Dr Daniel Lack says cost-cutting group of oil refiners using residual fuel blends could send ship-source black carbon emissions soaring overnight.
VLSFO and LSHFO usage will contribute to a massive increase of Black Carbon emissions which represent 7% to 21% of shipping’s overall GHG equivalent impact on...
Significant investments needed to decarbonise shipping can only be expected to happen if there is a long term commercially viable business case.
The Standard Club provides a summary of key points for IMO 2020 enforcement in Chinese waters by local port state authorities.
‘The Alfa Laval Service Agreement will help us safeguard long-term performance, for example by using data analysis to keep systems performing at their peak,’ says Dr....
‘ABB encourages the Subcommittee to set an ambitious, long-term national plan to achieve zero emissions for all vessels under its operation,’ says Peter Bryn.
MSC clarifies only 40-45% of the 11 million mt of emissions were actually in the EU, unlike what T&E stated.
Very practical reasons for not taxing marine fuels as ships would simply bunker outside the EU, it says.
More than 320,000 gallons of oil and water mixture removed from 26 fuel tanks inside the car carrier.
The maritime sector is exempt under EU law from paying tax on its fuel, a subsidy worth €24 billion a year.
