IMO Papers

This document summarizes the findings of an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) titled Arctic heavy fuel oil ban: Fuel and voyage cost effects on bulk carriers used in Canadian Arctic mining operations. A key finding being that if ships do not use exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), the fuel and voyage cost impacts of an Arctic HFO ban are expected to be negligible.

Paper on observed physical changes in the Arctic, observed impacts on people and ecosystem services, changes to Arctic transportation and tourism and the environmental consequences of increased Arctic transportation and tourism.

This document describes Arctic Indigenous support for the ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil as fuel by ships operating in the Arctic. It is a compilation of interventions delivered by Indigenous leaders at IMO and resolutions passed by Arctic Indigenous communities and organizations.

This document presents results of a measurement campaign for the analysis of the impact of fuel oil quality on Black Carbon emissions. The results clearly indicate that new blends of marine fuels with 0.50% sulphur content can contain a large percentage of aromatic compounds, which have a direct impact on Black Carbon emissions.