For marine engineers of a certain age, it used to be necessary to increase the electrical power available to the ship by manually synchronising the supply of an incoming generator with those already online using a series of lights. As the phases of the electrical supplies became properly aligned, the lights would flash ever more […]
Headquartered in Norway with offices in Belgium, Russia, Ukraine and USA. The Bellona Foundation is a not-for-profit NGO that aims to combat climate challenges by “identifying and implementing sustainable environmental solutions” During a recent press conference at SMM 2016, Hamburg, Jan Kjetil Paulsen, Bellona’s Senior Adviser Shipping spoke about why IMO originally introduced the 0.5%S […]
Courtesy US 8th Coast Guard District, photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Colclough. The risk of power loss IMO ended 2014 with a press release reminding the industry that as of 1st January, 2015 fuels containing no more than 0.10% sulphur must be used in ECAs, unless an approved alternative means of compliance, such […]
Flexible and timely compliance options needed “The European Commission’s proposal for sulphur reduction in marine fuels is intended to be both flexible and neutral as regards the way in which compliance with the new limits can be achieved, leaving the choice of the most appropriate technology to the operators. Nevertheless, compliance needs to be achieved […]
