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LNG - the Future of Shipping?
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W artykule omówiono negatywne konsekwencje stosowania przez armatorów od 1 stycznia 2015 r. droższego paliwa o niższej zawartości siarki. Wszystkie statki, które będą pływać w strefach Emission Control Area (ECA), będzie obowiązywać stosowanie paliw o zawartości siarki 0,1%. W Europie strefą ECA objęty jest Bałtyk, Morze Północne oraz Kanał la Manche. Na świecie największa taka strefa obejmuje wody terytorialne Stanów Zjednoczonych oraz Kanady, w tym Wielkich Jezior. Omówiono również perspektywy stosowania paliw alternatywnych.
On 1 January 2015 amendments to Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention and the corresponding provisions of the EU Directive sulfur will enter into force, obliging all shipowners operating in ECA zones to use fuel with a sulfur content of 0.1 percent. (Marine Gas Oil - MGO). In Europe, the ECA zone includes the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Canal La Manche. MGO fuel is more expensive approx. USD 250 per tonne than the one now used in ECA areas. The Baltic ferry, working continuously all year, burns approx. 20 tons of fuel daily average. The financial situation of shipowners significantly will get worse because of the need to purchase expensive fuels. Moreover, we can expect a number of other negative effects: the increase of the price of transport services, the transfer of part of a transport ferry connections to the parallel road connections, the loss of competitiveness of carriers operating in the area of ECA in favor of companies operating outside this area, outflow of cargo, especially transit to the ports of the Mediterranean, decreased competitiveness of Polish ports etc. Upgrading the vessels, for example, with scrubbers are an alternative to the use of expensive fuels. The cost of upgrading (up to USD 7 million per vessel) and the lack of preparation of port infrastructure for receiving waste from flue gas cleaning are the main obstacles. The long-term solution is to build or conversion of vessels for LNG propulsion. The gas-powered ships are the only a fraction of all of the major shipping sectors. The high cost of conversion of classic vessels for LNG-powered drive, lack of regulations concerning the operation of such units, operating limit only certain lines and ports, the expected difficulty in selling such units etc. are obstacles to the wider use of new technologies. However LNG propulsion has a bright future in the marine industry, especially in the sector of passenger ferries, ropax and offshore units. A few Baltic ports want to join this ecological trend and have plans to build LNG bunkering stations - include Świnoujście - in their areas.(original abstract)
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93--100
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- Polska Żegluga Morska
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- The Best Ship Information, Ship Photos and Shipping News, www.shipspoting.com, dostęp: wrzesień 2014 r.
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