ICCT RECOMMENDATIONS

ICCT RECOMMENDATIONS

IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM

Fuels

Short term:

-          Reduced fuel sulfur level in SO₂ Emission Control Areas (SECAs) from 1.5% to 0.5%.

-          Include SO₂ /PM related health effects in addition to impacts on air, sea, and land as justification for SECA.

-          Enhance SECA program to high ship-traffic areas in Mediterranean, North Atlantic and Pacific Rim.

-          Regional limits in coastal places, inland channels and at ports.

Medium term:

0.5% sulfur fuel worlwide

Long term:

Synchronization with on-road diesel fuels (500 ppm to 10-15 ppm, in the long-term)

-          International requirements (IMO)

New engines

Short term:

-          NO₂ standards 40% percent below present IMO standards (Year 2000 level).

-          PM levels

-          Encourage new technology developments

Medium term:

-          NO₂ standards 95% percent below present IMO standards (Year 2000 level)

-          PM levels further cut down

-          Encourage new technology developments

Long term:

Encourage the application of advanced systems, particularly near-zero emission technologies in potential applications.

-          International standards (IMO)

New vessels

Short term:

-          Adopt global requirements for on-land power standardization.

-          All newly-built ships with onshore electricity capability, particularly ferries and cruise ship.

Long term: Promote the utilization of modern ship-design principles for potentially efficient applications

-          Promoting contracting of cleanest carriers.

-          Environmentally sensitive fees and charges.

-          International standards (IMO).

Existing vessels and engines

Short term:

-          Apply emissions operating standards by ship class and engine properties depending on observed retrofit potential.

-          Study viability and potential benefits of programs to promote early vessel retirement and environmentally-viable decommissioning.

-          International levels (IMO)

-          Promoting contracting of cleanest carriers

-          Environmentally sensitive fees and charges.

At port

Short term:

Select strategy that provides benefits for optimum reduction of emissions, based on local fuel availability and environmental application of electricity power generation

-          Onshore electricity

-          Least sulfur on-road fuel and NO₂ and PM post-treatment.

Medium term: Market-based approaches to promote low- or non-carbon fuel sources to service onshore electricity for berthed vessels

-          Port authorization needed.

-          Promoting contracting of cleanest carriers.

-          Environmentally sensitive fees and charges.

GHG

Short term:

-          Implement inventory of GHG emission and fleet baseline

-          Market-based methods for ships.

-          Implement fuel economy requirements by ship type and engine properties for new vessels.

Medium term:

Implement fuel economy requirements by vessel type and engine class for existing ships.

-          Promoting contracting of cleanest carriers

-          Environmentally sensitive fees and charges.

-          Cap and trade program for maritime industry alone.

-          International requirements (IMO).

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