will collect new “low-sulphur surcharges” or “emission control area charges” in addition to ocean freight. As predicted by Drewry, these new fuel charges vary by geography and by trade. They range from $30 per 40ft container (for Asia to/from North West Europe) to $280 per 40ft container (for Baltic region to/from Canada East Coast). For the high-volume, big-ship routes between Asia and both North West Europe and the US, the surcharges are low and represent only a marginal increase on current freight costs. However, for the transatlantic tradelane, the low-sulphur surcharges of at least $120 per 40ft represent an extra cost of some 6% to 12% on ...