EU members approve "FuelEU Maritime" Regulation

 

Jul 2023, the EU has achieved a significant milestone in its efforts to promote sustainable shipping by approving the "FuelEU Maritime" regulation. This initiative aims to bring renewable and low-carbon fuels to the maritime sector, not only reducing the greenhouse gas emissions but also pushing the industry into eco-friendly shipping practices development.

Q: What is "FuelEU Maritime"?
A: The "FuelEU Maritime" regulation is part of the wider "Fit-for-55" package, a set of legislative proposals introduced by the EU to align its climate and energy policies with the goal of achieving a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The maritime sector, responsible for a considerable share of global emissions, has long been a focus for efforts to combat climate change.

Key Provisions of the Regulation
The "FuelEU Maritime" regulation introduces EU-wide rules to limit the greenhouse gas intensity of energy used onboard ships, particularly focusing on the type of fuels employed. The new requirements apply to ships with a gross tonnage over 5,000, operating in EU member states' territorial waters.

In addition, starting in 2030, container and passenger ships are obligated to use shore power while at ports, reducing their reliance on conventional fuels during idle periods. The regulation also promotes the use of synthetic fuels derived from renewable energy sources, providing a cleaner alternative for long-distance shipping where electric propulsion may not be feasible.

One of the primary goals of the "FuelEU Maritime" regulation is to drive the demand for renewable and low-carbon fuels, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime sector. The regulation sets ambitious emission reduction targets for the shipping industry, requiring emissions to be cut by 2% in 2025, 6% in 2030, 14.5% in 2035, 31% in 2040, 62% in 2045, and 80% in 2050, all relative to the 2020 average.

O. Chepok

Decline in Cargo Turnover at Stade Port: Aftermaths of the Energy Crisis

 

The port of Stade (Lower Saxony) witnessed a decline in cargo turnover last year, as per the recently released annual report.

In 2022, the port handled approximately 5.1 million tons of goods. Overall drop of -13% for the year-on-year comparison. Among them: solid bulk cargoes -4%, chemical products -27%.

The decline has been attributed to the energy crisis, which coincided with rising natural gas costs, leading to a substantial reduction in production by the energy-dependent sectors of industry and thus on the maritime trade in Lower Saxony (overall, -6% decrease in turnover across all its seaports, with the Stade port making it below the average decline for the region).

For furhter details see the reporting site https://www.seaports.de/

USCG notifies: COVID-19 Safety Requirements in the Maritime Transportation System

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The President of U.S.A. issued Executive Order (13998), Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel that requires masks be worn on all “public maritime vessels, including ferries” to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued order, Requirement forPersons to Wear Masks while on Transportation Hubs, 29JAN2021, requires all persons travelling on all commercial vessels to wear a mask.

This Order requires vessel operators to use best efforts to ensure that any person on the vessel wears a mask when boarding, disembarking, and for the duration of travel. Depending on the circumstances, best efforts may include:

1. Boarding only those persons who wear masks; 
2. Instructing persons that Federal law requires wearing a mask on the vessel and failure to comply constitutes a violation of Federal law;
3. Monitoring persons on board the ship for anyone who is not wearing a mask and seeking compliance from such persons;
4. At the earliest opportunity, disembarking any person who refuses to comply;
5. Providing persons with prominent and adequate notice to facilitate awareness and compliance of the requirement of this Order to wear a mask.*

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*Best practices may include, if feasible, advanced notifications on digital platforms, such as on apps, websites, or email; posted signage in multiple languages with illustrations; printing the requirement on transit tickets; or other methods as appropriate.

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The Nairobi International convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 (WRC)

WRC, coming into force on 14 April 2015, regulates the financial liability for the shipwrecks in the coastal state jurisdiction. All vessels 300 gross tons and larger to be insured or have financial security to cover the liability under the WRC.

The following countries are parties to this Convention:

Antigua & Barbuda Bulgaria Congo Cook Islands Denmark

Germany India Iran Liberia Malaysia

Marshall Islands Morocco Nigeria Palau United Kingdom

Vessels flagged in these countries will need to apply for a certificate from their respective flag state.

