The invention of the steamship at the end of the 18th century revolutionised the entire shipping industry, and there are some parallels with the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in container shipping today. For example, to operate using this fuel, in…
A first in liner shipping: Hapag-Lloyd to convert ship to LNG Read More »
The maritime industry has been engaged in a frenzy of research since April 2018, when the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced its Initial GHG Strategy mandating a 50% reduction in shipping’s emissions by 2050. On one hand, some industry…
Members of the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 have welcomed a new addition to the canon of scientific literature relating to exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), the latest of which indicates that continued use of residual fuels with a scrubber can help …
Use of heavy fuel oil with scrubbers will have a positive effect on global CO2 emissions Read More »
The Bulletin met with Frederick Kenney, Director of Legal and External Affairs at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to talk about why there is no chance that the 2020 sulphur limit deadline will be pushed, what will happen if ships experie…
IMO: The chance of postponing 1 January 2020 deadline is zero Read More »
On January 1, 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will introduce increased limitations on sulphur emissions by ships. Set forth by MARPOL (see sidebar, “The adoption of MARPOL”), these global limitations will require operators to consid…
McKinsey: 9 mtpa increase in use of LNG as LNG carrier bunker fuel on 1/1/2020 Read More »