The inclusion of shipping in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which European lawmakers have recently supported, has ignored calls from INTERCARGO and the industry as a whole, for collaboration and adapted solutions to achieve the much needed redu…
Shipping’s inclusion in EU ETS ignores industry’s calls for collaboration Read More »
The CO2-emissions associated using an Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS, or scrubber) vary between 1.5% and 3% for a number of representative ships. In many cases, the emissions caused by producing low-sulphur fuels for these ships are higher, dependin…
Study Says Scrubbers have a lower climate impact than low-sulphur fuels Read More »
In 2019, there were numerous discussions in the marine industry over how the transition to 0.5% fuels would pan out, with concerns about a wide variety of issues. Which predictions were right? To address this question, Gard held a series of webinars in…
IMO 2020: A review of the transition to VLSFOs Read More »
Yesterday the World Shipping Council published a paper highlighting serious concerns for maritime trade and global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the EU expands its Emissions Trading System (ETS) to include international shipping. The WS…
An EU ETS for Shipping Would Undermine a Global GHG Solution Read More »
BHP has awarded the world’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier tender, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 30 per cent per voyage. Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has been awarded the five-year time charter cont…