Frederick Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 How to price a ferry company out of business and make life difficult for us all ! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20318856 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Last year's news. Seems old hat to me - don't know why it is suddenly resurfaced?So what's new?http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/bad-news-for-the-booze-cruise-new-green-fuel-rules-are-set-to-send-ferry-fares-soaring-7697818.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 [quote user="Jay"]Last year's news. Seems old hat to me - don't know why it is suddenly resurfaced?So what's new?[/quote]The ferry company people were on ITV Southern News this evening . If they felt that they should appear on TV news this evening .......I suspect there is something in the wind .... Or why make it news todayhttp://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2013-03-13/ferry-fuel-fears/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Forcing vehicles to drive further as an aid to reducing pollution, an interesting concept.Sounds like somebody needs to read up on the laws of unintended consequences and see the big picture not just their own little window onto it.I happen to know a bit about MARPOL as it applied to the offshore oil industry where I used to work and although it has high and noble intentions it also has a lot to answer for and is deeply flawed in parts where it seems to have been compiled by desk jockeys with little understanding of the real world effects of their tinkering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 [quote user="AnOther"]I happen to know a bit about MARPOL as it applied to the offshore oil industry where I used to work and although it has high and noble intentions it also has a lot to answer for and is deeply flawed in parts where it seems to have been compiled by desk jockeys with little understanding of the real world effects of their tinkering.[/quote]Does the same apply to the other IMO International Conventions?http://www.imo.org/About/Conventions/listofconventions/pages/international-convention-for-the-prevention-of-pollution-from-ships-(marpol).aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 This is an example of how the offshore oil industry behaved before MARPOL was adopted [IMG]http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/nomoss/Posted%20on%20Forums/ProducingOverboard_zpse7cb459a.jpg[/IMG] In case you don't know, that is an oil well on a flow test directly into the sea, run for several hours. Just to calculate the flow rates and estimate the reservoir size.I thought it was unbelievable, which is why I took the pictures, but no-one cared back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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