environment awards


Green vessel operations lead to less deforestation


Protecting the rainforest, and carbon-neutral fleet operations, are key targets for Solstad’s ‘Green Operations’ strategy as the Norwegian owner strives to meet its environmental commitments


S


olstad Offshore has become one of the most environmentally shipowners


through Norwegian owner has its


friendly green


operations initiative and investment in LNG- fuelled ships. The


instigated


a campaign to reduce fuel consumption and is working with the Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) to reduce emissions and provide funds towards protecting the world’s endangered rainforests. Solstad has also recently taken delivery of its latest LNG-fuelled platform supply vessel (PSV), which will operate in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The Oslo-listed company is extending its commitment to environmental operations through these initiatives. Its concept of Climate Neutral Operations (CNO) is a first in the support vessel market.


The initiative began when Solstad recognised it had a corporate responsibility to reduce the adverse environmental effect of its ships. It went about tackling the problem by reducing the fuel consumption of its ships and making technical improvements in ship design. It then decided to go a step further and


help prevent deforestation,


collaboration with the RFN. For these efforts, Solstad won OSJ’s Environmental Award in February 2012.


One hectare of rainforest contains about


550 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)in the trees and plants above the ground, representing


55kg of CO2 per square metre. This means the protection of this resource can help alleviate global warming, which is partially caused by hydrocarbon emissions from vehicles, planes and ships. RFN supports indigenous peoples of the world’s rainforests in an effort to protect their forests. It supports projects in 10 countries, in all three rainforest continents. The


Solstad Green Operations (SGO)


campaign means that the Norwegian shipowner will pay RFN for the protection of


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Lars Peder Solstad, Solstad’s managing director, and Svein Erik Isaksen, an environmental engineer at Solstad, collect the environmental award


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1,000m2 of rainforest for one year for every green operation recorded. Solstad has a goal of reaching 6,500 green operations every year,


the same amount of CO2 being emitted to the atmosphere from the fleet. Its vessels compete with one another to earn SGOs every quarter. The ship with the greenest operations is published every quarter. An award is given to the vessel’s crew that has contributed to the protection of the largest land area. In the fourth quarter


of 2011, 1985-


built, UT 712 design, and 150-tonne bollard pull anchor handler Normand Jarl did best, completing 318 SGOs; the 2010-built, ROV support vessel Normand Pacific (ST 256 L CD design) was not far behind as it managed 253 green operations.


Another subsea support vessel, 2008- built, MT 6022 design Normand Clough, was third with a steady 210. These three vessels produced 20 per cent of the overall SGOs during that quarter. For this achievement, the crew on Normand


Jarl received NKr5,000 (US$876) to invest in onboard amusements, such as a new treadmill and a drum kit. The ship is operating in northern Norway for the Norwegian Coastal Administration as a standby vessel.


Solstad’s fuel consumption for the fourth quarter of 2011 was 14,720m3 per month, just under the third-quarter figure of 15,417m3. Around 44,650m3 of fuel was consumed by the Solstad fleet in the fourth quarter in total and 4,013 SGOs were registered. Solstad estimated its fuel saving was 10,509m3 during that quarter, which represents a fuel saving estimate of 19 per cent of the total fleet consumption. Solstad


handlers, in


operates eight


Asia. Its a PSVs fleet and


of 15 anchor 16


subsea


construction support vessels, plus it has nine vessels


latest newbuilding, an


LNG-fuelled PSV, Normand Arctic, was delivered from STX’s Langsten shipyard in February. The 5,000 dwt, PSV 12 LNG design vessel will start working for Statoil under a three-month charter, with five-month options. Other nominations for OSJ’s Environmental


Award included the Marine Well Containment Company, for the development of the oil spill containment system designed to cap or contain a deepwater well; and OSPRAG, the Oil Spill Prevention & Response Advisory Group, for the well capping device which it developed. Siemens was also nominated for its commitment to the environmentally friendly propulsion systems it has developed. OSJ


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