ZERO EMISSION SHIPS IN UK WATERS GIVEN AMBITIOUS DEADLINE OF 2025
All new ships for UK waters ordered from 2025 should be designed with ‘zero-emission capable technologies’, in ambitious plans set out by Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani to cut pollution from the country’s maritime sector.
The commitment is set out in the Clean Maritime Plan published in early July. The government is also looking at ways to incentivise the transition to zero-emission shipping and will consult on this next year.
The plan also includes a £1 million competition to find innovative ways to reduce maritime emissions and is published alongside a call for evidence to reduce emissions on UK waterways and domestic vessels.
The Clean Maritime Plan is part of the Government’s Clean Air Strategy, which aims to cut down air pollution across all sectors to protect public health and the environment. It will also help deliver the United Kingdom’s commitment to be net zero on greenhouse gases by 2050.
The maritime sector has already taken significant strides to reduce emissions – hybrid ferries are already being used in UK waters, including in the Scottish islands and on cross- Solent journeys to the Isle of Wight. The Port of London Authority – where the Maritime Minister launched the Plan, also uses hybrid vessels.
Guidance has also been issued to ports to assist them in developing air quality strategies. This will both address their own operations and support improving air quality across the country.
Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani plans for zero emission
NEW ALLIANZ REVIEW REVEALS THE LOWEST SHIPPING LOSSES THIS CENTURY
In 2018, the maritime industry saw the number of total shipping losses of vessels over 100GT falling significantly to 46, representing the lowest total this century, said Allianz in its new Shipping and Safety review 2019. To put it into context, there were 207 total losses reported in 2000. Cargo vessels were the ship type involved in a third of losses (15) during 2018.
Shipping losses declined by a record level of more than 50% year-on-year from 98 in 2017, driven by a significant fall in hotspots around the world and weather-related losses halving after a quieter year of hurricane and typhoon activity.
The 2018 loss year is exceptional compared with the rolling 10-year loss average of 104 (down by 55%).
Meanwhile, since 2009, (132), shipping losses have declined by 65%.
Of the 26,000+ reported shipping incidents over the past decade, more than a third (8,862) have been caused by machinery damage or failure – over twice as many as the next highest cause. Such incidents have increased by a third over the past decade and costs are rising as well.
Improved ship design and technology, stepped-up regulation and advances in risk management and safety are driving the sector’s longterm loss improvement. More robust safety management systems and procedures on vessels is also a factor in preventing breakdowns, accidents and other mistakes from escalating into total losses.
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10 | The Report • September 2019 • Issue 89
Marine News
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