Baltic ExchangeBritish Ports Association

Chamber of ShippingPassenger Shipping Association

UK Major Ports GroupMaritime London

Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers

Support 531,000 UK jobsContribute £26.5bn to GDP

Provide £7.8bn in tax receiptsSource: Oxford Economics

Maritime UK members represent 916 maritime sector operations across the country.

And growing!

MARPOL ANNEX VI

• MARPOL ANNEX IV - IMO Regulations to reduce sulphur emissions from ships

• Key provision of regulation 14:

• Establish Emissions Control Areas • To reduce the sulphur content of marine fuel to

0.1% by 2015

North Sea Emissions Control Area (ECA)

• Every ship operating within ECA zones affected

• At least 220 scheduled UK crossings with other ECA ports

• Countless more routes travelling to destinations beyond ECA zones will need to switch to 0.1% for the relevant section of voyage

CONCERNS WITH IMPLEMENTATION

The need to reduce sulphur emissions from ships is indisputable and unequivocal.

But reductions must be implemented in such a way that does not harm the maritime and wider economy.

FUEL AVAILABILITY AND COST

• Significant concerns that there is not enough low sulphur fuel available to meet demand

• The cost of treating marine fuel to remove its content, combined with poor availability, could increase current fuel costs to shipowners by as much as 87%

ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGY

• Other methods to reduce sulphur emissions, such as ‘scrubber’ technology, are currently unreliable and unaffordable

OUR FEARS:

• Routes could close down at the risk of jobs and future investment• Ship operators may no longer see the UK as

competitive• Modal shift of freight and passenger transport

onto roads

MARITIME UK CAMPAIGN

• Meeting with relevant MPs to raise awareness

• Campaigning through the media

• Lobbying of Shipping Minister

October round table meeting with Department for Transport for concerned stakeholders.

Ship-operators, ports, local businesses are encouraged to express concern via the media or contact directly with the Shipping Minister