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My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Stephen Hammond) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
I attended the last Transport Council of the Cypriot Presidency in Brussels on Thursday 20 December.
The Council agreed a general approach on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Stephen Hammond) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
I attended the last Transport Council of the Cypriot Presidency in Brussels on Thursday 20 December.
The Council agreed a general approach on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and...
I attended the last Transport Council of the Cypriot Presidency in Brussels on Thursday 20 December.
The Council agreed a general approach on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council on periodic road worthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing directive 2009/40/EC. Following...
I attended the last Transport Council of the Cypriot Presidency in Brussels on Thursday 20 December.
The Council agreed a general approach on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council on periodic road worthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing directive 2009/40/EC. Following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he will take to minimise the effect on seafarers' jobs of the introduction of the 0.1% sulphur content in fuels used by the shipping industry in the Emission Control Area covering UK waters from 1 January 2015; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he will take to minimise the effect on seafarers' jobs of the introduction of the 0.1% sulphur content in fuels used by the shipping industry in the Emission Control Area covering UK waters from 1 January 2015; and if he...
Pollutant emissions from ships are regulated by Annex VI to the MARPOL Convention. The UK supports the limits in Annex VI which are designed to improve air quality, resulting in consequential benefits for public health and for the environment. Emissions from land-based sources are already tightly controlled. Road transport fuel, for example, is subject to a stricter sulphur limit of 0.001%—a hundred times less sulphur than the limit for the Emission Control Areas (ECA).
During recent European negotiations, the Department was successful in curbing any gold-plating of the international standard in the new European directive for vessels operating in an ECA to a minimum. We also ensured that the exceptions and exemptions in Annex VI were replicated in the text of the new directive.
The Government are working with industry stakeholders to identify the potential effects of introducing low sulphur fuels. The Government held a round table discussion on
22 October with a range of industry stakeholders about the cost-effective technical means of meeting the new requirements. The Government concluded that further work to assess the cost of the new sulphur limit on ships operating in ECAs is needed and further engagement between shipowners, equipment manufacturers and regulatory authorities on exhaust gas cleaning systems would be beneficial. The Department will work with other Government Departments, industry stakeholders and other regulatory bodies to achieve this.
Motion to take note of European Union Document No. 13016/11 and Addendum, relating to a Commission Communication on the review of the implementation of Directive 1999/32/EC related to the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and on further pollutant emissions reduction from maritime transport, and No. 12806/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to a draft Directive amending Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels. Agreed to on question.
Motion to take note of European Union Document No. 13016/11 and Addendum, relating to a Commission Communication on the review of the implementation of Directive 1999/32/EC related to the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and on further pollutant emissions reduction from maritime transport, and No. 12806/11 and Addenda 1...