The development is fuelled by the port’s ambition to have a measurement system for the environmental impact of cruise ships; 16 ports have signed on to...
The Center staff will include subject matter experts in energy, bunker fuels and ship technology as well as regulatory affairs, finance and the global energy transition.
Increased fines are not limited to oil or bunker spills and could also apply to other situations, for example where containers have been lost overboard.
Both China and Singapore are committed to meeting their sustainability goals under the Paris Agreement, and have embarked on green finance agendas.
A sanitisation expert offers Manifold Times a summary of the processes involved in disinfecting a ship together with the equipment and products used in the operation.
Developed with South Pole, the program allows clients to compensate the emissions from shipping their cargo by contributing financially to projects that reduce emissions.
“Proposed amendments involve [...] application of Energy Efficiency Design Index requirements to ships having ice-breaking capabilities,” said a spokesman.
Though the South Korean port air quality act is independent of MARPOL Annex VI, authorities will accept alternative compliance methods like scrubbers and LNG, says Gard.
The company said it has been a pioneer in using LNG as a fuel, and it will introduce the large-scale use of liquefied petroleum gas as...
As a first step, 10% of the company’s energy supplies will include alternative fuels; this is in addition to its plan to reduce 40% of CO2...
