IMO 2020 – Part 11

More on sweeping changes to rules regarding ship fuel, which after Jan i must contain no more than .5% sulphur. Hear more from my extended interview with Capt. Robert Johnson, retired master mariner and Columbia River Bar Pilot.

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IMO 2020 Part 10

Today I’ll share answers to listener questions about IMO 2020: What will the industry do with old, polluting fuel, and will cruise ships also have to follow the new standards, or is it just cargo ships?

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IMO 2020 – Part 9

Today we continue our talk with Captain Robert Johnson, retired Columbia River Bar Pilot and master mariner, about IMO 2020, the new air pollution standards ships must follow as of Jan. 1.

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IMO 2020 – Part 7 – Where will the new fuel come from?

In Part 7 of our interview with Captain Robert Johnson, retired Columbia River Bar Pilot and master mariner, we discuss where the new low sulphur fuel will come from to supply all those ships come January 1st.

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IMO 2020 – Part 6 – How much fuel do ships burn?

In Part 6 of my interview with Captain Robert Johnson about IMO 2020, we talk about how much fuel giant ships burn per day, even per hour. The numbers are astonishing. IMO 202 is the new set of air pollution regs all ships will need to abide by starting January 1.

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IMO 2020 – Part 5 – Will there be enough new fuel to go around?

Today we continue talking with retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson about IMO 2020, new international air pollution regulations for ships that will take effect January 1st.

Today we’ll talk about whether will be is enough of that new fuel to go around come New Year’s Day, and why some countries will not allow retrofitted ships with scrubbers into their ports.

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IMO 2020- Part 4 – Under new pollution rules ships will burn cleaner fuel

In Part 3 of our series on the new international air pollution regulations – IMO 2020 – that will start Jan. 1, retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Robert Johnson talks about enforcement (turns out polluting fuel has a signature), the kinds of new fuel ships will carry, and how older ships will retrofit to create less pollution.

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IMO 2020 – Part 3 on ship air pollution and new regs

Today we talk about health risks worldwide caused by ship air pollution, and how new regulations will drastically cut deaths from lunch cancer, and illnesses such as asthma. Capt. Robert Johnson talks about harmful ship emissions. He’s a retired Columbia River Bar Pilot, ships captain, and master mariner.

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IMO 2020 – Part 2

The second segment in our series on IMO 2020, new rules that will kick in on January 1, which will enact sweeping changes to the fuel ships use. We hear from retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson, a master mariner who spent his career on ships as a captain and later a marine pilot.

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IMO 2020 – Part 1 – big changes coming to ship air pollution rules

Today we hear Part 1 in a series on IMO 2020, which refers to the new rules set to take effect on January 1, that will mandate steep cuts in ship emissions. We’ll hear from retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson about why ship air pollution is a problem, what new rules will mean for the shipping industry, and how it will affect people on land.

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