HM TREASURY CONFIRMS DECISION TO MAINTAIN RECREATIONAL BOATERS’ ENTITLEMENT TO USE RED DIESEL BEYOND APRIL 2022
The lobbying campaign, mounted by The Cruising Association, Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and British Marine has argued successfully that having two colours of diesel would cause fuel supply problems and impact on safe sailing in the UK. The decision allows for easy refuelling in England, Wales and Scotland and will avoid the logistical and environmental difficulty for the fuel supply industry of changing from red to white diesel, they say. Now pleasure craft in Great Britain will be able to use red diesel and pay fuel suppliers the difference between the red diesel rate and the white diesel rate, on the proportion intended for propulsion use.
The Cruising Association (CA) believes the government concluded that removing the entitlement to use red diesel in the commercial sector (including water borne freight, ferries, fishing vessels, operating at sea or inland) would have a detrimental effect on businesses’ finances and viability.
‘The entitlement to use red diesel in these sectors has been kept by Her Majesty’s Government beyond April 2022, as otherwise marinas and ports would have had to stock two colours of diesel,’ a CA statement says. ‘This would have been uneconomic.’
YANMAR UNDERWAY WITH FIELD DEMO TESTING FOR HYDROGEN FUEL CELL
With marine environmental regulations tightening worldwide, in December 2020 the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry formulated its ‘Green Growth Strategy towards 2050 Carbon Neutrality’. The strategy highlights the development of energy and power sources that reduce the impact on the environment, including those for vessels powered by carbon- free fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia. Looking towards the future of powertrain technology, Yanmar has developed a maritime fuel cell system that incorporates hydrogen fuel cell modules from Toyota’s MIRAI automobile. The system was installed into Yanmar’s EX38A FC pleasure boat for field testing. The boat was the first to officially comply with the safety guidelines for hydrogen fuel cell vessels formulated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Japan.
Recently Yanmar conducted a field demonstration test for the maritime fuel cell system as the company sought to verify specific issues and solutions in a maritime environment for deployment of the fuel cell system. In the future, Yanmar has plans to scale the maritime fuel cell system by connecting multiple units. The system is planned to be deployed to larger vessels by 2025.
KEY LOSS PREVENTION TIPS FOR CONTAINERS LOST OVERBOARD PUBLISHED IN NEW GUIDE
Amid an alarming trend of containers lost overboard, the Swedish P&I Club has published a 32 page guide offering guidance on planning and loading the containers. According to the Club’s statistics, the main reason for containers being lost overboard is related to container vessels navigating in heavy weather, combined with crew failure to reduce speed and/or alter course to avoid it or alleviate its effect. The reasons can often be attributed to a series of multiple failures, rather than a single cause, but raising awareness of these issues to both ship and shore staff will serve to prevent accidents from happening.
The guide also notes that other common factors are: · Containers not being correctly stuffed or declared by the shipper; · Containers not being loaded as per the stowage plan; · Containers not secured in accordance with the Cargo Securing Manual; · Lashing strengths not checked against the loading computer’s lashing module;
· The vessel being too stiff with an excessive GM. Access the 32 page guide at
https://bit.ly/2P6DbOV.
12 | The Report • June 2021 • Issue 96
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