Sentences with phrase «marine fuel»

Heavy fuel oil is a dirty and polluting fossil fuel that powers ships throughout our seas and oceans — accounting for 80 % of marine fuel used worldwide.

In 2020 the shipping industry is facing its biggest challenge in a century as the IMO is set to impose a new 0.5 % sulfur cap on marine fuel emissions.

Meanwhile, a new marine fuel rule with lower sulfur content that will come into force in 2020 is creating uncertainty in the market.

The new global cap of 0.5 % sulfur on marine fuels will be implemented from 2020.

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This is the standard marine fuel for cargo ships, tankers and large cruise ships and a key source of black carbon.

A recently released total fuel cycle analysis for maritime case studies shows that natural gas fuels reduce some air quality pollutants substantially, and reduce major greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions slightly, when compared to conventional petroleum - based marine fuels (low - sulfur and high - sulfur).

WRT marine fuel developments, I just occasionally cast my evil eye on goings on to see at a high level which way winds are blowing.

The team studied the impacts of sulphur emitted by ships using current marine fuels, which produce air pollution particles that are small enough to be breathed deeply into the lungs and are considered harmful to human health.

Despite the upcoming reductions, low - sulphur marine fuels will still account for approximately 250,000 deaths and 6.4 million childhood asthma cases annually, so more stringent standards beyond 2020 may be needed to provide additional health benefits.

Contemporary American Marine Art: 15th Annual Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artistsis organized by ASMA and funded, in part, by the Sabine Pilots Association, Marine Fueling Services Inc., The Port of Beaumont, Natalie and S. L. Greenberg, Dorothy Anne Conn, the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation, the Gay D. and William F. Scott Family Foundation and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Changes to marine fuel regulations are coming on Jan. 1, 2015, when sulfur content will be required to drop to 0.1 % in fuels used within 200 miles of the US and Northwestern European coasts.

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«Thanks to inspired and motivated action taken by a number of IMO member states to move towards a ban on heavy fuel oil, Arctic communities and ecosystems will be protected from the threat of oil spills, and the impact of black carbon emissions,» said Dr. Sian Prior, lead advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance, a coalition of 18 non-governmental organizations working to end HFO use as marine fuel in Arctic waters.

A study commissioned by IMO into the «Assessment of fuel oil availability» concluded that the refinery sector has the capability to supply sufficient quantities of marine fuels with a sulphur content of 0.50 % m / m or less and with a sulphur content of 0.10 % m / m or less to meet demand for these products, while also meeting demand for non-marine fuels.

A recently released total fuel cycle analysis for maritime case studies shows that natural gas fuels reduce some air quality pollutants substantially, and reduce major greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions slightly, when compared to conventional petroleum - based marine fuels (low - sulfur and high - sulfur).

Produced by ships from the incomplete burning of marine fuel, these tiny particles of carbon act like «heaters» because they absorb sunlight — both directly from the sun, and reflected from the surface of snow and ice.

Propellers are tuned for maximum efficiency, scrubbers are being used to further reduce pollution and LNG is being touted as the next big clean idea in marine fuel.

The marine fuel market burns four million barrels a day — and he hopes to make this cleaner with the low - sulphur fuels developed by Field Upgrading.

I have also occasionally represented non-technology companies in various sectors including coffee, tea, alcohol, marine fuel, performance auto parts and restaurants.

The other examples your are recollecting are probably environment related (marine fuels, air quality, etc.).

Bunkerspot - A comprehensive, accurate and independent view of the marine fuels industry, and to keep our readers up to speed on innovations and trends in vessel and fuel efficiency technologies.

The American Lung Association supports reducing the sulfur levels in all gasoline, diesel, aviation, and marine fuels, and toxic air pollutants from all mobile sources.

Marine fuels disruption: The upcoming implementation of restrictions on sulfur emissions in marine fuels can potentially jack up the annual fuel costs for the shipping industry by a whopping $ 50 - $ 60 billion, including by $ 10 billion for the containers sector alone according to Moller - Maersk CEO Soren Skou.

The point I would want to make is broader however (not just restricted to marine fuel).

This year's edition also includes a focus on the impact of changing emission standards for marine fuels, which make up 4 % of global demand.