More Regulation – Page 12

  • Under project Ecoship, real time data provided by the fuel monitoring system enables vessel speed and operation adjustments to be made
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    Growing importance of advanced fuel management

    2016-07-05T17:00:00Z

    Damian McCann, enginei product manager at Royston diesel power, says that the MEPC’s recent call for the reporting of vessel fuel consumption highlights the growing importance of advanced fuel management systems.

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    ABS partners Greek owners for MRV solution

    2016-06-08T11:55:00Z

    Classification services provider, ABS, has completed a project with Greek shipowners to support preparations for implementing the European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation for CO2 emissions.

  • News

    St Lucia and Peru ratify BWM Convention

    2016-06-03T13:51:00Z

    Saint Lucia land Peru have taken the number of states ratifying IMO''s Ballast Water Management Convention to 52 - representing 34.87% of world tonnage, just 1.13 points shy of the entry into force trigger.

  • Progress on fuel consumption data collection at MEPC 69, while further measures on emissions reduction and energy efficiency improvements remain to be discussed
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    IMO progresses on emissions and efficiency

    2016-04-26T11:46:00Z

    The 69th meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has concluded with the approval of mandatory reporting of vessels’ fuel consumption.

  • News

    Peru inches BWM Convention closer

    2016-04-19T11:34:00Z

    Peru has become the 50th member state to ratify the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention, taking the treaty even closer to ratification.

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    Belgium and Fiji ratify BWM Convention

    2016-03-08T07:20:00Z

    Belgium and Fiji hav become the 48th and 49th IMO member states to ratify the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, with ratifying parties now representing 34.82% of world gross tonnage.

  • News

    US Chamber weighs in on MPN decision

    2016-02-23T10:58:00Z

    The Chamber of Shipping of America has responded to the US Coast Guard’s preliminary decision on the MPN sampling method.

  • News

    Annex V amendments impact hold cleaning

    2016-02-23T10:23:00Z

    In the wake of new regulations, Wilhelmsen Ships Services (WSS) has warned that bulk owners and operators must pay as much attention to the products used to clean their cargo holds as the holds themselves.

  • IMO's GloBallast partnership trains port state control officers on ballast water sampling and analysis
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    VIDEO: IMO offers BWM training in Turkey

    2016-02-10T07:04:00Z

    IMO has launched a video showing a practical training exercise for Port State Control on ballast water sampling and analysis.

  • Older tankers may have loading computer systems without the stability features required by the latest amendments to the IBC and IGC codes
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    Tanker operators face stability instrument requirements

    2016-02-04T14:41:00Z

    Regulations which entered into force in January require tankers to demonstrate compliance with damage stability requirements by carrying a loading computer system (LCS).

  • Even though effective waste water and sewage technologies are on the market now, they might not be available forever.
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    The sinking of waste water technology

    2016-01-22T16:35:00Z

    Wärtsilä, like a number of other vendors, has put time and money into developing advanced wastewater treatment (AWT) systems. Despite this, the present state of play may simply undermine these advances. Why? Because there is little pressure on the industry to comply.

  • 'Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee': IMO urges countries to ratify the BWM Convention even as tonnage verification continues
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    Requirement for BWM Convention not met

    2016-01-20T17:08:00Z

    The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has confirmed that the tonnage requirements for the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention have not been met.

  • The UNFCCC executive celebrates the Paris Agreement, which makes no mention of measures to reduce carbon emissions from shipping
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    Shipping escapes measures in COP21 text

    2015-12-14T16:39:00Z

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has vowed to continue work towards stronger carbon reduction measures after shipping escaped mention in the ‘Paris Agreement’ forged at COP21 of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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    ClassNK releases draft containership rule amendments

    2015-11-25T17:00:00Z

    Classification society ClassNK has released draft amendments to its rules and guidance for containerships.

  • Indonesian minister of transportation Ignasius Jonan, deposited the instrument of acceptance with outgoing IMO secretary general Koji Sekimizu during the general assembly
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    BWM Convention reaches ratification target, says IMO

    2015-11-25T00:43:00Z

    The Ballast Water Management Convention will come into force on 24 November 2016 if Indonesia''s ratification means that signatories represent the required 35% of global tonnage.

  • Insights from industry stakeholders on the European MRV regulation were discussed during a roundtable chaired by Blue Communications' Alisdair Pettiigrew (third from left) and hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright partner Phillip Roche (second from left)
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    MRV: The devil in the detail

    2015-11-20T08:22:00Z

    As the European Union regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of CO2 emissions from ships progresses, five stakeholders discuss the challenges ahead.

  • Verifavia is helping five ship owners identify compliance issues ahead of reporting emissions in line with the EU's MRV regulation
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    Verifavia helps owners address MRV readiness

    2015-11-15T17:50:00Z

    DFDS Seaways, Euronav Ship Management, NEDA Maritime Agency, Seaspan Ship Management and Synergy Maritime have appointed emissions verification specialist Verifavia Shipping to perform pre-verification gap analyses of the companies’ compliance with the EU’s new MRV regulations.

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    Interferry heads MRV ro-pax metrics group

    2015-11-15T17:28:00Z

    Trade association Interferry is leading a correspondence group tasked with recommending sector-specific metrics for ro-pax vessels under EU legislation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon dioxide emissions from ships.

  • The guideline aims to raise the awareness of the risks of liquefaction
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    DNV GL tackles cargo liquefaction threat

    2015-10-26T08:47:00Z

    Class society DNV GL has published design and operational guidelines to tackle what it argues is the "most significant factor in lives lost at sea" for bulk carriers.

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    DNV GL hails launch of new rules

    2015-10-01T14:09:00Z

    Efficient, flexible and future proof: Class society DNV GL believes its new rules, published today and coming into effect on 1 January 2016, set a new industry benchmark.