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The book “Energy Efficiency and Ships”
has cleared the path for the implementation of the IMO convention on
Energy Efficiency Design Index
“Energy Efficiency and Ships” a book on Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) by Indra Nath Bose is
being considered an indispensible guide for the maritime industry and
has served to provide a leg up for at least one shipping company.
According to Mr. Bose the ships of Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd
(GESCO), India’s largest private sector shipping company was first to achieve Stage 2 ratings – the highest rating achieved so far by any ship globally.
The GESCO had implemented specific energy efficiency management plans (SEEMP) on all its vessels since 1st July 2011. As a pilot ship, JAG AABHA was audited by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in July 2012 to verify compliance with above Regulations. Ahead of the Regulations coming into force, it became the first ever to secure Energy Efficiency Statement of Compliance to the new MARPOL Convention regulations issued by DNV.
Indra Nath Bose with the support of the Institute of Marine Engineers (India) has come up with this handy manual to MARPOL Convention, Annex VI on Regulations
on Energy Efficiency for Ships. Bearing in mind the complexities of
Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) applicable to new ships Mr. Bose
feels that the industry must get to grips with the requirements of the
convention otherwise it would have to face the risk of incurring
additional costs that could persist many years into the future along
with the life of ships.
GESCO has moved ahead and secured 15 of it
tankers the award of Triple-E Stage 3 Rating and 3 Bulk Carriers have
been awarded Stage 2 Rating. Triple-E is a voluntary Energy, Efficiency
and Environment rating scheme of DNV given to individual ships based on
achievement of certain defined criteria.
Stage 3 implies environmental
performance indicators for individual ships having been established and
includes a system for improvement of environmental performance.
Besides, an environmental awareness survey among employees has been
completed with training needs and improvement areas identified. SEEMP is
in place. Besides it has established the CO2 emission base line for
individual ships along with goals for reduction over defined period.
(This is directly based on fuel consumption.) Also it maintains
calculation of annual average Sulphur content (%) of fuel used on board
individual ships.
With regard stage 2 in addition to the aforesaid, the
followings have been done:- Periodic review of progress made in
reducing CO2 emission from ships. It has established a system for
calibration of fuel flow meters on board ships to ensure accurate
measurement of fuel consumption. Besides, the ships are provided with
Inventory of Hazardous Substances on board ships.
“I have been fortunate in being able to
participate in IMO’s Maritime Environment Protection Committee meetings
and various Diplomatic Conference and Working and Correspondence Groups
of the Committee since 1997,” says Mr. Bose. “In the process I had the
opportunity to be associated with the development of mandatory
regulatory requirements at IMO since the very beginning starting from
the first Intercessional meeting of the Marine Environment Protection
Committee Working Group on Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from ships at
Oslo in June 2008. This book has been written with the intent of
assisting industry colleagues in ship operating companies, ship design
and ship building yards, maritime training institutes in particular and
maritime industry at large in understanding not only the requirements,
but also the background and logic on the basis of which the various
elements of the regulations were framed.”
“Having
sufficiently qualified personnel both on board the vessels and in the
shore organization is necessary to achieve savings in practice” informed
Tapas Icot, President of GESCO. “We have ensured this by spending time
on the actual implementation of all the identified energy efficiency
initiatives on board, with clear targets set and dedicated responsible
persons on board and ashore for following up all initiatives as part of
the ship-specific energy efficiency management plans. This has given us
savings of 2–3% over the past few years, measured by the Energy
Efficiency Operational Indicator (EEOI), which takes into account the
volume of cargo transported, distance sailed and grams of CO2 emitted.”
There
is no doubt that this publication will provide a sound guidance to
shipbuilders, ship operating managers in particular and maritime
industry at large in understanding and implementation of the new IMO
regulatory requirement related to energy efficiency of ships.Post to be found at:
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