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5. NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GPS jamming – By Alan Grant “The successful GPS jamming trials held in 2008 off the coast of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, demonstrated the frailty of GPS-fed systems during periods of GPS service denial. The demonstrations revealed how some GLA aids-to-navigation (AtoN), along with ship and shore based systems, provided erroneous data or failed to provide any data under GPS jamming conditions.” SEAWAYS, December 2010, pp 4-7 The Evolution of Multi-Constellation GNSS and SBAS “While at the end of the last century the US GPS and the Russian GLONASS system were the only ones to provide global navigation satellite services, the scenario change completely in 2001 with the decision of the EU to develop and deploy the European Galileo system. Access to navigation services became a key asset for modern civilizations. Today we see more and more global or regional navigation satellite systems being deployed or in conception.” NAVIGATION NEWS, Nov/Dec 2010, pp 8-10 Worries grow over Arctic shipping “Dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice has increased potential for shorter shipping routes within a few decades, accompanied by repercussions to the climate, according to new research.” BUNKERWORLD, November/December 2010, p 21 Routes to efficiency under emission control, “Shipping’s response to new emissions control areas should result in new voyage routings to save money, say Eugene van Rynbach and Karl Briers of Herbert Engineering Corporation. Approval of the North American Emissions Control Area (NA-ECA), adding to the existing one in the Baltic and North Seas, means the need to operate in such areas is now a reality for more shipowners and operators. The impacts on ship design and operational costs need to be considered.” FAIRPLAY 16 December 2010, pp 24-27 6. POLLUTION/ENVIRONMENT Chamber hails climate report - By Craig Eason "The International Chamber of Shipping has welcomed a UN report on climate change financing that has suggested shipping’s contribution should be in line with its contribution to the problem, and that the best place for reconciling a number of political issues is at the International Maritime Organization. The ICS made the comments as shipping’s role in reducing climate change, and financing mitigation, was being discussed at a side event in the Cancun climate talks." LLOYD’S LIST, 1 December 2010, p 2 Bahamas in compulsory emission cuts call for all ships - By Steve Matthews "The Bahamas is circulating a draft paper that proposes introducing mandatory cuts in CO2 emissions to existing vessels on a phased basis. The document argues that only operational and technical measures can deliver reductions in CO2 emissions and offers this move as an alternative to market based measures, which “can only deliver cuts by proxy and without guarantee”." LLOYD’S LIST, 3 December 2010, p 1 OOCL calls for mandatory Hong Kong emissions zone - By Colum Murphy "Orient Overseas Container Line is pushing for Hong Kong to become Asia’s first emission control area and says the government should offer subsidies to shipping companies to help meet their environmental obligations. OOCL director of corporate planning Stephen Ng says Hong Kong should make it mandatory for all players to abide by emissions rules and not rely on the current voluntary set of standards. “We need a level playing field,” he said. Mr Ng accused the territory’s government of inaction." LLOYD’S LIST, 3 December 2010, p 1 Shortsea sector escalates low-sulphur opposition "Stakeholders present a united stance on new sulphur rules. The campaign by shortsea shipping against the introduction of very low-sulphur fuel in European waters has stepped up, with owners, associations and NGOs using a London conference organised by Shipping Emissions Abatement and Trading (SEAaT) to eviscerate the IMO and EU regulation process. At issue is the plan to lower the maximum sulphur content of marine fuel burned in the North Sea and Baltic Sea Emission Control Areas (ECAs) to 0.1% in January 2015 from its current 1% limit. The global sulphur limit drops to 0.5% from 2020, subject to an availability review to be completed by 2018." FAIRPLAY, 2 December 2010, pp 24-25 Combat the green push at your peril - By Terry Macalister "Efthimios Mitropoulos is heading out to the United Nations (UN)-sponsored climate-change talks in Mexico wanting to play a positive role. Serious moves to proceed with ECAs give credibility to the IMO that is vital to head off wider threats that loom for the shipping industry." TRADEWINDS, 3 December 2010, p 2 9
Owners tell UN conference they are only willing to hand over a 'fair' amount of cash to combat climate change - by Adam Corbett "Shipowners have told the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Cancun that they should not be unfairly called on to contribute to a proposed $100bn fund to help developing countries reduce emissions." TRADEWINDS, 3 December 2010, p 42 New tool measures carbon footprint per container - By Roger Hailey "A new tool measuring the carbon produced from bunkers in maritime supply chains estimates that international loaded container journeys in 2010 produced an average 1.4 tonnes per teu, or 278 grams per teu mile. The idea of calculating the CO2 per container comes as consumer pressure grows to reduce fuel consumption and its impact on global warming. Only two weeks ago, AP Moller-Maersk championed the idea of a green label on consumer goods, showing the total carbon emissions of the door-to-shelf supply chain. "LLOYD’S LIST, 20 December 2010, p 2 Eurotunnel tool to allow Channel customers to assess CO2 impact - By Roger Hailey "Eurotonnel has launched a Carbon Counter for customers to measure the environmental impact of the different modes of transport available for UK Channel crossings. The Carbon Counter, which is available on the Channel Tunnel operator’s website, will help freight and car users choose the most ecological solution for their business by comparing the greenhouse gas emissions - of which carbon is the most significant - of the various different modes of transport available. By entering the number of Channel crossings they make each year, users can calculate the scale of carbon reduction they can achieve." LLOYD’S LIST, 20 December 2010, p 7 1 st July 2010 entry into force of MARPOL Amendments on Air Pollution “New and more stringent regulations to reduce harmful emissions from ships are expected to have a significant beneficial impact on the atmospheric environment and on human health, particularly that of people living in port cities and coastal communities.” SHIPPING REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE, December 2010, p 29 Opportunity to influence revision of EU sulphur regulations “The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation process on a possible revision of European Union (EU) regulations regarding marine fuel sulphur content. The eight-week public consultation comes as the EC seeks to amend EU law to harmonise sulphur regulations for ships with the latest amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) global regulation.” BUNKERWORLD, November/December 2010, p 17 Sustainable Shipping Conference 2010 makes great waves “As the industry and the conference evolve, delegates and speakers in Miami prove that great things can be achieved through collaboration and speak about where the focus must lie going forward.” BUNKERWORLD, November/December 2010, pp 19-20 Singapore embarks on local shipping emissions study “Singapore has engaged a consultant to study the impact of emissions from ships operating in its waters, says the director-general of environmental protection at the republic’s National Environment Agency (NEA). ‘Although the Republic is one of the world’ busiest ports, with as many as 1000 ships calling at any one time, it is not known exactly how much pollution they contribute,’ Joseph Hui told delegates at the Better Air Quality (BAQ) conference in Singapore.” BUNKERWORLD, November/December 2010, p 22 Climate inaction “For at least another year shipping has escaped being hauled into a general international agreement on carbon reduction following the climate-change meeting in Cancun. International Maritime Organisation (IMO) secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos was told to continue working on regulations to make shipping cleaner. For now, the Kyoto Protocol still applies and that means the IMO looks after the business of regulating ship emissions. Diplomats at Cancun appear to have accepted the IMO’s case that it is making good progress on cleaning up shipping through design, financial incentives and operational measures. TRADEWINDS, 17 December 2010, p 3 Liners confirm switch to low sulphur fuels in Hong Kong “A number of shipping companies have said they will participate in the Fair Winds Charger initiative, which ‘aims to sustainably improve air quality in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta.’ Members of the initiative will voluntarily switch to low sulphur marine gas oil with a sulphur content of 0.5%, while at berth in Hong Kong, from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012.” BUNKERWORLD, November/December 2010, p 22 10
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