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Stamatis Fradelos, ABS, covered latest environmental regulatory developments during 2014 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum.

Motivated by stricter environmental regulations, growing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, rising fuel costs, and availability of new energy sources the shipping industry is forced to consider alternative fuels and new technologies

The provision of LNG refuelling facilities in core ports and the shore side electricity infrastructure.

Member States' Transport Ministers have recenlty agreed on a General Approach as regards the Commission's Directive on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the draft report of Mr Fleckenstein regarding the proposal on a Port Regulation.

The TRAN Committee has voted the Fidanza report on the Commission proposal for a Directive on the Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. The plenary vote of the Fidanza report is due to take place in February 2014

A Lloyd's Register Summary The EU has hinted for some time at pushing forward with a regional initiative when it comes to CO2 and shipping, and now we have it. In late June the industry was presented with their new draft regulation on monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of CO2 from shipping.Lloyd's Register has prepared the following summary of European Union Proposal for Regulation on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of CO2.On 28 June 2013, the European Commission published its finalised proposal for a European Union (EU) regulation on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of CO2 emissions from ships. The regulation, No.525/2013, is introduced further to the EU's Climate and Energy Package, adopted on 23 April 2009, which seeks international agreement including emission reduction targets through the IMO or the UNFCCC.The regulation will apply to certain vessels conducting voyages into, out of and between EU ports and will require annual reporting of their CO2 emissions in line with a verified monitoring plan. The purpose of the regulation is to provide reliable information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within maritime transport. As a first step the regulation is intended to focus on, and establish, CO2 emissions which will then allow the EU ...

Port Regulation Meets with Mixed Feelings

Agreement for regulation of mobile offshore drilling units

Nigeria: Heavy Regulation Ahead