Bureau Veritas puts new focus on operational efficiency
Being efficient means more than saving fuel Classification society Bureau Veritas says continuing pressure on emissions, coupled with rising oil prices, puts a new focus on operational efficiency, so BV believes the scope of efficiency must be widened.Writing in the Bureau Veritas Marine Business Review 2011 Bernard Anne, managing director of BVs marine division says: Efficiency has to take on a new meaning. To be efficient means more than optimising a ship to burn less fuel when loaded and at its design service speed. It must burn less fuel and cleaner fuel across a wide range of loading conditions and a wide range of speeds.To be efficient means more than saving fuel, it means burning the right fuel in the right place, making a pathway for the use of gas, nuclear and fuel cell solutions. To be efficient means operating the ship in the optimum way for every environmental condition, and that means having crew with the right training, the right support and the right feedback on operating conditions to make the right judgements. And to be efficient above all means operating without incident, without pollution, without breakdown, and without loss of life.Class can help with that quest for new ...
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