ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES TO APPROVE THE ENGINE FAMILY/ENGINE GROUP FOR MARINE DIESEL ENGINES SATISFYING THE NOX EMISSION LIMITS ACCORDING TO THE NOX TECHNICAL CODE

Abstract

Survey and certification the compliance with allowable NOx emission limits (according to the MARPOL Convention and NOx Technical Code) of diesel engines on ships of Vietnam are urgent requirements of today. However, this is new matter and involves to the execution of Vietnam register of shipping, ship owners and ship crews,… in new-building process and operation. Therefore, it is very necessary to build a technical instruction for implementing. In this article was introduced the establishment of procedures to approve the engine family/engine group for marine diesel engines satisfying the NOx emission limits according to the NOx Technical Code.