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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, 12 June 24
CHINA ACCOUNTS FOR 16.3% OF AUSTRALIA'S COAL EXPORTS, FOLLOWED BY INDIA 14.4% - BANCHERO COSTA
Global coal trade has really picked up pace in recent months, and is now fully back to pre-Covid levels says Banchero Costa in its latest report.
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Wednesday, 12 June 24
LNG NEWBUILDING VALUES AT RECORD HIGH: 78 NEWBUILD ORDERS PLACED IN 2024, DOUBLING 2023 - VESON NAUTICAL
The number of LNG newbuilding orders have more than doubled from the same period last year where 34 orders were placed, compared to 78 in the first ...
Monday, 10 June 24
CHINA'S MAY COAL IMPORTS RISE 11% ON LOWER DOMESTIC OUTPUT - REUTERS
China’s imports of coal rose 11% in May from a year earlier, customs data and Reuters records showed on Friday, as lower domestic output this ...
Tuesday, 04 June 24
HOW DO WESTERN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA IMPACT THE GLOBAL METALS, MINING AND COAL MARKETS - WOOD MACKENZIE
The geopolitical landscape for Russia, as a major supplier of various commodities, has undergone a dramatic transformation since the invasion of Uk ...
Friday, 22 March 24
CASE STUDY: DANGERS OF COAL CARGO - SKULD
Recently, a bulk cargo vessel carrying coal from South Africa to Singapore suffered a fatal accident, resulting in the deaths of three crew members ...
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- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- White Energy Company Limited
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- PTC India Limited - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Planning Commission, India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
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