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Spring 2018 European Energy Innovation 57
SHIPPING
regulations that already entered into This is an important figure to use when international shipping have to be
force or that will become effective the formulating the global CO2 reduction reduced by a convincing percentage,
next years. strategy. to be agreed upon by IMO in its
April meeting of its environmental
REDUCTION OF CO2 EMISSIONS Setting the CO2 reduction strategy committee.
Improving the fuel efficiency of the In line with the spirit of Paris
fleet declaration COP21, the International Reducing other emissions
Shipping is the world’s first sector Maritime Organisation IMO is now Also for other emissions shipping is
where global regulations apply for the discussing the CO2 reduction strategy. delivering. In Europe and in the North
energy efficiency of newbuild vessels, October 2016 IMO decided to set an America region and the US Caribbean
regulations that become stricter over initial strategy in April this year, to be Sea the maximum sulphur content of
time. In this way the CO2 emissions finalized in 2023. This schedule is in the bunker fuels is already reduced to
of newbuild vessels are lowered. conformity with the time schedule of 0,1%. The global cap was reduced to
Discussion is now ongoing to make COP21. 3,5% and will be reduced further to
the regulation more stringent, as the 0,5% in 2020. The shipping industry is
improvement of the energy efficiency Industry position on CO2 reduction calling upon governments worldwide
is going faster than expected. The shipping industry through its to ensure that an effective enforcement
Continued innovation is the driver international shipowners association policy is in place, to guarantee a level
of this. Companies have done major ICS calls upon governments to set playing field for shipowners. Non
investments on new technological an ambitious strategy that makes compliance should not prove to be
innovations such as upgrading shipping a part of the solution in the a rewarding policy to follow, on the
engines, propellers and underwater fight against global warming, while at contrary any benefits realized by being
hull to improve fuel efficiency. the same time safeguarding the role non-compliant should be taken away
Companies also have adopted of shipping as we know today in the by effective sanctions.
strategies to continuously monitor world economy. The industry itself
fuel efficiency on board to reduce the formulated a number of ambitious Also the emission of nitrogen is
overall fuel consumption. Total CO2 goals and submitted that to the IMO to regulated by the IMO and recently
emissions are estimated to be well steer the discussion. the countries around the North
below 2008 levels. Sea and the Baltic Sea decided
The first goals is to keep CO2 to introduce the most stringent
Measuring the CO2 emission of the emissions below the 2008 level, a regulation on NOx, the so called Tier
global fleet much more ambitious goal than III, in those sea areas for newbuilds
As of 2019, the total yearly CO2 COP21 allows. COP21 allows for an from the 1st of January, 2021 onwards.
emission of every vessel trading increase of CO2 emissions until 2023. This will reduce the emission of NOx
internationally will have to be by 80% compared to current levels. In
monitored on basis of the IMO1 global The second goal is an improvement of the North America region and the US
Data Collection System (DCS), which the relative CO2 emissions per tonne- Caribbean Sea the Tier III requirement
will become obligatory to use for all km as an average across the world is already in force.
shipowners with ships above a certain fleet by at least 50% in 2050 relative to
size. With this system the total CO2 2008 levels. Recently new on the agenda of IMO
emission of the world fleet can be to regulate is the emission of black
calculated. The absolute CO2-emissions of carbon. l
1) The UN body for the safety and environmental regulation of the internationally trading fleet
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