Box lines hit by rising fuel costs as OPEC cuts supply
As global freight rates continue to fall, container shipping lines are being hit by a ...
Vessels using heavy fuel oil scrubber systems will have a “positive” effect on global CO2 emissions, according to a new report.
Norwegian research organisation Sintef claims a combination of high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) and an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) represents the best means of meeting the needs of shipping and hitting global greenhouse gas reduction targets.
One of the report’s authors, Elizabeth Lindstad, told the Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) that two-stroke engines with exhaust gas recirculation and scrubbers represent the most ...
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Ian Adams
August 14, 2019 at 8:27 pmThe statement “Efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions in shipping are being spearheaded by IMO 2020;” is completely inaccurate. The revision of MARPOL Annex VI is about reducing Sulfur emissions not greenhouse gases the two issues are separate.