Barriers for adoption of energy efficiency operational measures in shipping industry

According to the Third Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Study 2014 of International Maritime Organization (IMO), the total emission in 2012 are estimated to be 949 million tonnes which is 2.7% of global CO 2 emission by total shipping and expected to increase from 2012 levels by 50–250% by 2050. Significant cha...

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Published in:WMU journal of maritime affairs 2018-06, Vol.17 (2), p.169-193
Main Authors: Dewan, Mohammud Hanif, Yaakob, Omar, Suzana, Aini
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Barriers
Carbon dioxide
Efficiency
Emission analysis
Emissions control
Energy
Energy efficiency
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Law
Law and Criminology
Marine & Freshwater Sciences
New technology
Offshore Engineering
Organizations
Power efficiency
Public International Law
Shipping
Shipping industry
Ships
Surveying
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Summary:According to the Third Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Study 2014 of International Maritime Organization (IMO), the total emission in 2012 are estimated to be 949 million tonnes which is 2.7% of global CO 2 emission by total shipping and expected to increase from 2012 levels by 50–250% by 2050. Significant changes are needed to all industry by implementation of energy efficiency design and operational measures to meet existing and future global emission reduction targets. Although the fuel cost-reducing effects of some energy efficiency measures and new technologies are well established and matured, shipping companies appear reluctant to adopt them. Besides, it is observed that the stakeholders are directly or indirectly involved for implementation of energy efficiency measures in shipping industry. Therefore, the objective for this study was to identify the barriers to energy efficiency operational measures by a qualitative survey among various stakeholders from all corners of shipping industry. It has been found in the research that the barriers for implementation of all cost-free operational measures are almost the same such as lack of information of the measure, lack of awareness and competence of ship crews and operation difficulties which are in nature of information and technical barriers. But financial issue and owner’s interest are the key barriers for some other operational measures which are related to costing and need investment for implementation.
ISSN:1651-436X
1654-1642
DOI:10.1007/s13437-018-0138-3