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Barriers for adoption of energy efficiency operational measures in shipping industry

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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 CO2 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.

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  1. Liberia Maritime Training Institute (LMTI), Marshall, Margibi County, Liberia

    Mohammud Hanif Dewan

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Mohammud Hanif Dewan & Omar Yaakob

  3. Marine Technology Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Omar Yaakob

  4. Perdana School of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Aini Suzana

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Dewan, M.H., Yaakob, O. & Suzana, A. Barriers for adoption of energy efficiency operational measures in shipping industry. WMU J Marit Affairs 17, 169–193 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13437-018-0138-3

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