Take up of hybrid power solutions is increasing, as is the guidance to support it, writes Domenic Carlucci, *Manager, Machinery, Electrical & Controls, Corporate Technology, ABS

As the Greek fleet is getting bigger and younger, it is also getting more consolidated.

As we prepare for Posidonia 2018 it's interesting to review the two years that have elapsed since the shipping world gathered in Greece.

Within the scope of work of the International Maritime Organisation to mitigate the environmental impact of the shipping industry activities, a tighter, revised Annex VI to the MARPOL convention was adopted in 2008 aiming to regulate – among others - the sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions from sea going vessels.

Vessel emissions – including those related to sulphur – are governed by MARPOL Annex VI, which first entered into force in May 2005.

The introduction of the new global sulphur cap in 2020 is causing nothing short of a paradigm shift in marine fuel.