Category: Nor-Shipping

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A very hot topic

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Jesper Aagesen

If you make an internet search on LNG-driven vessels, you will find not less than three million hits have been logged, so this is indeed a very hot topic. A number of shipowners are considering the LNG option very seriously indeed. Up to now about 20–25 vessels are operating on LNG and a number of ... Read more.

Climate change just won’t go away

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Anne-Marie Warris

You may be suffering from climate change fatigue with all the critical planet questions posed by shipping such as ballast water and low sulphur fuel – to name but two. But the climate change issue has not gone away. Just look at the recent International Chamber of Shipping press release that supports a bunker fuel ... Read more.

The LNG option

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jesper Aagesen

With fossil fuels there are three main options that comply with ECA rules. They are: – Operating on low sulphur fuels/distillates – Operating on heavy fuel oil (HFO) with a scrubber installed – Operating on LNG – ‘LNG fuelled ships reduce the emission of NOx by 85–90% and SOx by almost 100%’ We at Lloyd’s ... Read more.

The world’s Emission Control Areas

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Jesper Aagesen

One of the key factors behind the drive to LNG as fuel is the approach of year 2015 when stricter rules under MARPOL Annex VI enter into force in the world’s Emission Control Areas (ECAs). Approximately 80–90% of merchant vessels will enter an ECA during their lifetimes and, what makes the onset of LNG even ... Read more.

Catching up with the Convention

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Graham Greensmith

Read all about the latest and most suitable ballast water treatment systems in our information-packed Ballast Water Treatment Technology Guide. The most recent version can be downloaded from www.lr.org/bwm, while a revised one will be available from the website at the end of June. You can find two other useful publications on our website. “Ballast ... Read more.

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