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The front of Blue the marine carriers expands that have signed the voluntary agreement "Ancona Agreement"
The understanding, turns to reduce the emissions of the ships that scale the port of Ancona, is signed also by the Snav
April 15, 2019
The Authority of Harbour System of Mare Adriatico Centrale has announced that, with the subscription of the understanding by the company of Snav navigation, the front of the marine carriers has expanded that have undersigned the voluntary agreement "Ancona Blue Agreement" dedicated to the thematic one of the quality of the air in the port of Ancona. The understanding, that it interests I use it of fuels of the ships, is promoted by the AdSP and the Harbour office of Ancona and sign last November from the representatives of the shipowners and the companies of navigation, in collaboration with the marine agencies, whose ships call to Ancona. The agreement is signed also by the Snav in coincidence of the today's restart of the connection realized from the company between the port of Ancona and Croatia.
The voluntary agreement has validity on December 31, 2019 until, with the possibility of I renew, and is signed up to now by Adria Ferries, Jadrolinija, Superfast Ferries and Blue Ferries Star. Even if the ships that scale the doric port use fuel with the parameters set up from the law and verified from the controls of the Harbour office, with the signature of the voluntary understanding the shipowners and the companies of navigation have engaged themselves to make to work the main and auxiliary engines of the ships with fuel for marine use with a not advanced sulfur tenor to 0.1% from the completion of the maneuver of mooring in port and until the departure and to the escape from the port of call, regarding 1.5% previewed from the current law. The AdSP of Mare Adriatico Centrale has specified that the agreement is coherent with the distance that it will on January 1°, 2020 see to take effect the new European rules that wind down the emissions in atmosphere by the marine transport.
"Ancona Blue Agreement" previews also good practical in the management of the cars of the ships, the optimization of the arrival and the departures placing a particular attention to the maintenance of the engines with more frequent intervals of participation regarding the standard previewed from the plans of the single companies.
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