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SPECIAL FOCUS
Shipping
slow progress – at least partly because shipping is less wasteful than other modes of transportation, and tends to be a tiny proportion of a chartering company’s overall carbon footprint once manufacturing and other aspects of their business operations are taken into account. Potentially shippingeffi ciency. org’s data can be combined with other information at charterers’ disposal to enable a clear demand signal for effi ciency technologies and further improved operation from the owner- operators.
Clean technologies Carbon War Room is also engaged in helping to promote the uptake of cleantech by the shipping industry, in a
THE CHARTERER’S VIEWPOINT
Cargill recently signed an agreement with SkySails to use wind power technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping industry. GJ van den Akker, head of Cargill’s ocean transportation business, commented: “In addition to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, SkySails technology aims to signifi cantly reduce fuel
consumption and costs.” GJ VAN DEN AKKER, HEAD OF OCEAN TRANSPORTATION, CARGILL’S
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range of areas such as hull coatings, retrofi t of carbon abatement equipment to existing engines, and more effi cient hull and engine design for new builds. Inherent
complexities of the shipping industry mean that
scaling cleantech is not necessarily as straightforward as it would be for land- based structures such as manufacturing plants and power stations. While there is a huge number of very good technologies being developed, there are various barriers to bringing them to market and seeing them implemented, including high research and development costs and the need for extensive testing to prove these innovations are truly eff ective before the market is willing to accept them. Carbon War Room, alongside potential partners, may play a role here, helping to disseminate information useful for owner-operators as well as for charterers. CWR estimates there are around 130 companies off ering in the region of 60 clean technologies to the shipping market, at varying degrees of maturity. And hard data on performance and the fi nancial and carbon savings to be made is essential to engaging with shippers, charterers, vessel owners and shipyards. With new cleantech continuing
to enter the market, and tightening regulation and early-adopters driving change, there has never been a better time for the shipping industry to take advantage of the low- and no- cost opportunities to increase the carbon effi ciency of the global fl eet. Carbon War Room is willing to play its part by partnering with the ports, owner-operators, charterers and other companies and organizations – shipbrokers, insurers, shipyards and more – that make up this essential element of world trade in its drive for increased profi tability in the low-carbon economy of the future.
THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY’S VIEWPOINT
“More owners and operators are now realizing that aside from gains in emission reduction, the business case for investing in clean technology such as our Air Cavity System (ACS) Retrofi t technology to increase profi tability is very valid. This and the absence of proven retrofi t technologies have been barriers to uptake, but as more companies become aware of the 10% cost savings and emissions reduction that ACS can deliver, interest in and application of clean
technology is growing.” KATIA KARDASH, CEO, DK GROUP.
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