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12 REGULATIONS both environmental and business benefits. On single ships this can potentially slash the need for allowances, while across fleets it could be transformational. Such systems should also cover your reporting needs. This delivers efficiencies in terms of automating tasks, and reducing human error, while ensuring that the data delivers an accurate picture of performance to regulators. With this in mind, validation is key. Here at NAVTOR we’d recommend a dual validation process, with your specialist software of choice backed up by human validation from subject matter experts. It pays to be thorough when any deviations from compliance come at such a cost. How can you minimize risk and financial exposure? When you have optimal foundations in place you can look at building the best strategy for your business. Establishing an overview of your forecasted allowances for the year ahead will allow you to understand your potential exposure, from which – perhaps in consultation with experts – you can define a sourcing strategy that allows you to optimise costs (buying and selling at the right time, across the right channels). Alternative fuels are also a key consideration, with the cost of allowances potentially making biofuels, which on the face of it are more expensive, much better value for money (due to lower carbon factors). And remember, your monitoring and management solution will allow you to regularly update your emissions profile, potentially helping you reduce your need for allowances. Finally, it makes sound financial sense for owners to maximise the time their vessels spend under time charter, allowing them to pass the cost of allowances on to the charterer. On that note… How can owners redeem allowance costs from charterers? It’s not vessel ownership that matters when it comes to paying for allowances, but rather which party provides and pays for fuel. Owners therefore need to ensure they deliver reliable, validated vessel emissions data to charterers in a timely manner (BIMCO proposes a clause whereby owners provide this within the first seven days of each month, covering the previous month’s allowance requirement). But, to do that, we come back to the need to have a robust, reliable, real-time monitoring and management system. This will create true transparency, and therefore trust, with regards to ongoing emissions data, monitoring progress (issuing statements under voyages and time charters) and ensuring allowances are transferred in accordance with requirements. There should be no room for argument with a system that, although complex at first glance, is based on pure, hard data. That is, of course, as long as you have high quality data in the first place! Smooth sailing into 2024, and beyond Although the introduction of regulations that potentially incur significant costs may not be universally applauded by the industry, it really does pay to see the bigger picture here. The most important factor, naturally, is that we need to take action to reduce emissions and mitigate climate change. In this respect, any tool that incentivises businesses to do so is a step in the right direction. However, we shouldn’t lose sight of the commercial opportunity here too. With careful monitoring, management and informed decision-making compliance can come with a benefit rather than at a cost – paving the way for reduced fuel expenditure, more efficient energy use, and a strong business, rather than purely environmental, case to transition to more sustainable practices. Time will tell how effective the EU ETS proves to be. But with the right, informed strategy in place, it needn’t be something to be feared, but rather welcomed… by shipping industry stakeholders, as well as the rest of society. • Dedicated stand-alone unit is ready to measure right out of the box • Fast measurement speed—ideal for moving lines and swinging parts • Scan Mode continuously takes measurements—ideal for analyzing large areas Powder Checker Non-contact Uncured Powder Thickness Gauge Affordably measures uncured powder coatings using non-contact ultrasonic technology to predict a cured thickness • Storage of 999 readings with onscreen averaging. Stored readings can be downloaded to PosiSoft Desktop Software Powder Inspection Kits Complete solutions for measuring powder coating before and after cure are available £1950.00 Finishing - November/December 2023 16A Long Drive, Meadway, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 2PN t: 01442 879494 • www.dftinstruments.co.uk • e: sales@dftinstruments.co.uk
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