![]() ![]() “It is, however, essential to accurately calculate in advance the impact on vessel operating costs and to identify where a slight adjustment of route will avoid unnecessary incursion into an ECA. “Our research has shown that it is rarely cost effective or practical to avoid these routes entirely,” says Captain Trevor Hall, Director of AtoBviaC. This is, however, only a stage in the ongoing legislative maritime timetable designed to gradually reduce harmful emissions across the globe in the course of the next decade. AtoBviaC has provided the answer to cost control during affected voyages with its new Port to Port – Online version of the BP Shipping Marine Distance Tables which offer the user the ability to calculate both SECA (Sulphur Emission Control Area) distances and distances in the North America ECA (Emission Control Area).įrom 1st August 2012, for vessels operating within the North American ECA, the sulphur content of fuel oil used on board must not exceed 1.00%. ![]() The imminent tightening of fuel control areas around the US is providing ship operators with a new set of challenges to face in the drive for cost effective operation. ![]() Houston to San Francisco through the North American ECA ![]()
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