Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics ASA (WWL) highlighted its ambition to be at the forefront of environmental regulations, both those already implemented and those expected and presented an overview of some major maritime environmental regulations, coming into effect the next decade, and the ways in which the company can prepare to handle these challenges.
The company notes that reducing fuel consumed per unit transported is the most efficient contribution to reduce CO2 emissions, and that the fleet performance monitoring system installed on its vessels is aligned with the adopted MRV system and the IMO strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships.
In addition, the company says that endorses IMO regulation on ballast water treatment and has equipped several vessels with pilot installations to find the most suitable system for retrofit and follows the development with USCG type approvals.
WWL informs that its policy complies with the 2009 Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, which aims to ensure that ships, when recycled, do not pose any unnecessary risks to human health, safety or to the environment, explaining that its vessels are issued with Inventory of Hazardous Materials/Green Passport, certified by class before recycling.
Moreover, WWL tries to comply with the new requirements of Emission Control Areas (ECAs), defined by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) as “special areas”, in which, for reasons related to their oceanography, ecological conditions and sea traffic volume, require special controls for the prevention of sea pollution. In particular, the company’s vessels are to use fuel oil with a sulphur content of no more than 0.5% when at berth, or other equivalent measures to reduce emissions. This will year by year be gradually extended until 2020, where the complete designated ECAs are covered.
Finally, WWL concludes that its sulphur policy was revised on 2016, so now all vessels operated by WWL are either consuming fuel containing 0.1% sulphur or use exhaust gas scrubbers to clean the exhaust gases in all ports, around the world.
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