Highlights The Green Flag Program about decrease in vessel speed to 12 knots 20nm away from the port could reduce emissions. CO2 and SO2 emissions per ton nautical mile for large vessels are less than those for small vessels. The container vessels benefited from both reducing speed and fuel transfer, while bulk carriers only did so from the former.
Abstract This research applied the Green Flag Program to assess the benefits of reducing speed and fuel transfer for large merchant vessels (bulk and container) entering Kaohsiung Port. This study adopts an activity-based model to calculate fuel consumption and emissions, as well as setting up two scenarios, (1) decrease vessel speed to 12 knots 20nm away from port; and (2) decrease vessel speed to 12 knots and transfer fuel 20nm away from port, which based on the Green Flag Program in Long Beach, in the U.S. The findings are (1) In scenario one, the container and bulk vessels saw reductions in CO2 emissions of about 41% and 14%, respectively. In scenario two, container and bulk vessels had reductions of about 48% and 43% in SO2 emissions, respectively. (2) Large vessels are more environmentally friendly than small vessels. (3) Using the CATCH model to assess the effectiveness of the two scenarios, it was found that container vessels benefited from both reducing speed and fuel transfer, while bulk carriers only did so from the former.
Reducing speed and fuel transfer of the Green Flag Incentive Program in Kaohsiung Port Taiwan
2016-01-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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