New rules for green yachts and low-sulphur fuels

At the recent annual meeting of the technical committee in Genoa, chairman Umberto Masucci explained that RINA’s new rules include the following additional class notations:
• GREEN PLUS for yachts in both the commercial and leisure sectors which provide eco-friendly design, construction and plant solutions
RINA has developed the new additional notation Green Plus at three different levels - Green Plus (Y), Green Plus (Y) (Gold) and Green Plus (Y) (Platinum) to be assigned to yachts which adopt design solutions, onboard systems/plant and operational procedures which contribute to improving environmental performance over and above the minimum limits established by the applicable rules.

• LSF – for ships with machinery using low sulphur-content fuel
RINA’s new Low Sulphur Fuels (LSF) notation, meanwhile, reflects the introduction of Emissions Control Areas (ECAs) and current national and international rules such as EU Directive 2005/33/EC, the California Code of Regulations (CCR) and MARPOL Annex VI, all of which are designed to achieve a progressive reduction in the sulphur content of marine fuels. The new class notation will be assigned to both new and existing ships whose machinery uses low-sulphur-content fuel. The list of machinery and percentage of sulphur content in the fuel used will be recorded in ship survey documents.