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The Environmental Performance of Shipping
Challenges and Prospects
Shipping and the Law – Naples, 4 October 2013
Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General
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Overview
1. Introduction2. Air emissions3. Ship recycling4. Ballast water5. Concluding remarks
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1. Introduction
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2. Air emissionsSulphur:– SECA: 1 January 2015 is approaching fast– What will fuel market be like (availability/price)?– Transition period and support for conversion vital
Carbon:– EU MRV proposal useful step towards intl solution– MRV tool must be simple, accurate and easy
Nitrogen:– NECA: how to avoid the SECA pitfall?
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3. Ship recyclingInt’l framework: 2009 IMO Hong Kong ConventionEuropean framework: 2013 EURegulationIntroduction of EU ship recycling fund avoidedEuropean Commission to make proposal on the feasibility of a financial incentive mechanismIndustry initiatives
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4. Ballast waterInt’l framework: 2004 IMO Convention – ratification process almost completedIMO Resolution to ease implementationEU framework: focus on limiting invasions of alien speciesShipowner concerns:– Need for exemptions in case of low risk– Type approval process treatment systems
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5. Concluding remarksPolicy perception of shipping: from solution to problemShipping lobby increasingly in the defensive cornerShipping is a global industry: tensions between EU and international aspirations must be resolvedBut trend towards regional measures in IMO equally deplorableTrend towards regulating without impact assessment even more soKey questions:– How can shipping be on top of the environmental debate
again? – How can shipping counter the negative perception that it
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Patrick Verhoeven – Secretary GeneralEuropean Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA)Hertogstraat 67/2 Rue Ducale – B-1000 Brussel / Bruxelles+ 32 2 510 61 26 – [email protected] – www.ecsa.eu
Follow me on Twitter @PVerhoevenECSA11