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SEEMPSEEMP and Energy Efficiency– DNV offers supportThe required Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) is a potential tool for owners to reducethe fuel billl. While the requirement of having SEEMP on board vessels is still a year or more away, DNVis already making great efforts to help shipping companies get this right. This builds on a long traditionof working on energy efficiency with owners/operators around the globe in most ship segments.Text: Sverre Alvik, DNVDNV has been assisting shipping companiesto improve energy efficiency for manyyears. The two main areas DNV are workingon are:■■■■Ship design, where we are working closelywith yards, designers and owners toimprove hull design, hull and propelleroptimisation and other resistance-relatedissues.Ship operation, where we are workingwith shipowners and charterers toreduce fuel consumption during operation,focusing on all areas from voyagemanagement and the culture on boardto ship and machinery performance.At DNV’s headquarters at Høvik, a groupof 10 people is working exclusively on theenergy efficiency of operations and providingexperience and expertise to supportDNV personnel in this area around theglobe.When the focus on operational energyefficiency started in DNV five years ago,the price of fuel was lower and slowsteamingwas not a priority in the industry.Since then and 50 projects later, energyefficiency has forced its way higher andhigher up our customers’ agendas. Andwhile the first projects were undertakenfor companies paying high fuel bills themselves,current projects are equally oftenundertaken for the offshore, gas or tankerindustry, where the charterers are oftenpaying for the fuel.›› Sverre Alvik, Head of Section Environment andEnergy EfficiencyThe incentives are different for thesecompanies. However, generally speaking,improved energy efficiency means lowermaintenance costs, improved brand positioningand meeting stakeholders’ expectations.And someone is always paying forthe fuel, making the projects and companyinitiatives an excellent business case intheir own right!A snapshot of DNV’s experiences –where do we find fuel savings?Although energy efficiency is onPhoto: DNV/Nina E. Rangøyeverybody’s agenda, DNV’s experiencessuggest that large improvements can beachieved in all companies – even thoseconsidered to be ‘leading’ or ‘best practice’.Initial savings typically represent a5-15% reduction in fuel consumption,fuel costs and emissions, and are mostcommonly achieved by measures such aspropeller polishing, trim calculations andengine performance tools. Further savingsare identified in relation to companyculturecampaigns that aim to improve theawareness and ownership of fuel savingprogrammes, as well as improved ownercharterercooperation on joint initiatives.The measures identified by DNV are seldomnew to the companies we work with,but what is not so common are the systematicsof an energy efficiency programme,the clear business cases it presents and thefocus all the way from idea to implementationin order to ensure tangible results.SEEMP When IMO resolved to make aShip Energy Efficiency Management Plan(SEEMP) mandatory earlier this year, itforcefully pushed energy efficiency evenhigher up the shipping agenda. Within15-40 months (depending on each vessel’ssurvey schedule), all 70,000+ vessels in theworld fleet will need to have a SEEMP inplace. Unlike the traditional energy efficiencyinitiatives often run by the shoreorganisation, a SEEMP must be ship-specificrather than company-specific.14 | Tanker UPDATE NO. 2 2011
SEEMP›› Energy Efficiency – scope of DNV services.There is a lot of freedom regardingthe way in which the plans are to bemade, and although the current IMOSEEMP guideline provides a good startingpoint, DNV’s experience is that theaverage owner/operator needs somethingthat places more attention ondeveloping a tailored solution that suitsits operations as well as an implementationplan.When working on SEEMP, DNV looksat the intention behind the new regulation.A rubber-stamped document copyinga template will only serve the ‘ticket-totrade’mission and not deliver any actualimprovement in energy efficiency. A moreclosely defined SEEMP, on the other hand,will save costs as well as emissions, and withrelatively little effort will deliver an excellentbusiness case for the owner.For companies that want to develop aSEEMP themselves, DNV Maritime Advisoryhas developed a free SEEMP guidelineexplaining DNV’s experiences and adviceon current best practice. In addition, manyDNV advisory units worldwide are alreadyworking closely with a number of customersto provide help in developing shipspecificplans.Later, DNV will also verify that companieshave a SEEMP as a part of theMARPOL Annex 6, International EnergyEfficiency Certificate – and this verificationwill be carried out by DNV Class.SEEMP has put energy efficiency nearthe top of companies’ agendas and DNV’sextensive experience in this area suggeststhat this is a sound development for theindustry. The increased focus will producemonetary as well as environmental benefits,and DNV is happy to contribute tothis development. SEEMP (Ship Energy EfficiencyManagement Plan)At the IMO MEPC 62nd session in July 2011,amid mounting pressure from the industry andother authorities, the SEEMP was adopted andwill become mandatory for all vessels at their firstrenewal or intermediary survey after 1 January2013.• Under the proposed amendments to MARPOLAnnex 6, Regulation 22, all ships will haveto have an International Energy EfficiencyCertificate (IEEC)• The IEEC requires, amongst other things, thepresence of a SEEMP on boardVISITIMO Guidelinewww.dnv.com/SEEMPCONTACTSEEMP@dnv.comenvironmentandenergyefficiency@dnv.comsverre.alvik@dnv.comjonathan.abrahams@dnv.comTanker update NO. 2 2011 | 15
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