International Maritime Organization Archives - Page 2 of 3

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Diesel Grants, DOT Slams Oil Sector, Bombardier Fails to Report

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Republicans and Democrats are criticizing EPA proposals to cut funding for programs that have strong bipartisan backing. The agency proposes to completely eliminate the $20 million Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grants, which help trucking companies with engine retrofits and replacements. And the EPA has proposed cutting state water quality revolving loan ... Read more »

Arctic Shipping Rules Address Pollution, not Ballast Water

January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The latest sign that warming temperatures are creating economic opportunities in the Arctic: the International Maritime Organization is close to agreeing new shipping rules for the region. Nations are discussing the Polar Code, a set of pollution rules and safety improvements that could go into force by 2016, Reuters reports. ... Read more »

Emissions Rules Set to Increase Shipping Costs

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A European Union proposal to regulate ships’ carbon emissions will likely increase shipping costs, reports Hellenic Shipping News. Maritime transport is the only transport mode not included in the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, the trade publication says. Shipping is responsible for 4 percent of Europe’s total GHGs and ... Read more »

‘World’s First’ Marine Fuel Bio-Refinery to be Built

September 12, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Steeper Energy, the Port of Frederikshavn and Aalborg University have partnered to build what they say is the world’s first biomass-based plant to produce sulfur-free marine fuel from wood. The plant will be located at the Port of Frederikshavn in Denmark and could potentially serve an annual marine fuel market ... Read more »

Carnival to Install Scrubber Technology on 32 Cruise Ships

September 6, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Carnival says it will spend more than $180 million to install exhaust gas cleaning technology on 32 ships, making it the first company to use this scrubber technology in restricted spaces on existing ships. These include vessels from Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Cunard that sail ... Read more »

Port of Los Angeles Slashes Emissions

August 26, 2013August 26, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Air pollution associated with operations at the Port of Los Angeles is at its lowest level since the port adopted a formal plan to reduce emissions nearly seven years ago, according to the latest emissions data. The Port’s 2012 Inventory of Air Emissions shows a 79 percent drop in diesel ... Read more »

MOL Tests NOx-Reducing SCR System

July 10, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) says it will install a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system on all three power generators of an MOL-operated oceangoing freighter for a demonstration test to ensure compliance with nitrogen oxides emissions rules. MOL, Yanmar and Namura Shipbuilding jointly developed the SCR system. This test will demonstrate ... Read more »

Contract Wins: CB&I, Southwest Engineers, Calysta Energy, Linde

June 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

CB&I: The air quality control system company has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of more than $40 million for an air quality control program for five existing coal-fired units. The units represent more than 4,000 MW of electric generating capacity. CB&I will provide turnkey engineering, procurement and ... Read more »

GE Marine Engine Meets New Emissions Rules

June 4, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

GE Marine says it has successfully completed an emissions-testing program for the first 12V250 marine diesel engine that meets EPA Tier 4i and International Maritime Organization (IMO) Tier III in-engine emission compliance. The rules decrease the allowable levels of sulfur oxide (SOx) and nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions from ships. The ... Read more »

Shipping Emissions ‘Rival CO2-Driven Ocean Acidification’

May 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Shipping pollution from sulfur oxides (SOx) and nitrous oxides (NOx) along busy trade routes can equal carbon dioxide-driven ocean acidification, a study says. Sulfur in marine fuel oil and atmospheric nitrogen create SOx and NOx in the exhaust gases from ships. According to the research paper that will be published ... Read more »

Teijin Device Reduces Ships’ NOx Emissions

May 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Teijin Engineering has developed a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) denitration device for midsized ship engines to ensure compliance with the Tier III nitrogen oxides emissions regulation, which goes into effect in 2016. The company says ship tests have demonstrated that the device can reduce NOx emissions by 80 percent. The ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Strategic Petroleum Reserve, EU Shipping Emissions, Ralls Corp. Sues

October 3, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Senate’s GOP leadership is urging President Obama not to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and instead preserve the option for a “truly rainy day.” One senior Republican sought to preemptively cast any SPR release as a campaign maneuver and inappropriate effort to use the stockpile to try ... Read more »

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