THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has dismissed claims from state-funded Brussels-based eco lobbies that modern ships are less CO2 efficient than those built 20 years ago.
Eco lobby Transport & Environment (T&E) and Seas at Risk base their claims on a report they commissioned from the consultancy CE Delft, but used the findings selectively, said ICS, which represents 80 per cent of merchant shipping.
The T&E statement appears to confuse overall design efficiency with an approximate "estimate of fuel efficiency" based on generic data, the ICS said.
Modern ships are designed for optimal efficiency, which requires far less fuel to be consumed than previously.
Largely as a result of fuel efficient operations, the latest IMO Green House Gas Study, published in 2014, said that international shipping reduced its total CO2 emissions by more than 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012, reported London's Tanker Operator.
It is not helpful for T&E to twist the results of the CE Delft study to imply that the UN's Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), developed by the combined technical expertise of all the world's maritime nations, is somehow inadequate, the chamber said.
Modern ships, built in line with the EEDI targets which came into effect in January 2015, are required to be designed to be at least 10 per cent more efficient (compared to the agreed the UN's International Maritime Organisation [IMO] reference line), while ships built after 2030 will be 30 per cent more efficient.
Responding, CE Delft said the study for Seas At Risk and T&E "found that ships can improve their design efficiency by about 5-15 per cent on average just by going back to 1990 designs alone."
Said Seas at Risk policy advisor John Maggs: "CE Delft findings are based on the data the IMO itself used. The ICS now needs to take the results seriously and show us why the EEDI targets shouldn't be reviewed."
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26 April 2015 - 18:23
ICS dismisses less efficient ship claim, but eco lobbies stand firm
THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has dismissed claims from state-funded Brussels-based eco lobbies that modern ships are less CO2 efficient than those built 20 years ago.
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26 April 2015 - 18:23
ICS dismisses less efficient ship claim, but eco lobbies stand firm
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