Regulation

• 23 February 15 Low-sulphur fuel regulation costs nothing     Has the implementation of the new marine pollution regulation in North Europe and the US since January resulted in extra costs for shipping lines and shippers? Before the introduction of the low-sulphur... Read more ›
• 10 February 15 Shipping Industry Should Be Prepared for Global Sulphur Cap in 2020 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has agreed that the shipping and bunker refining industries should work to the possibility that the global 0.5% sulphur in fuel cap, required by the International Maritime Organization... Read more ›
• 04 February 15 Viking Line: Grappling with ECAs Hanses reckons green solutions for shipping are still few and far between. “Scrubbers require considerable investments,” he says, adding that they are still not a relevant solution in their current form. Viking runs routes... Read more ›
• 11 December 14 Egypt to tender for second LNG import terminal month Cairo – Egypt will launch a tender for a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the coming weeks, which could help address the country’s ongoing energy crisis, a source at the state... Read more ›
• 05 December 14 Ics: «Ships have be prepared for sulphur rules, but radical alternative should be explored»   London – The shipping industry is fully committed to total compliance with the 0.1% sulphur in fuel requirements, in Emission Control Areas, from January 2015. And there is no reason to suggest that... Read more ›
• 05 December 14 DNV GL Gas Ready notation   Hamburg – With the IGF Code practically finalized, the introduction of sulphur limitsand burgeoning infrastructure and production capability, LNG as a ship fuel is spreading rapidly through the maritime world. DNV GL’s new GAS... Read more ›
• 02 December 14 EU to back the UK on green maritime transport Bruxelles – The EU’s TEN-T Programme will support with almost €4 million the pilot construction of the UK’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker at Teesport near Middlesbrough and the LNG propulsion system of... Read more ›
• 05 November 14 Germany to build LNG station with EU funds   Bruxelles – The European Commission is giving €4 million to two German companiesfor the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) ferry and a fuel station in the North Sea, it announced Tuesday... Read more ›
• 27 October 14 EU states reject proposed marine LNG infrastructure rule Brussels – A 2020 target to roll out LNG infrastructure across all of the EU’s core maritime ports has been rejected by member states, according to EU officials on 30 September. The target date as well... Read more ›
• 25 July 14 The impact of a possible extension at EU level of SECAS to the entire European Coastline This briefing note provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of a political decision on Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECA) in general and their further expansion in all sea areas around the EU coastline.... Read more ›