• Shipowners are financially responsible for the cost of wreck removal with coverage arranged. The most common form of this is from a P&I Club, issuing a “WRC Blue Card” as the documented proof of the cover.
• Applies to the territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

• Ship’s wherever registered must have on board a valid WRC certificate, as evidence of  insurance or other financial security, when entering or leaving the jurisdiction of another State Party. A registry-issued certificate must be presented to port state authorities upon request.

• Shipowners with ships not registered in a State that is a Party to the convention may obtain certificates from any other State that is a Party.

• Certificates issued by any State Party shall be accepted for the purposes of the WRC and shall be regarded as having the same force as certificates issued or certified by them, even if issued for a ship not registered in a State Party.

• Certificates are renewable yearly by February 20^th in line with Civil Liability Certificate (CLC) and Bunker CLC certificates.

Ports and ships as seen by Jane Bennett

Jane Bennett was a complete stranger to me until I struck on a painting of m/v Sirius Leader I sailed on ten years ago.

Sirius Leader (Jane Bennett)

Now, when I know Jane as a talented artist, I praise her featuring maritime topics on canvas. I have seen several successful examples of using industrial paintings as a means of decor for an office. Shipping related art is not uncommon, and here you are a good example of such a sort which I would consider on my walls :)

 
You can introduce yourself to the world of Jane Bennett starting from this link: http://www.artfiles.com.au/janebennett.

Ro-Ro and finished vehicles shipping as shown on W&W TV

When I am asked what was actually my ro-ro job was about, I usually start explaining about car carriers, terminals filled with vehicles, tight schedules, high quality standards, cute brand new cars, latest information technology, vehicle processing centers, maffies, tug-masters, unique project cargo, huge trucks, helicopters, airplanes, and yachts, etc... and none can clearly imagine a damned thing except that I am wits out on the whole thing.
:( and :)

They say, one time to see by own eyes than one hundred times to hear about by own ears. Here you are all mentioned above plus some details in the W&W video. It is all about ro-ro and finished vehicles shipping.


I suggest also to have a look at the related posts: W&W's Green Terminal project and "Mark V" type ro-ro's for Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

More pictures for a PCTC/PCC - What is inside a car carrier? Cars? - Vehicles!

General info on car carrier ports in Car carrier ports and hubs in Europe and wider Mediterranean

100 years of containerisation

What may happen with the containerisation in a 50 year span? Would one expect the same pace evolution as in the first 50-year period, from 1960s to 2010s? Should we prepare for anything else to supersede the TEU?

Let's have a look inside the crystal ball:

Source http://www.cargotec.com/

Thanks to CargoTec for the prophesy!

Ukrainian PSC (Black Sea MOU) inspections database

From now on visitors of Maritime Routes can browse through the list of the latest inspections carried out by the Black Sea MOU PSC officers in the Ukrainian ports (including all details of deficiencies and detentions). List is accessible directly from @OdessaBay page.


Quote from Wikipedia on PSC:

Port State Control (PSC) is the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports by PSC officers (inspectors) for the purpose of verifying that the competency of the master and officers on board, the condition of a ship and its equipment comply with the requirements of international conventions (e.g. SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW, etc.) and that the vessel is manned and operated in compliance with applicable international law.

PSC regions chart
Source: Wikipedia

Paris MOU (blue), Tokyo MOU (red), Indian Ocean MOU (green), Mediterranean MOU (dark green), Acuerdo Latino (yellow), Caribbean MOU (olive), Abuja MOU (dark red), Black Sea MOU (cyan) and Riyadh MOU (navy).

BLG ViDi Logistics runs own auto terminal in Vyshneve

The automotive logistics leader in Ukraine - the ViDi Group and their leading European partner BLG have found common interests in the Ukrainian market. Their joint venture BLG ViDi Logistics Ltd. operates a 10k-unit dry auto terminal adjacent to one of the main highways just 4km away from the city of Kyiv.

The yard has the area of 200 000 sq.m. with the prospective 50 000 sq.m. more in hand. The annual turnover in 2008 was 110 thou. units. Unfortunately, the later figures (showing presumably less turnover due to the crisis drop in the volumes) were not disclosed by the operator.

