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Operational options for green ships

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Environmental issues and rising fuel prices necessitate better energy-efficiency in all sectors. The shipping industry is one of the major stakeholders, responsible for 3% of global CO2 emissions, 14%–15% of global NO X emissions, and 16% of global SO X emissions. In addition, continuously rising fuel prices are also an incentive to focus on new ways for better energy-effectiveness. The green ship concept requires exploring and implementing technology on ships to increase energy-efficiency and reduce emissions. Ship operation is an important topic with large potential to increase cost-and-energy-effectiveness. This paper provided a comprehensive review of basic concepts, principles, and potential of operational options for green ships. The key challenges pertaining to ship crew i.e. academic qualifications prior to induction, in-service training and motivation were discussed. The author also deliberated on remedies to these challenges.

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  1. College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

    Salma Sherbaz & Wenyang Duan

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Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.51079032, and the Excellent Youth Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China.

Salma Sherbaz was born in 1986. She is a PhD candidate at the College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University. Her current research interests include CFD, green ship, ship performance optimization, and high-end mathematical applications to ship design.

Wenyang Duan was born in 1967. He is a professor and a PhD supervisor at Harbin Engineering University. Professor Duan’s research interests include marine hydrodynamics, presently focused on ship motions in waves.

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Sherbaz, S., Duan, W. Operational options for green ships. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. 11, 335–340 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11804-012-1141-2

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