Tag: SOx

The UN-backed IMO has set new rules to cut sulfur emissions from ships to 0.5% from 2020. Yara is easing shipowners’ concerns over additional costs by offering a cost-effective solution compared to low-sulfur fuel.

ICS has welcomed many of the agreements made during MEPC 70 last week. First and moremost, ICS applauded IMO road map addressing CO2 emissions from international shipping with initial CO2 reduction commitments to be agreed by IMO by 2018.

IMO MEPC 70 agreed the 0,5% global sulphur cap to come into force from January 1st, 2020.This landmark decision represents a significant cut from the 3.5% m/m global limit currently in place and demonstrates a clear commitment by IMO to ensuring shipping meets its environmental obligations.

Yara Marine Technologies has successfully delivered, commissioned and certified a multi engine inlet, inline SOx scrubber system for two of Hyundai Heavy Industries operating LPG vessels, Yara Kara and Yara Nauma.

The European Investment Bank has signed a EUR 50 million loan agreement with Finnish ferry operator Finnlines regarding its Environmental Technology Investment programme which aims to reduce SOx emissions and the company's overall environmental footprint.

According to our readers' clicks, 2015 was all about Ballast Water Treatment and SOx Emissions, with a twist of world’s greenest ships filling in the Top 10 GREEN4SEA Articles list of 2015.

Report from a study that quantified how much less air pollution is emitted from tanker ships due to the use of low sulfur fuels, shows air pollutants in Prince William Sound reduced by hundreds of tons per year.

 ABS has published the ABS Guide for SOx Scrubber Ready Vessels to support operators in preparing newbuilds for future outfitting with a SOx exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS). New class notation recognizes vessels designed with SOx Scrubber ready features to facilitate cost-effective and time-efficient retrofit.Supporting the world’s first classification notation for SOx Scrubber Ready Vessels, the ABS Guide formalizes the process for clients who wish to plan for retrofit of a SOx scrubber at a future date by providing a detailed review and approval and an associated notation. The SOx Scrubber Ready notation is in addition to ABS EGCS notations that may be assigned for vessels fitted with an exhaust emission abatement system, including SOx scrubbers, selective catalytic reduction systems and exhaust gas recirculation arrangements for NOx emission control, in accordance with the ABS Guide for Exhaust Emission Abatement. “The decision to build a new ship or retrofit an existing one is not simple due to uncertainty with the entry into force of the 0.5% global sulfur limit and cleaner fuel alternatives such as LNG,” says ABS Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Howard Fireman.“The new ABS SOx Scrubber Ready notation provides a unique approach to future-proof assets, to implement cost-effective retrofits and ...

  Feadship recently completed the first sea trial of gas-to-liquids synthetic diesel onboard Feadship Kiss. Gas-to-liquids (GTL) synthetic diesel, developed by Shell, proved to be a highly suitable energy carrier for the combined reformer/fuel cell installation envisioned for the year 2020. Shell’s large GTL facility in Qatar only started production in 2011, and pure GTL diesel fuel has only recently become available on the market. The Netherlands is a pioneer in this respect, and is leading the way with a worldwide introduction. The characteristics that make GTL an interesting option for conventional combustion engines originate in the way it is produced. Natural gas is broken down into syngas, from which all different GTL products are synthesised. As syngas contains very few contaminants, the resulting fuel is pure in its composition – free from sulphur, for instance – and gives a highly controllable burn. Another interesting factor is that syngas can also be generated by gasifying biomass, allowing for an operation that is close to CO2 neutral. An R&D project was set up on the recently launched Kiss to explore the possibility of switching to GTL as the fuel for all Feadship sea trials. One of the generators was run on GTL and ...

  EPD has released the latest Emission Inventory for 2013. It was showed in the Inventory that marine and road traffic has been the major sources of emission. Clean Air Network (CAN) believes more radical measures needed to be taken in order to reach the emission reduction target set for 2015. CAN is particularly concerned by the 4% increase in emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx) between 2010 and 2013. Queries have been raised on whether significant progress in reduction of emission could be made in the following two years, so that the target of reducing NOx reduction by 10% in 2015 could be met. Marine emission still accounted for 31% of NOx emission, which is the major contributing factor together with public electricity generation. In the latest paper on onshore power supply, the government suggested scrubber as a measure to reduce SO2 and PM from cruise ships. However, this technology cannot reduce NOx emission. CAN urges the government to employ onshore power supply to different cruise terminals and container terminal to effectively reduce NOx. Emission reduction 2013 and 2015 Recution Target  Marine transport continues to be the number one source of SO2 emission. The reduction in emission between 2010 and ...