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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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Wednesday, 05 December 18
WORLD COAL PRICES FALL, WITH INDONESIA BENCHMARK FOR DECEMBER, ENDING AT LOWEST SINCE JUNE 2018
COALspot.com: The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia has revised down the benchmark price of Indonesian thermal ...
Wednesday, 05 December 18
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - GIANNIS ANDRITSOPOULOS
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Monday, 03 December 18
WCA'S ENGAGEMENT AT COP24 IN KATOWICE - WCA
The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from the 2-14 December 2018 in K ...
Monday, 03 December 18
SUPRAMAX: FIXED DELIVERY KALIMANTAN TO WEST COAST INDIA, AT $11000 - THE BALTIC BRIEFING
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A roller-coaster week for the big ships with hopes soaring at the start for a mini last quarter revival, only to be dashed as the week ...
Sunday, 02 December 18
TRADE WAR LEADING TO HEADWINDS FOR THE FRAGILE DRY BULK RECOVERY - PETER SAND, BIMCO
The first twelve weeks of the 2018/19 marketing year, which started on 1 September 2018, have painted a dire picture for US soya bean exports which ...
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- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
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- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
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- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
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- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
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- Xindia Steels Limited - India
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- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Planning Commission, India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Australian Coal Association
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
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- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
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- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
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- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
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- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
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- PTC India Limited - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- VISA Power Limited - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- The University of Queensland
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
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- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
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- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
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- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
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- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
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