Tag: Sustainability - EMSA - European Maritime Safety Agency

Port call optimisation

There are several ways to reduce the fuel consumption of a ship, thereby contributing to reducing air emissions. Ports, in cooperation with ships, play an important role in reducing the ship’s fuel ...

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20.08.2021

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Sustainable Ports

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Environment | Sustainability

LNG bunkering & OPS

For more than 40 years, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers have been using the natural gas cargo vapours as fuel to propel the ship. This translated into the recognition of LNG as an alternative ...

EMSA Guidance on LNG Bunkering.pdf

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20.08.2021

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Sustainable Ports

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Environment | Sustainability

Ballast water

On ships, ballast water is needed to maintain stability during loading and unloading operations and while the ship operates with partial or no cargo or in rough weather. Ships fill their ballast ...

Ballast Water Management - Guidance for best practices on sampling

The development of a full standard methodology for testing ballast water discharges for gross non-compliance of the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention (EMSA/NEG/12/2012)

Report: Development of guidance on how to analyze a ballast water sample

Report: Testing sample representativeness of a ballast water discharge and developing methods for indicative analysis

Published

20.08.2021

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Protecting the Marine Environment

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Environment | Sustainability

Oil pollution response

Oil spills are one of the most concerning sources of marine pollution, as they are difficult to clean up and can last for long periods of time in the marine environment. They can severely pollute ...

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20.08.2021

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Protecting the Marine Environment

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Environment | Sustainability

Air pollutants

As a result of various onboard combustion and energy transformation processes, ships emit various air pollutants into the atmosphere. The main ones are sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ...

Sulphur Inspection Guidance_12_2019.pdf

Sulphur trifold.pdf

Potential of biofuels for shipping - Report -

Published

20.08.2021

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Tackling Air Emissions

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Environment | Green House Gases | Sustainability

Greenhouse Gas

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) contribute to climate change, representing a threat to the marine environment and human health. They produce changes in temperature, increasing CO2 levels, and decreasing pH ...

Published

20.08.2021

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Tackling Air Emissions

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Environment | Green House Gases | Sustainability

EMTER Report 2021

The first up to date and comprehensive overview of the environmental transport sector in the EU, the EMTER (European Maritime Transport Environmental Report), is a joint report produced by the ...

Published

08.08.2021

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The European Maritime Transport Environmental Report (EMTER)

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Sustainability

Workshop on Implementation of the Port Reception Facilities Directive (EU) 2019/883 and EMSA PRF

Published

15.04.2021

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Workshop materials & reports | Ballast Water | Port Reception Facilities

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Port Reception Facilities (PRF) | Workshop reports | Sustainability

Interactive EMSA-EEA workshop calls on participants to share their views on first ever report of the environmental performance of the maritime transport sector in the EU

On 2 December a jointly held EMSA-EEA workshop gathered together over 150 participants from maritime and environmental administrations, industry associations, civil society organisations and the ...

EMTER press release_20201202.pdf

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02.12.2020

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Press Releases | Latest News

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Sustainability