Aneesh Vasudev, project researcher at Vaasa University, gave a presentation last Friday on ‘Solutions towards decarbonization of the marine shipping industry’, at WIC. The discussion that followed was interesting. Here are the key findings:
-There are active efforts towards cleaner operation of merchant shipping. The International maritime organization (IMO) has set strict regulations on emissions (SOx, NOx), GHG reduction and overall energy efficiency (EEDI/EEXI) targets of the vessel.
-The future of marine propulsion is to diversify. There is no single sustainable solution to cover all onboard energy requirements. A combination of propulsion systems from biofuels, battery electric, solar, wind assisted, etc. are required.
-In the long run, 2050 onwards, there will mainly be electric vessels, synthetic fuels and hydrogen. However, In the transition phase, hybrid systems powered by flex-fuel engines running on clean distillate fuels natural gas, methanol, biodiesel, etc. coupled with exhaust gas after-treatment, are solutions.
-The logistics of maritime shipping needs to be improved. Among many of the discussed solutions, notable ones were inefficiencies in logistics, like situations where the cargo is unloaded only partially. The solution could be anchoring the cargo vessel further away from the dock, and having a fleet of smaller, autonomous ships to pick up the containers instead of having a tugboat dragging the whole ship to the dock. The unloading could also be done “on the move”.
Kutsu Vaasan pohjoisen kaupunginosayhdistyksen tapahtumaan 17.3. Bock’silla
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17.3. klo 18:00 Bock’s Corner Brewery
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17.3. kl 18:00 Bock’s Corner Brewery
