A significant proportion of global carbon dioxide emissions are attributed to ocean-sailing ships and shipping emissions are predicted to double in less than 30 years. This paper investigates the benefit of using weather ship routing optimisation, assessing the ship emissions for minimum distance routes and optimised routes. The present contribution merges the estimation of shipping pollutants and their mitigation through weather routing optimisation; two lines of research widely analysed separately but seldom discussed together. A previously developed open software of weather ship routing is used to obtain the minimum cost (i.e. optimised route) in terms of sailing time, using high-resolution wave forecasting. The assessment of fuel consumption and ship emissions calculations were inspired by the STEAM2 bottom-up approach, in conjunction with the estimation of the power increase needed to overcome speed decrement due to waves. Several scenarios covering the Western Mediterranean Short Sea Shipping routes (from 24 to 600 nautical miles and using a real Ro-Pax vessel) are compared in terms of emissions between the minimum distance route and the optimum. The ship routing optimisation reveals a reduction up to 30% of ship emissions during severe storms on longer routes. Nevertheless, all the cases studied show emissions mitigation when ship routing optimisation is used. The expected increase of extreme weather events, in terms of frequency, intensity and duration due to climate change, suggests a gradual gain of implementing weather ship routing optimisation in all types of routes, regardless of the distance.
Monitoring, Reporting and Verifi cation (MRV) of emissions on board has been proposed as a measure to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The requirements for MRV are set by two legislative bodies, the European Union (EU-MRV) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO-DCS) and ships have to comply with them. However, current maritime practices do not permit the right implementation of MRV and best practices can only be developed after a certain time of experience. A solution could be the application of the diff erent existing emission calculation methods on the phase of MRV where it is most useful. This contribution explores which method could be useful as maritime best practices and could meet the goals of EU-MRV and IMO-DCS. Eleven existing methods have been assessed by a set of questions based on key MRV elements found in literature. Methods have been classifi ed within Theoretical Based Methods (TBM) and Ship Based Methods (SBM). TBM methods may not comply with the monitoring phase of MRV but could be feasible as alternative method when activity data from ships are extracted. On the other hand, SBM methods seem to be the most appropriates to comply with MRV specifi cations, but need more investments on board and therefore require best practices regarding the way of application. The assessed methods are already available, possibly suitable to be used for monitoring, and therefore applicable as early best practices, with the understanding that some of the methods are theoretical, based on assumptions, and often too general. Nevertheless, a diff erent approach like the one presented in this contribution may be supportive in the understanding of MRV on board. Sažetak Praćenje, izvješćivanje i verifi kacija (MRV) emisija na brodu predloženi su kao mjera za smanjenje globalne emisije stakleničkih plinova. Zahtjeve MRV-a postavila su dva zakonodavna tijela, Europska unija (EU-MRV) i Međunarodna pomorska organizacija (IMO-DCS), a brodovi ih moraju ispuniti. Međutim, trenutna pomorska praksa ne dopušta ispravnu provedbu MRV-a, a najbolje prakse mogu se razviti tek nakon stečenog iskustva. Rješenje može biti primjena različitih postojećih metoda izračuna emisije u onoj fazi MRV-a gdje je to najkorisnije. Ovaj rad istražuje koja bi metoda mogla biti korisna kao najbolja pomorska praksa i koja bi mogla ispuniti ciljeve EU-MRV i IMO-DCS. Jedanaest postojećih metoda bilo je procijenjeno uz pomoć skupa pitanja temeljenih na ključnim MRV elementima koji se nalaze u literaturi. Metode su podijeljene na Teorijske metode (TBM) i Brodske metode (SBM). TBM metode možda nisu u skladu s fazom praćenja u sklopu MRV-a, ali mogu biti izvedive kao alternativna metoda kad se s brodova dobiju podaci o aktivnostima. S druge strane, čini se da su SBM metode najprikladnije za udovoljavanje specifi kacijama MRV-a, ali je potrebno više ulaganja na brodu i stoga su potrebne najbolje prakse u primjeni. Procijenjene metode su već dostupne, moguće ih je koristiti za praćenje, te se primjenjuju kao rane najbolje prakse, imajući na ...
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