Throughout maritime history ship operators have been engaged in a struggle with nature that has seen them attempting to reduce or eliminate the impact of biofouling on the operation of their vessels.
The maritime industry has faced an extraordinary period of disruption over the past few years, from the Red Sea crisis and Ukraine conflict, to continued piracy threats in South East Asia.
The Stockholm Convention on POPs has already listed PFOS as a restricted substance, and IMO has now acted to eliminate its use on ships.
Onshore Power Supply, also known as Cold Ironing or Alternate Marine Power, is a system conceived for supplying electrical power to ships at port.
The Fuel EU Maritime Regulation, effective from January 1, 2025, mandates that vessels over 5,000 gross tonnage reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions progressively. Read the article to know more.
The Fuel EU Maritime Regulation aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by encouraging the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels, progressively stricter limits on the GHG intensity of energy used by ships, and onshore power supply in ports.
FuelEU Maritime is a regulation structure in the European Union’s “Fit for 55” package that addresses the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the maritime sector.
CII is an operational efficiency measure of a vessel that applies to ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above. CII is a function of grams of CO2 emitted per cargo-carrying capacity and nautical miles.
MEPC 82 focuses on advancing a global fuel GHG standard (GFS) and a levy to ensure that the “polluter pays” principle is applied, raising revenues to support a “just and equitable energy transition”.
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