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INDUSTRY - INTERTANKO PROFILE be given a mandate to produce an emissions plan, which could be finalised by MEPC 62 in 2011, having gone through the formulation stages at MEPC 60 and 61 next year.” Capt Westgarth said that the biggest problem facing the industry was the human element. Intertanko is to commence a ‘confidential accident reporting’ scheme during the early part of next year, whereby a tanker owner would share confidential information with a charterer, including serious near misses. Turning to piracy, despite some owners coming out in favour of armed intervention, Intertanko was firmly of the belief that armed guards were not the way forward. “It would just escalate the level of violence,” Swift said. As for the environment, Swift said that Intertanko had been accredited by UNFCCC as a shipping association. On the question of emissions, Swift said; “We need a level playing field with a flag and vessel neutral solution through the IMO. We don’t want regional schemes.” Trying to forecast ahead of Cop15 at which Intertanko will be represent, Swift said; “It is not unreasonable to assume that the IMO will Efficiency plan Another Intertanko initiative soon to be launched is a <strong>Tanker</strong> Efficiency Energy Management Plan (TEEMP), which is aimed at setting out all of a tanker’s operational elements enabling benchmarking to take place within a fleet and even between sister vessels. It is a fundamental design index for tankers, taking into account such anomalies found in these particular types of vessels, such as cargo heating and equipment redundancy, for example the twin engine configuration found on shuttle tankers. “All vessels should be fitted with one. We need to encourage the industry to use the software,” Swift said. TEEMP is based on the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) but is tanker specific. It also provides further guidance on the usage of the Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator (EEOI). Intertanko is also actively involved with other stakeholders in the development of a programme called ‘Virtual Arrival’, which is an initiative to persuade tanker operators and their charterers to agree to adopt the ‘just-intime’ type principle when on a voyage. ‘Virtual Arrival’ is a software program that will calculate when a vessel needs to present itself within the laycan at an empty berth either to load or discharge, rather than full steaming to make a laycan only to wait for several days for a berth to become vacant. This will help ensure the efficient use of a tanker by optimising the speed and fuel consumption, thus controlling emissions (see page 32). TO 08 TANKER<strong>Operator</strong> November/December 2009
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