The below table provides driving ranges to/from Vyshneve which is 60 km closer to the Black Sea coast than the Autolohistika's Terminal in Pylypovychi:
- Euroterminal dry hub (Odessa) - 471km
- Port of Odessa main gates - 478km
- TIS ro-ro gates - 510km
- Port of Illichevsk ferry gates - 484km
- Port of Ust-Dunaisk - 646km
- Port of Reni gates - 688km
- Eurocar assembly plant in Solomonovo (Tchop) - 825km


Alexey O. Chepok

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Ukrainian state ports in 1Q2011 - 1Q2010

As the benchmark for the volumes handled serve the results in the 1st quarter 2010 of top 5 EU ports:

TOP 5 EU Ports	I. Volumes, thsd mt
	Rank I	I/2010
Rotterdam (NL)	EU1	99 600
Antwerp (BE)	EU2	37 600
Hamburg (DE)	EU3	24 600
Marseille (FR)	EU4	20 800
Amsterdam (NL)	EU5	17 800
source - http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
Here you are the Ukrainian data:
Ukrainian State Ports	I. Volumes, thsd mt
	Rank I	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	1	6 804,3	6 899,7	-1,4%
Yuzhny	2	5 278,4	4 723,2	+11,8%
Ilichevsk	3	3 761,7	4 383,0	-14,2%
Mariupol	4	2 946,0	2 696,0	+9,3%
Nikolayev	5	1 903,2	1 592,9	+19,5%
Izmail	6	1 483,6	1 528,7	-3,0%
Kerch	7	1 427,3	1 231,9	+15,9%
Theodosia	8	903,1	819,6	+10,2%
Oktyabrsk	9	788,0	815,1	-3,3%
Berdyansk	10	522,7	239,0	+118,7%
Kherson	11	511,2	614,3	-16,8%
Reni	12	456,7	387,3	+17,9%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	13	261,0	220,4	+18,4%
Evpatoria	14	257,7	338,9	-24,0%
Sevastopol	15	102,8	67,3	+52,7%
Skadovsk	16	70,9	79,2	-10,5%
Yalta	17	15,1	21,6	-30,1%
Ust-Dunaisk	18	3,0	0,0	-
Total	-	27 496,7	26 658,1	+3,1%
source - http://tbu.com.ua/top/ilichevskii_mtp_isportil_pokazateli_otrasli.html
Ukrainian State Ports	II. Income, mln USD
	Rank II	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	2	55,912	55,481	+0,8%
Yuzhny	1	62,812	70,378	-10,7%
Ilichevsk	4	48,382	60,284	-19,7%
Mariupol	3	49,740	40,148	+23,9%
Nikolayev	8	11,545	11,535	+0,1%
Izmail	6	13,982	13,922	+0,4%
Kerch	5	14,073	13,978	+0,7%
Theodosia	12	6,422	6,720	-4,4%
Oktyabrsk	7	12,771	13,021	-1,9%
Berdyansk	9	7,151	5,049	+41,6%
Kherson	10	7,011	8,987	-22,0%
Reni	13	3,932	3,274	+20,1%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	6,433	5,730	+12,3%
Evpatoria	15	0,670	0,804	-16,6%
Sevastopol	14	3,079	2,679	+15,0%
Skadovsk	16	0,476	0,450	+5,8%
Yalta	17	0,248	0,247	+0,6%
Ust-Dunaisk	18	0,189	0,119	+59,0%
Total	-	304,829	312,806	-2,6%
source - http://tbu.com.ua/top/ilichevskii_mtp_isportil_pokazateli_otrasli.html
Ukrainian State Ports	III. Expenditures, mln USD
	Rank III	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	4	41,852	42,794	-2,2%
Yuzhny	1	49,648	55,804	-11,0%
Ilichevsk	2	43,420	52,282	-16,9%
Mariupol	3	42,374	31,469	+34,7%
Nikolayev	8	9,387	9,507	-1,3%
Izmail	5	13,545	13,498	+0,4%
