Excerpts from an article Sam Chambers published 7/19/2021 on Splash247. com. Here’s the complete article. “VLCC spot earnings averaged just $500 a day on the benchmark TD3C trade between the Middle East and China during the first half of the year on a slowsteaming, non-scrubber, non-eco basis, marking the lowest […]
Argus Media reports on 4/14/2021 that the Ample supply of high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) in northwest Europe has widened the “scrubber spread” between the price of 3.5pc sulphur product and IMO-compliant 0.5pc fuel oil. Excerpts below. Here’s the full article. “The price of delivered HSFO in Rotterdam has declined by […]
Excerpts from a January 18, 2021 post published in Marine Link. As shipowners mull the pros and cons associated with new fuels to meet tightening emissions rules, Chevron Marine is finding that some ship owners that switched older engines to very low-sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) are reporting build-up of red deposits […]
“The IMO says information from various sources has indicated a relatively smooth transition to the 0.5 percent sulfur cap for bunker fuel. “Prices for compliant fuels, very-low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) and marine gas oil (MGO), rose quickly initially but now appear to be stabilizing. As of January 20, 10 […]
Costas Paris published in the 12/20 issue of the Wall Street Journal a very complete note on the benefits of adopting scrubber technology. “An environmental rule hitting the maritime world at the turn of the New Year will open a steep divide in operating costs across shipping markets. “A large […]
A three-year study conducted by Carnival has found that scrubber is “effective and safe for the ocean environment”, Vessel Performance Optimization reports. The February 22 newsletter quotes Ian Adams, executive director, of Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020, who explains that the study compared “281 washwater samples from 53 scrubber-equipped cruise ships […]
The economics of scrubbers as a compliance solution for the 2020 0.50 percent sulfur emissions cap are a “slam dunk” said Rudy Kassinger in an interview with Ship & Bunker. Even by conservative estimates, the savings could reach in the millions of dollars, far above the initial investment of installing […]
Marine Exhaust Gas Scrubbers for MARPOL Compliance.This Infographic presents a comprehensive explanation of the challenges of MARPOL compliance, with the new fuel emissions regulations in effect since January 1, 2015. Vessels sailing in the North Sea/Baltic and North American/Canada Caribbean Emissions Control Areas or ECAs face two choices. The substantially […]
Chris Leigh-Jones published in WorldBunkering.com a comprehensive article on marine exhaust gas scrubbers as a means to achieving compliance with the stringent, new MARPOL regulations in effect in the North American and Caribbean ECAs and the North Sea Baltic. Since early 2015, he says, ship operators have been faced with […]
Excerpt from the “The price of sulphur reductions in the Baltic Sea and North Sea shipping”, where Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Juha Kalli and Tapani Stipa make a strong case for Marine Exhaust Gas Scrubbers. “MARPOL Annex VI regulations on sulphur in ship fuels will cause remarkable additional costs for the sea […]
MARPOL Compliance Solutions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, a journal published by the European Geosciences Union, in a white discussing shipping emissions in the North Sea, points out that the impact goes far beyond the shores. The North Sea is one of the areas with the highest ship traffic densities in our planet. “At […]
MARPOL Compliance Enforcement. The EPA published on January 16, a penalty policy for failure to comply with the new diesel fuel emissions standards in the North American and U.S. Caribbean Sea Emission Control Areas, also known as ECAs. The new standards, in effect since Jan. 1, 2015, call for limiting sulphur […]
As a growing share of trade routes shift from air and land to the world’s oceans, nations have mobilized to limit carbon emissions and thus protect the marime environment. Emission Control Areas (ECAs), also known as Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs), were established to impose stricter controls seeking to minimize airborne emissions (SOx, NOx, ODS, […]
A case for the Marine Exhaust Gas Scrubber Without careful management and treatment, distillate fuels can cause blockages in fuel lines, damage fuel pumps and injectors and contribute to the loss of engine power, warns Eric Haun in a 3/12/2015 note on Marine Link. Another reason why a CR Ocean Marine Exhaust Gas […]
There are two basic ways to comply with the stringent new emissions regulations that came into effect January 1, 2015 in the North American and North Baltic Emission Control Areas, known as ECAs, that call for using fuel oil with a sulphur content of no more than 0.10%. In the […]
In March, 2014, a top level delegation of shipping industry executives testified to US Congressional leaders about the effects on the industry about the new shipping fuel requirements imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and which will take effect in 2015. The measure will drastically increase shipping costs,: “[…] on average, […]
Speaking about the new International Maritime Organization global emissions caps affecting world shipping, BP Singapore Country President Terence Yuen voiced strong support for scrubber technology, according to a note published in Platts. His remarks, delivered at the 18th Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition held 14-17 October, highlighted the money-saving advantages of using maritime scrubbers to […]
A case for scrubber technology as a low-cost alternative to low-sulphur fuel to control maritime emissions and meet MARPOL Annex VI compliance. Complex mathematical formulae conclude that the savings are substantial. Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Determining Economics of Scrubber Systems Presented to: Lloyd’s Maritime Academy, Practical Guide to Scrubber Systems, North […]
