Similar obligations will come to apply to offshore vessels .
A YEAR-ROUND
OFFSHORE WIND SERVICE VESSEL
FOR THE NORTHERN BALTIC SEA
The ice-capable Service Offshore Vessel ( SOV ) developed by Aker Arctic ensures continuous operation in icy marine areas .
The emphasis on operational requirements and the well-being of the personnel has guided the design . Flexibility in customization allows the design to be precisely adapted to meet project-specific requirements , while the innovative concept accommodates a variety of fuel options to align with prospective client preferences .
Aker Arctic boasts extensive expertise in evaluating and benchmarking the costs of logistic systems beyond vessel design .
Reach out to us to get a detailed evaluation of the operational ( opex ) and capital ( capex ) expenditures for your servicing fleet .
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2025 onwards , the greenhouse-gas intensity of maritime fuels shall be reduced by 2 percent in comparison with the figures from year 2020 . Further restrictions will be imposed at five-year intervals , with the aim of achieving a reduction of 75 percent by the year 2050 .
It has been estimated that the maritime sector represents approximately 3 to 4 percent of the total of the European Union ’ s carbon dioxide ( CO 2
) emissions .
EXEMPTIONS FOR REMOTE REGIONS
Geographically , the Emissions Trade Directive includes 100 percent of emissions from intra-EU voyages and 50 percent of emissions from extra-EU voyages .
To prevent transshipment activities and calls to ports outside the EU for the
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Similar obligations will come to apply to offshore vessels .
purpose of evading compliance , the scope of the Directive explicitly excludes certain stops at non-EU ports where the risk of evasion is deemed to be highest . The European Commission has compiled a list of these ports and will keep updating it .
The exclusion zone extends 300 nautical miles from a port under the jurisdiction of an EU Member State . This exclusion applies only to container ships in non-EU ports where transshipment of containers has been at least 65 percent of all container traffic during the preceding 12 months .
Islands having fewer than 200,000 inhabitants and lacking road or rail connections to the mainland are exempt from acquiring emission allowances until the year 2030 . Further exemptions have been allowed to the nine outermost EU regions ,
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