Kerch	6	13,337	13,502	-1,2%
Theodosia	12	5,925	5,941	-0,3%
Oktyabrsk	7	10,964	9,771	+12,2%
Berdyansk	10	6,826	6,267	+8,9%
Kherson	9	6,902	8,470	-18,5%
Reni	13	4,237	3,877	+9,3%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	6,246	5,184	+20,5%
Evpatoria	16	0,652	0,810	-19,5%
Sevastopol	14	3,017	2,664	+13,2%
Skadovsk	17	0,500	0,455	+9,8%
Yalta	15	0,901	0,703	+28,1%
Ust-Dunaisk	18	0,225	0,171	+31,1%
Total	-	259,960	263,171	-1,2%
source - http://tbu.com.ua/top/ilichevskii_mtp_isportil_pokazateli_otrasli.html
Ukrainian State Ports	IV. Net Gain, mln USD
	Rank IV	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	1	14,060	12,686	+10,8%
Yuzhny	2	13,164	14,573	+9,7%
Ilichevsk	4	4,962	8,002	+38,0%
Mariupol	3	7,365	8,680	+15,1%
Nikolayev	5	2,158	2,027	+6,5%
Izmail	9	0,437	0,424	+2,9%
Kerch	7	0,737	0,476	+54,7%
Theodosia	8	0,497	0,780	+36,2%
Oktyabrsk	6	1,806	3,250	+44,4%
Berdyansk	10	0,324	-1,218	+126,6%
Kherson	12	0,109	0,517	+78,9%
Reni	18	-0,305	-0,603	+49,4%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	0,187	0,546	+65,8%
Evpatoria	14	0,018	-0,006	+429,5%
Sevastopol	13	0,062	0,014	+341,1%
Skadovsk	15	-0,023	-0,005	+376,9%
Yalta	17	-0,652	-0,456	+43,0%
Ust-Dunaisk	16	-0,036	-0,053	+31,4%
Total	-	44,869	49,635	-9,6%
source - http://tbu.com.ua/top/ilichevskii_mtp_isportil_pokazateli_otrasli.html
Ukrainian State Ports	V. Net Gain USD/mt
	Rank V	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	1	2,07	1,84	+12,4%
Yuzhny	2	2,49	3,09	-19,2%
Ilichevsk	4	1,32	1,83	-27,7%
Mariupol	3	2,50	3,22	-22,3%
Nikolayev	5	1,13	1,27	-10,9%
Izmail	9	0,29	0,28	+6,1%
Kerch	7	0,52	0,39	+33,6%
Theodosia	8	0,55	0,95	-42,1%
Oktyabrsk	6	2,29	3,99	-42,5%
Berdyansk	10	0,62	-5,10	-112,2%
Kherson	12	0,21	0,84	-74,6%
Reni	18	-0,67	-1,56	-57,1%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	0,72	2,48	-71,1%
Evpatoria	14	0,07	-0,02	-533,4%
Sevastopol	13	0,60	0,21	+188,8%
Skadovsk	15	-0,33	-0,06	-
Yalta	17	-43,20	-21,12	-
Ust-Dunaisk	16	-12,10	-	-
Total	-	-40,906	-7,481	+446,8%
source - http://alexeychepok.blogspot.com/
Ukrainian State Ports	VI. Rate of Return, mln USD
	Rank VI	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	1	33,6%	29,6%	+13,3%
Yuzhny	2	26,5%	26,1%	+1,5%
Ilichevsk	6	11,4%	15,3%	-25,3%
Mariupol	4	17,4%	27,6%	-37,0%
Nikolayev	3	23,0%	21,3%	+7,8%
Izmail	10	3,2%	3,1%	+2,6%
Kerch	8	5,5%	3,5%	+56,7%
Theodosia	7	8,4%	13,1%	-36,1%
Oktyabrsk	5	16,5%	33,3%	-50,5%
Berdyansk	9	4,7%	-19,4%	-124,4%
Kherson	14	1,6%	6,1%	-74,1%
Reni	16	-7,2%	-15,6%	-53,7%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	3,0%	10,5%	-71,6%
Evpatoria	12	2,8%	-0,7%	-509,1%
Sevastopol	13	2,1%	0,5%	+289,5%
Skadovsk	15	-4,7%	-1,1%	+334,4%
Yalta	18	-72,4%	-64,9%	+11,6%
Ust-Dunaisk	17	-16,1%	-30,8%	-47,7%
Total	-	17,3%	18,9%	-8,5%
source - http://alexeychepok.blogspot.com/