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Supply chain decarbonisation needs partnerships to create a reaction

Posted on September 20, 2022 by | 1 comment

This discussion of a recent UNCTAD paper by Mikael Lind and Wolfgang Lehmacher sheds light on the complex problems facing shipping in the path to decarbonization. It spawned a whole chain of searches for me, to find out more about what some visionaries in the field are saying.

Admittedly seeing the future is fraught with risk. Scenario analysis gives one a sort of lay of the land. The article shows clearly how partnerships are essential since the problem is bigger than any one firm or country.

Read the article, and follow some of the links; you’ll be rewarded with a view of the problems the maritime industry faces to decarbonize.

Nick Savvides 20/09/2022

Supply chain decarbonisation needs partnerships to create a reaction – The Loadstar

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Sulphur cap has resulted in a 77% drop in SOx emissions from ships: IMO

Posted on September 8, 2022 by | 1 comment

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is blowing its horn about the last set of rules they put forth. The sulfur cap rules began on January 1, 2020.

On January 1, 2023 a new set of rules will go into effect. These two regulations, the Energy Efficient Existing Ship (EEXI) and the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), will provide greater impetus for cleaning up ocean shipping. Splash has put together a more in-depth article on these two regulations here.

The article has an excellent chart showing when different IMO regulations come into effect.

Ocean shipping is making attempts to help promote sustainability of ocean shipping.

Sam ChambersSeptember 8, 2022

Sulphur cap has resulted in a 77% drop in SOx emissions from ships: IMO – Splash247

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Shipping must have ‘well-to-wake’ emissions standards, says WSC

Posted on August 26, 2022 by | Leave a comment

The World Shipping Council wants the maritime industry to use a ‘well-to-wake’ measure for ships’ emissions, rather than a simple CO2 measure at the stack. It’s a good point.

Ocean shipping firms will do only as much as is required. And the current picture based on the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s CII regulations, doesn’t require taking account of emission sources in the supply chain of fuels, or the greenhouse effect of process emissions such as methane leaks.

IMO’s own study shows that LNG may reduce smokestack emissions, but total greenhouse emissions are even greater than conventional fuel oil.

By Charlie Bartlett, Technology Editor 26/08/2022

Shipping must have ‘well-to-wake’ emissions standards, says WSC – The Loadstar

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