Press Overview January 2019

With effect from 1 January 2019, Unabhängige Tanklogistik GmbH (UTG), Bremerhaven will take over the tank farm in Kiel currently owned by TOTAL Deutschland GmbH, Berlin (TOTAL). This will significantly strengthen UTG’s position in the market for the storage and distribution of fuels in this region.

On World Fisheries Day, we recall the fundamental rol this activity plays in the eradication of poverty or food security. It is also a major source of income for 820 million people worldwide.

Air pollution from ship traffic in the Mediterranean Sea can significantly be reduced due to the introduction of an Emission Control Area (ECA), a new report launched yesterday found. France which is behind the impact assessment investigated potential air quality improvements in the region following a switch to better grade marine fuels as well as related socio-economic benefits especially in terms of reduced health costs and environmental damage. Inter alia the report highlights that particulate matter can be reduced by up to 20% and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels even by up to 76%, all of this leading to up to 14 billion Euros in reduced health costs and more than 6,000 lives that can be saved every year.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has selected Schneider Electric Canada Inc. to develop a solution to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG), air emissions and noise from ships while docked at Centerm Container Terminal which is operated by DP World Vancouver.

We summarize these below by date of implementation. We encourage Members and clients to ensure that their crew and shore staff are familiar with these. Besides regulations being implemented by the IMO, ILO and other international bodies, we have also included some key domestic regulatory changes. You can find a summary of the key changes introduced during 2018 here.

Sector’s vessels are some of the dirtiest individual forms of transport in the world.

Dutch authorities are warning the public to stay away from some of the 270 containers that a cargo ship lost off the northern coast of the Netherlands because they contained a hazardous chemical.

2018 saw a sea-change in attitudes and actions towards Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. By March, of the 94 cruise ships on the global order-book, 18 under construction were LNG-powered. This represented 20% of all newbuildings for the cruise industry, but 25% of newbuilding capacity due to the size of the vessels ordered. The world’s first fully LNG-fuelled cruise ship, SEA\LNG member Carnival’s AIDAnova entered service in December with a further seven LNG-powered cruise ships ordered by Carnival to be operational by end 2022.

Air pollution from cars and factories has been regulated in much of the world since the 1970s. When it comes to the smoke-belching ships that carry global trade, the rules have been a lot looser. Big changes start next January, though, when long-debated standards from the International Maritime Organization mandate steep cuts of sulfur emissions associated with respiratory disease and acid rain. Much tougher rules are supposed to take effect in 2050, when the IMO will require ships also reduce carbon dioxide emissions by at least half.

An obscure ruling by the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency that regulates shipping, could rock the global economy next year. The ruling — known as IMO 2020 — could send the cost of marine diesel spiraling upward, disrupt the shipping industry and even stoke global inflation.

Copper coatings keep ships clear from unwanted sea life but environmental concerns mean some are keen to move away from the metal. Can it be replaced?

As the 2020 deadline for lower emissions looms ever closer, shipowners increasingly prefer to install LNG propulsion in new ships rather than retrofit existing ones, according to just-released research by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

Hybrid ships that voyage across the deep blue could very well be the key to unlocking environmental sustainability.

New technologies are driving gains in oil-spill response equipment, ensuring clean-ups are conducted quickly and monitoring is more effective

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The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on a directive on port reception facilities for the delivery and processing of waste from ships.

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The fire aboard the Halifax bound container ship Yantain Express is turning into an excellent case study in maritime casualty management.

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc., a pioneer in pollution abatement solutions, announced record- breaking results for 2018 with 13% overall growth and increased global recognition.

In 2017, 835 ships of the global fleet of 50,000 vessels were recycled – but in very different ways. In December 2018, the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) launched an online platform to draw attention to these practices and, above all, to showcase examples of best practice.

A number of environmental groups including NABU, France Nature Enironment (FNE), and Bird Life Malta have collectively called for a complete ban on heavy fuel oil and the use of scrubbers within European Emissions Control Areas.

I believe that 2019 will be the year that we really see the use of alternative fuels take off. The foundations for their use were planted in 2018, from signing a contract to build the world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry to developing a methanol-powered cruise ship design and announcing the use of liquid biogas on cruise ship conversions.

A new offset carbon neutral ballast water management system called FlowSafe, which can be installed at sea and runs at close to zero costs, has been designed by marine engineering firm Flow Water Technologies Ltd.

The 2008 financial crisis hit the shipping industry with a cut in available credit and unfavourable freight rates. In the last decade, the top 10 lenders have reduced their shipping loan books by US $50 billion[1], leaving shippers with limited access to capital. Now, oil prices are rising and the IMO 2020 sulphur cap looms, putting additional pressure on shippers to invest in fuel-saving or emissions- reducing technologies to ensure minimal cost and compliant operations. Shipping is by nature cyclical and risky, and obtaining capital for solutions that are not always proven, has its challenges.