Tag: GREEN4SEA

The 2016 GREEN4SEA Ballast Water Forum has successfully concluded on Thursday, December 15th, 2016 in Eugenides Foundation, Athens attracting more than 450 delegates representing a number of 225 organizations. A unique panel of 12 experts presented latest developments surrounding BWMC following MEPC70 and discussed how industry may be prepared for the implementation due on September 2017.

Andrea Carli, Air Life SRL gave a presentation on ‘’Using Selective Catalytic Reduction to comply with NOX Tier III’’ at the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. He reminded that for areas designated as NOx Emission Control Areas, new ships will need to meet the standards of Tier III, a reduction of 80% compared to Tier I standards. IMO MARPOL Annex VI imposes mandatory standards for the emissions of new build engines, according to which Tiers I, II, III were set.

George Dimopoulos, DNV GL Maritime presented ways for ‘’Developing & Operating Better LNG Ships’’ during the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. He stated that future and emerging trades, markets, export facilities as well as propulsion technologies call for innovation in LNG carrier ship design. He presented the results of the LNGreen joint development project between DNVGL, Gaslog, GTT and Hyundai Heavy Industries that developed an LNG carrier concept with significantly improved efficiency by more than 8%, within the bounds of today’s technology, ready to be ordered and built.

Stamatis Fradelos, ABS gave a presentation on ‘’EU MRV Future Challenges’’ during the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. He said that there are various factors that can lead to inaccuracies in fuel measurement and subsequently in emissions reporting inconsistency.

Dimitrios V. Lyridis, NTUA analyzed the issue of ‘’Ships and Ports Electrification’’ during the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. He said that both EU and IMO policy in maritime transportation aim at more efficient use of resources, i.e. the development and/or exploitation of energy sources in a way that the environmental impact is minimized or completely eliminated. .

Nicholas Confuorto, CR Ocean Engineering presented the ‘’ECA Requirements and the choices we make’’ at the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. Many shipowners/operators are faced with having to decide between switching to a low sulfur fuel or embracing alternate solutions such as LNG or Scrubbers. The presentation addressed the effect of fuel pricing and shows the impact on the industry.

Sotiris Raptis, Transport & Environment, presented the ‘’EU & IMO post-MRV developments’’ during the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. He said that although shipping has escaped an explicit reference, the Paris Agreement creates a whole new political environment for the sector. All countries will contribute to an ambitious long-term goal to pursue efforts to limit a temperature increase well below 2°C. The scale of the discrepancy between targets commensurate with global climate change objectives and the industry’s projected emissions scenarios is so large, that shipping urgently requires a CO2 target.

Marco Dierico, DuPont analysed how to ensure ‘’Full operational flexibility with the most affordable fuel oil’’ at the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. He said that the path to a drastic reduction of SOx emissions from ships is set with a target of a global limit to be implemented within 2025, but with challenging intermediate steps. The benefits of installing an exhaust gas cleaning system can be summarized as follow: Operators can burn the most affordable fuel available in the market; Great fuel cost savings up to 3 M$ per year; No operational limits in ECA; Investment can be easily financed; R.O.I ranges between 1.5 and 2.5 years including installation costs; Short delivery time approx. 6 months

Anastasia Kouvertari, Hellenic Lloyd’s S.A gave a presentation on ‘’Understanding MRV’’ during the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards. She addressed the main axes of the EU Regulation as well as the areas that remain to be clarified. She discussed both the monitoring and the verification aspect within a pragmatic and practical context that builds upon existing understanding of the shipping industry in the lowest administrative way possible.

Konstantinos Kanellakis, Schneider Electric gave a presentation on ‘’Smart panels and energy audits: Optimize the electrical consumption of a vessel’’ during the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference Awards, in which he covered the energy savings potential for a vessel’s electrical consumption. He referred to the technological tools available today to monitor, analyse data and create reports to help with decision-making on energy efficiency actions.