Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO has been crunching the numbers on the percentage of ships fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers, or exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) more formally. “Scrubbers were
A ban on the on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic just approved byIMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75) has been slammed by the Clean Arctic
Pollution from the Solomon Trader, a 1994 built bulk carrier that ran aground in the Solomon Islands on February 5 is now threatening Kangava Bay, Rennell island, home to a UNESCO World
NOVEMBER 30, 2018 – Danish operator Norden A/S has successfully completed trials of a marine biofuel that is a “drop in” equivalent to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), that almost entirely reduces all
APRIL 9, 2018 — IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72) is meeting in London this week. The most prominent — and contentious — item on the agenda is setting a strategy
MARCH 22, 2018 — Radio Canada International reports that Canada is opposing a move at IMO, led by Finland, for an outright ban on the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in
DECEMBER 22, 2016 — The Clean Arctic Alliance has praised a commitment made December 20 by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada to a strategy to phase down
NOVEMBER 18, 2016 — The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) has reconfirmed its support for an international ban on heavy fuel oil (HFO) for all ship traffic in the Arctic.
MARCH 19, 2015 — To meet new MARPOL Annex VI sulfur limits in Emission Control Areas (ECAs), Copenhagen, Denmark headquartered Clipper Group is to convert one HFO tank in each of six
MARCH 13, 2015 — ExxonMobil is expanding its range of specialist fuels for use within Emission Control Areas (ECA) with the introduction of ExxonMobil Premium Advanced Fuel Marine ECA 200 (AFME 200),
