Month: November 2019

Chemical leak the cause of the fire at Mitsui’s ITC Houston terminal

The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) informed earlier this week, that a fuel leak, probably because of open valves and a running pump, was the cause of a massive blaze at a Mitsui & Co Ltd petrochemical storage operation along the Houston Ship Channel during March.

The fire that took place on March 17 at Intercontinental Terminals Co (ITC) shut the ship channel, while it also slowed production at local oil refineries. Moreover it closed roadways and schools as it spread from one giant storage tank...

https://safety4sea.com/chemical-leak-the-cause-of-the-fire-at-mitsuis-itc-houston-terminal/

How oil and gas companies become Paris-Agreement compliant

The Carbon Tracker Initiative launched a report according to which in order to “deflate” the carbon and protect investors, oil and gas companies have to shrink, meaning that they have to combine their production by more than a third by 2040 to limit emissions, in line with the international climate targets.

Overall, the international climate targets aim to a zero-carbon shipping future and a more green and sustainable environment. The Paris Agreement states that nations have to limit warming to...

https://safety4sea.com/how-oil-and-gas-companies-become-paris-agreement-compliant/

Norway considers tightening rules for sewage discharges along the coast

Norway is working on a new regulation, to prevent the discharge of sewage, and contribute to less sewage discharge along the Norwegian coast. The government aspires to have the new rules in place by March 1, 2020.

The purpose of the law is to prevent the discharge of sewage, and contribute to less sewage discharge along the Norwegian coast, especially in inland waters with less electricity and less water exchange.

Commenting on the new rules, Bjørn E. Pedersen, Department Director of the...

https://safety4sea.com/norway-considers-tightening-rules-for-sewage-discharges-along-the-coast/

UN calls for shipping ‘propulsion revolution’ to avoid ‘environmental disaster’

If emissions from the maritime industry are not cut, we are headed for “an environmental disaster”, Isabelle Durant, the deputy head of the UN trade body, UNCTAD, told the Global Maritime Forum summit. Her views were echoed by the UN shipping agency IMO, whose spokesperson, Lee Adamson, told UN...

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/un-calls-for-shipping-propulsion-revolution-to-avoid-environmental-disaster/

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