Source: Clean Tech
Ocean vessel operators are being incented to use low sulfur fuel and cargo handling equipment that meets current emissions standards.
New York and New Jersey Port Authority commissioners recently signed off on $9 million to cover the costs of two programs to improve air quality around its ports, offering incentives to shipping line and terminal operators.
Steve Coleman, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, told the Cleantech Group that of the two initiatives, the first $6.36 million program is expected to reimburse ocean vessel operators for up to 50 percent of the cost difference between using low sulfur rather than high sulfur fuel.
The vessels would also have to participate in a speed reduction program to qualify.
Coleman said the Port Authority has estimated that an average shipping vessel using the port pays about $888 more to use low sulfur versus high sulfur fuel, so the initiative would pay half of that cost.
An analysis done for a similar program implemented at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach indicated that low sulfur fuel, at 0.2 percent sulfur content, is available from bunker suppliers at ports around the world.
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California have also enacted stringent clean air standards, he said.
New York and New Jersey's second $2.24 million initiative allows port tenants, which perform day-to-day operations of the port, to be reimbursed for up to 20 percent of the cost of replacing outdated cargo handling equipment with new ones that meet federal on-road air emission standards, as applicable, or the most recent federal off-road emissions standards.
About 125 pieces of cargo handling equipment are expected to be replaced.
“The new technology basically would have clean burning fuel or be hybrid electrics or some other method that would provide the environmental benefits we need,” he said.
Coleman said the marine terminal tenants will be responsible for the remaining 80 percent of the cost. The Port Authority’s 20 percent contribution, $2.24 million, plus the remaining 80 percent the tenants will pay, $8.96 million, results in a total program cost of $11.2 million.
In July, as part of its Clean Air Strategy that has been launched in piecemeal, Port Authority commissioners also authorized replacing more than 600 of the most polluting trucks, from pre-1994, which serve the port with current models that generate less greenhouse gas emissions.
The Port Authority has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Its official Clean Air Strategy is expected to be unveiled in early October, Coleman said.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey manages and maintains the bridges, tunnels, bus terminals, airports, and seaports that are part of the bi-state region's trade and transportation capabilities.
The shipping industry is responsible for nearly 3 percent of global emissions but hasn't been subject to previous emissions reductions agreements. Shipping emissions could grow by 150 percent to 250 percent from 2007 levels by maintaining business-as-usual practices because of growth in the sector, according to a study released in May by the International Maritime Organisation.
However, the study said the shipping industry could significantly reduce emissions at no cost by employing a range of techniques, including speed reductions, kite sails, and upgrades to machinery such as hulls, engines and propellers. The changes could lead to 25 percent to 75 percent reductions in emissions from current levels, the group said (see Report: Shipping sector could cut CO2 by 25%—at no cost).
One company is already moving in that direction. In July, Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line (NYK Line) released a highly efficient cargo ship model, capable of emitting 70 percent fewer emissions than current ships (see NYK Line reveals model for low-emission cargo ship).
And other companies, outside of the shipping industry, are replacing inefficient equipment and enacting tougher fuel standards to improve air quality.
In 2007, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the air pollution control agency for major portions of Los Angeles, was working to identify a plug-in hybrid vehicle conversion method for the state of California vehicles, testing technology from Quantum Fuel Systems, Hymotion and A123Systems (see Prototype pluggable hybrid contract awarded in LA and Attack of the plug-in hybrids!).
Earlier this year, state-owned and Mumbai-based Air India enacted strict fuel efficiency measures expected to reduce annual fuel use by 4.56 crore kiloliters (12 billion U.S. gallons).
In six months of the fuel-savings measures, Air India said it had saved Rs 46.11 crore ($9.26 million) by changes such as optimized flying techniques and weight reductions in airplanes (see Air India fuel-efficiency push saves $9M).
Ocean vessel operators are being incented to use low sulfur fuel and cargo handling equipment that meets current emissions standards.
New York and New Jersey Port Authority commissioners recently signed off on $9 million to cover the costs of two programs to improve air quality around its ports, offering incentives to shipping line and terminal operators.
Steve Coleman, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, told the Cleantech Group that of the two initiatives, the first $6.36 million program is expected to reimburse ocean vessel operators for up to 50 percent of the cost difference between using low sulfur rather than high sulfur fuel.
The vessels would also have to participate in a speed reduction program to qualify.
Coleman said the Port Authority has estimated that an average shipping vessel using the port pays about $888 more to use low sulfur versus high sulfur fuel, so the initiative would pay half of that cost.
An analysis done for a similar program implemented at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach indicated that low sulfur fuel, at 0.2 percent sulfur content, is available from bunker suppliers at ports around the world.
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California have also enacted stringent clean air standards, he said.
New York and New Jersey's second $2.24 million initiative allows port tenants, which perform day-to-day operations of the port, to be reimbursed for up to 20 percent of the cost of replacing outdated cargo handling equipment with new ones that meet federal on-road air emission standards, as applicable, or the most recent federal off-road emissions standards.
About 125 pieces of cargo handling equipment are expected to be replaced.
“The new technology basically would have clean burning fuel or be hybrid electrics or some other method that would provide the environmental benefits we need,” he said.
Coleman said the marine terminal tenants will be responsible for the remaining 80 percent of the cost. The Port Authority’s 20 percent contribution, $2.24 million, plus the remaining 80 percent the tenants will pay, $8.96 million, results in a total program cost of $11.2 million.
In July, as part of its Clean Air Strategy that has been launched in piecemeal, Port Authority commissioners also authorized replacing more than 600 of the most polluting trucks, from pre-1994, which serve the port with current models that generate less greenhouse gas emissions.
The Port Authority has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Its official Clean Air Strategy is expected to be unveiled in early October, Coleman said.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey manages and maintains the bridges, tunnels, bus terminals, airports, and seaports that are part of the bi-state region's trade and transportation capabilities.
The shipping industry is responsible for nearly 3 percent of global emissions but hasn't been subject to previous emissions reductions agreements. Shipping emissions could grow by 150 percent to 250 percent from 2007 levels by maintaining business-as-usual practices because of growth in the sector, according to a study released in May by the International Maritime Organisation.
However, the study said the shipping industry could significantly reduce emissions at no cost by employing a range of techniques, including speed reductions, kite sails, and upgrades to machinery such as hulls, engines and propellers. The changes could lead to 25 percent to 75 percent reductions in emissions from current levels, the group said (see Report: Shipping sector could cut CO2 by 25%—at no cost).
One company is already moving in that direction. In July, Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line (NYK Line) released a highly efficient cargo ship model, capable of emitting 70 percent fewer emissions than current ships (see NYK Line reveals model for low-emission cargo ship).
And other companies, outside of the shipping industry, are replacing inefficient equipment and enacting tougher fuel standards to improve air quality.
In 2007, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the air pollution control agency for major portions of Los Angeles, was working to identify a plug-in hybrid vehicle conversion method for the state of California vehicles, testing technology from Quantum Fuel Systems, Hymotion and A123Systems (see Prototype pluggable hybrid contract awarded in LA and Attack of the plug-in hybrids!).
Earlier this year, state-owned and Mumbai-based Air India enacted strict fuel efficiency measures expected to reduce annual fuel use by 4.56 crore kiloliters (12 billion U.S. gallons).
In six months of the fuel-savings measures, Air India said it had saved Rs 46.11 crore ($9.26 million) by changes such as optimized flying techniques and weight reductions in airplanes (see Air India fuel-efficiency push saves $9M).
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