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Energy efficient ship design and operations
Ocean Engineering 110 (2015) 1
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Editorial
Energy efficient ship design and operations
Introduction Throughout the world, there is a growing concern about the environment and climate change. According to the IMO 3rd Green House Gas study in 2014, international shipping contributed approximately 3.1% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. For this reason, the sector needs to address these important issues, particularly as it is expected that its global share of CO2 emissions will continue to increase. Industry, academia and policy makers including users of shipping services, operators of ships, manufacturers of ships and equipment, have been exploring a number of ways to achieve environmentally friendly, energy efficient and sustainable shipping. Since 2011, the international conference ‘Low Carbon Shipping’ has been organised annually to bring together experts from industry, academia and policy makers to present developments, share experiences and develop joint actions to meet the 2050 targets for sustainable shipping. Conference topics have included technologies for energy efficiency, vessel and shipping operations for low carbon shipping, as well as Policies, Regulations and Strategies for Sustainable Shipping. It is my pleasure to introduce the special issue on ‘Energy Efficient Ship Design and Operations’ which includes 12 papers
presented at Low Carbon Shipping conferences, detailing the recent developments in technology, operation and policy areas. It is also pleasing to confirm that in all these 12 papers there is a significant involvement by the shipping industry through data provision, operational experience and technology input. I would like to thank the authors and referees for their hard work, as well as the staff at Elsevier for their help in preparing this special volume. It is expected that by reporting the outcome of both industry and academia collaborated research, which is similar to papers presented in this special issue, will help the shipping industry to meet its 2050 emission targets while maintaining sustainable shipping.
Guest Editor Osman Turan 1 University of Strathclyde, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering 100 Montrose Street, Glasgow G4 0LZ, United Kingdom E-mail address: [email protected]
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2015.11.025 0029-8018/& 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Tel.: þ44 141 5483211; fax: þ 44 141 5522879.
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Ocean Engineering journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/oceaneng
Editorial
Energy efficient ship design and operations
Introduction Throughout the world, there is a growing concern about the environment and climate change. According to the IMO 3rd Green House Gas study in 2014, international shipping contributed approximately 3.1% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. For this reason, the sector needs to address these important issues, particularly as it is expected that its global share of CO2 emissions will continue to increase. Industry, academia and policy makers including users of shipping services, operators of ships, manufacturers of ships and equipment, have been exploring a number of ways to achieve environmentally friendly, energy efficient and sustainable shipping. Since 2011, the international conference ‘Low Carbon Shipping’ has been organised annually to bring together experts from industry, academia and policy makers to present developments, share experiences and develop joint actions to meet the 2050 targets for sustainable shipping. Conference topics have included technologies for energy efficiency, vessel and shipping operations for low carbon shipping, as well as Policies, Regulations and Strategies for Sustainable Shipping. It is my pleasure to introduce the special issue on ‘Energy Efficient Ship Design and Operations’ which includes 12 papers
presented at Low Carbon Shipping conferences, detailing the recent developments in technology, operation and policy areas. It is also pleasing to confirm that in all these 12 papers there is a significant involvement by the shipping industry through data provision, operational experience and technology input. I would like to thank the authors and referees for their hard work, as well as the staff at Elsevier for their help in preparing this special volume. It is expected that by reporting the outcome of both industry and academia collaborated research, which is similar to papers presented in this special issue, will help the shipping industry to meet its 2050 emission targets while maintaining sustainable shipping.
Guest Editor Osman Turan 1 University of Strathclyde, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering 100 Montrose Street, Glasgow G4 0LZ, United Kingdom E-mail address: [email protected]
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2015.11.025 0029-8018/& 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Tel.: þ44 141 5483211; fax: þ 44 141 5522879.