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Wednesday, 20 July 22
BOOST FOR BIOFUELS AS IMO REMOVES REGULATORY HURDLE - GARD
 MARPOL Annex VI regulations were written for petroleum derived fuels but also apply to biofuels. It has been a challenge to meet the regulatory requirement to demonstrate that biofuels do not “cause an engine to exceed the applicable NOx emission limit”. Our guest author, Unni Einemo, explains the challenge and the recent actions in the MEPC to address it.
Interest in biofuels is growing due to its environmental benefits and potential GHG savings, but there have been doubts about a potential increase in NOx emissions and compliance with MARPOL Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code.
Regulation 18 of MARPOL Annex VI, “Fuel Oil Availability and Qualities”, applies to fuels derived from petroleum refining and also fuels derived by methods other than petroleum refining.
Biofuels and biofuel blends have to comply with MARPOL Annex VI.
Apart from limits on sulphur content, Regulation 18.3.2.2 of MARPOL Annex VI requires that such fuels shall not “… cause an engine to exceed the applicable NOx emission limit…”.
Meeting applicable sulphur limits is normally not a challenge for biofuels; however the nature of the NOx Technical Code has been problematic as engine certification and the associated IAPP-certificate requires that the parent engine test is undertaken on a DM-grade (distillate) marine fuel in accordance with ISO 8217:2005.
To demonstrate that biofuels do not “cause an engine to exceed the applicable NOx emission limit” has been a challenge. It would require either on-board emission testing and monitoring, or engine and fuel-specific NOx emissions validation testing, with the added complexity of not being able to define a reference biofuel. Alternatively, ships have been able to apply for an exemption from Regulation 18 of MARPOL Annex VI in line with MARPOL Annex VI Regulation 3: “Trials for Ship Emission Reduction and Control Technology Research”. Exemptions for the testing of the biofuels can be granted up to 18 months for smaller engines, and up to five years for larger engines with cylinder displacements over 30 litres, subject to the flag Administrations decision.
This regulatory hurdle is now set to be cleared thanks to a new “Unified Interpretation (UI)” approved by the IMO’s Marine Environment Committee in June 2022 on the application of regulation 18.3 MARPOL Annex VI in relation to biofuels.
This UI means that biofuel blends up to 30% (B30) will be regarded in the same way as regular oil-based fuels.
It also allows the use of B30 to B100 biofuels for “engines certified in accordance with regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex VI which can operate on a biofuel or a biofuel blend without changes to its NOx critical components or settings/operating values outside those as given by that engine’s approved Technical File.”
Experience to date is that no engine setting changes have been needed to operate on up to B100 biofuels, according to information from Lloyd’s Register.
A recently published Lloyd’s Register Technical Report on NOx from marine diesel engines using biofuels covered data from multiple biofuel sea trials with FAME or FAME-type fuels from 20% through to 100% bio-component. The report concluded that that NOx emissions were not significantly increased in any instance.
Moreover, NOx emission data from several in-use trials submitted to the IMO have shown that NOx emissions of various biofuel blends, up to and including 100% bio-components, are often less than NOx emissions from oil-based fuels, or comparable.
The UI will be issued as MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.6, replacing MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.6 but is essentially already in effect. There may be a delay in taking this new UI into account in some countries, so owners planning to use biofuels should contact their flag Administration about their formal position in applying this UI.
The UI will come as a relief to owners who want to use biofuels without having to undertake onboard NOx measurements, which has – from all accounts – been a complex and onerous exercise representing a substantial extra workload compared to normal service.
Source: Gard
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Saturday, 18 January 20
GERMAN STEAM COAL IMPORTS IN 2019 PLUMMETED BY 17 % - COAL IMPORTERS ASSOCIATION
Press Release: According to preliminary calculations by the German Coal Importers Association (Verein der Kohlenimporteure e. V.), world trade in h ...
Saturday, 18 January 20
A 61,400 DWT FIXED FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA DELIVERY EAST KALIMANTAN REDELIVERY WEST COAST INDIA IN THE LOW $7,000S - BALTIC BRIEFING
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The market was relatively stable over this past week putting an end to the past months of more extreme declines. While the Capesize 5T ...
Friday, 17 January 20
EIA ESTIMATES THAT U.S. COAL PRODUCTION DECLINED BY 65 MMST (9%) TO 690 MMST IN 2019. IN 2020, COAL PRODUCTION WILL DECLINE BY A FURTHER 14% TO 597 MMST
U.S. Coal Supply.
EIA estimates that U.S. coal production declined by 65 million short tons (MMst) (9%) to 690 MMst in 2019. In 2020, EIA ...
Friday, 17 January 20
CHINA'S BENCHMARK POWER COAL PRICE EDGES UP - XINHUA
China’s benchmark power coal price rose slightly during the past week.
The Bohai-Rim Steam-Coal Price Index, a gauge of coal p ...
Thursday, 16 January 20
SUPRAMAX: INDO/CHINA ROUND VOYAGE FIXING AROUND LOW/MID USD 6,000 BSS APS INDO - FEARNLEYS
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Still very rough seas for the big ships, with the majority of the fleet trading Far East or fronthaul and consequently earning far les ...
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- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
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- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
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- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
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- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
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- Latin American Coal - Colombia
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- PTC India Limited - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
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- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Marubeni Corporation - India
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- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
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- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
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- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
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- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
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- Australian Coal Association
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- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Planning Commission, India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- White Energy Company Limited
- The University of Queensland
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- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
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- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
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- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
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- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
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- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
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- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
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