The regulation of air pollution from ships: MARPOL Annex VI, Sulphur 2020, particulate emissions and emerging challenges
Published 2019-09-11
Keywords
- air pollution,
- sulphur fuel carriage ban,
- particulate emissions,
- MARPOL Annex VI,
- MARPOL Protocol of 1997
- heavy fuel oil,
- ship emissions,
- marine environment,
- marine pollution,
- climate change,
- IMO,
- MARPOL 73/78,
- Emission Control Areas,
- IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC),
- scrubbers,
- sulphur cap,
- government regulation,
- scrubber washwater,
- Initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships 2018 ...More
Abstract
This paper contains the slides for Lewins' presentation on MARPOL Annex VI, the 2020 sulphur fuel carriage ban, particulate emissions, and other emerging challenges. Lewins discusses sulphur and particulate matter emissions from shipping, the IMO regulation of ship emissions, the ECAs and posisble future ECAs, the carriage ban on heavy fuel oil, compliance with the sulphur cap (including scrubbers), how the sulphur cap interacts with the IMO's GHG strategy, and the Australian and New Zealand position. Lewins concludes that there are still issues even with low sulphur fuels and that standard scrubbers are not particularly useful at removing particulate matter. Further, there is a growing imperative to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, both for climate change and to minimise harmful pollutants.