however, that the attempts of some class societies to boost market share by promoting their own design solutions simply reflects the high degree of vessel design innovation in the industry today.
Rules and regulations
Interferry queries EU trade association
sulphur deadline Ferry owners’ and operators’
Interferry has issued a statement warning that a number of its members will fi nd themselves unable to meet the European Union’s (EU’s) 2015 cap on sulphurous emissions, and that there is too little time for existing ferries to adapt to meet the 0.1% fuel sulphur content limit in Europe’s designated emission control areas (ECAs). Describing the 2015 timescale as “mission impossible”, Interferry argues that the EU’s proposed solutions, such as switching to liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel or deploying scrubber technology, are impractical for existing ferries as things stand. Johan Roos, Interferry executive director of EU
and International Maritime Organization (IMO) aff airs, commented: “T ere is no fi nancial support for existing ferries, while LNG and scrubbers are not feasible. Our only option is to use marine gas
oil – technically straightforward, but very costly and potentially counter-productive in environmental terms. Operators have warned that they will not be able to pass on the 70% or more fuel cost increase to customers with a choice of transport modes.” As a result, Roos cautioned, as much as 50% of Europe’s short-sea cargo trade could defect to road networks, eff ectively killing eff orts to build up the continent’s inland vessel sector. Interferry argues that using LNG as fuel is only a
valid option for newbuilds, due to the exorbitant cost of converting existing vessels, and that the use of scrubbers would not be technically viable for 60% of the existing ferry fl eet – mainly for reasons such as vessel age and concerns regarding how the weight of the scrubbers may aff ect vessel stability. Of the 40% actually able to adopt this exhaust gas cleaning technology, Interferry claims that few, if any, have the ability to equip their fl eets with scrubbers by the 2015 deadline. Roos added that scarcity of suitable low-sulphur
content fuels could also sound the death knell for European short-shipping. “At the very least, IMO must bring forward its availability review from 2018, as mandated in MARPOL Annex VI, to 2012 or 2013,” he said. “It’s also clear that the ongoing revision of the EU Directive must put provisions in place as to what should happen if low-sulphur fuel is simply not available to operators in 2015.”
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