{"id":13374,"date":"2020-01-31T17:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T12:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13374"},"modified":"2021-06-10T17:54:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:24:43","slug":"explained-the-debate-over-uns-new-rules-for-ships-in-the-arctic-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-the-debate-over-uns-new-rules-for-ships-in-the-arctic-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: The debate over UN\u2019s new rules for ships in the Arctic region"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> I<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-the-role-and-mandate-of-the-international-maritime-organization-discuss-its-strategic-importance-for-indian-maritime-interests\/\">nternational Maritime Organization<\/a> (IMO) put forward new regulations, called IMO 2020<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>IMO 2020<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Bans ships from using fuels with a sulphur content above 0.5 per cent, compared with 3.5 per cent previously.<\/li>\r\n<li>Only ships fitted with sulphur-cleaning devices, known as scrubbers, are allowed to continue burning high-sulphur fuel.<\/li>\r\n<li>Ships can opt for cleaner fuels, such as marine gas oil (MGO) and very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Read Also :-<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/economy-news-and-concepts\/\">Economy: News and concepts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>The rationale behind the ban:<\/strong> Sulphur oxides (SOx), which are formed after combustion in engines, are known to cause respiratory symptoms and lung disease, and also leads to acid rain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Concern over VLSFO:<\/strong> Contribute to highly polluting black carbon emissions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>International Maritime Organization<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>A specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for measures to improve the safety and security of international shipping and to prevent pollution from ships.<\/li>\r\n<li>Founded in 1948 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u00a0Main international convention aimed at the prevention of pollution from ships caused by operational or accidental causes.<\/li>\r\n<li>\u00a0Adopted by IMO in 1973.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Zov5RWKQby\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-the-role-and-mandate-of-the-international-maritime-organization-discuss-its-strategic-importance-for-indian-maritime-interests\/\">[Answered] Discuss the role and mandate of the International Maritime Organization. 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Ships can opt for cleaner&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-the-debate-over-uns-new-rules-for-ships-in-the-arctic-region\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: The debate over UN\u2019s new rules for ships in the Arctic region<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4886],"class_list":["post-13374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-imo-2020","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704854721},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}