Dr. Prior names several other platforms for debate, but highlights main issue is the urgent need for IMO members to increase efforts to reduce black carbon...
Points to several studies showing producing and burning LSFO increases carbon emissions, whereas gas scrubbers save money and the environment.
HSFO carriage ban effective from 1 March is an attempt to ensure transparency and that ships are not unjustly penalised.
‘LNG as fuel is attracting widespread attention as an environmentally friendly option, but LPG as fuel has advantages over LNG,’ says ABS spokesman.
Suggests upcoming IMO Pollution Prevention and Response Sub-Committee to be ‘the most effective forum’ to progress Dr Prior’s debate.
KR issues ‘Forecasting the alternative marine fuel: Ammonia’ technical information; comparing different types of carbon-neutral alternative fuels.
ICCT report indicates the predominantly-methane-based LNG marine fuel traps 86 times more heat in the atmosphere than the same amount of CO2 over a 20-year time...
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.
