Biocombustíveis e seus Efeitos na Indústria da Navegação

Biofuels and Effects on Shipping Industry Friday, April 04, 2008 "Biofuels are increasingly in the news – a biofuelled airline has been flown; UK fuel suppliers are to ensure that a percentage of their sales must include biofuels and there is a lively debate about ‘feeding or fuelling the nation’. Now, in the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology’s (IMarEST) Stanley Gray Lecture, Richard Sadler FIMarEST FRINA, Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd’s Register is to turn the focus on biofuels and the shipping industry.Virgin Atlantic, Sir Richard Branson’s airline, flew the biofuelled plane; and the UK’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) Programme will, from April 2008, place an obligation on UK fuel suppliers to ensure that a certain percentage of their aggregate sales is made up of biofuelsIn his lecture, entitled ‘Biofuels and their effects on the shipping industry’ on 23 April, Richard Sadler will cover the various types of biofuels and how they may affect marine transportation, the effect on new and existing trade patterns, the subsequent changes that this may have on suitable ship designs and sizes; together with the application of biofuels as marine fuels and lubricants. The Lecture will be delivered at the City Conference Centre, 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ (the headquarters of IMarEST). Attendance is free of charge to IMarEST members and non-members alike. The evening begins with tea and networking at 17.00; the lecture starts at 17.30 and the post-lecture reception is at 18.45". Fonte: MarineLink. Será que alguém do Brasil poderia estar nessa palestra?