Green Shipping

Rajesh Menon
Maritime Expert
 What is Green Shipping

Transportation of People and Cargo using minimum resources and

energy and protect the environment

• Reduction in GHG emission

• Support sustainability
• Development of non emission
technologies
• Fostering Carbon Neutrality (carbon
sequestration.)
• Developing a circular economy
• Use of Non Fossil fuels
The roughly 90,000 cargo ships navigating the world’s oceans burn 370 million tonnes
• Developing Zero emission shipping of fuel each year – and produce 20 million tons of sulphur oxide.
routes(green corridor)
  Country’s maritime sector pays a crucial role in the overall trade and growth
with 95% share in trade volume and 65% share in trade value.
 India has pledged under recent Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
(INDC) to reduce the emissions intensity per by 45% below 2005 level by
2030. (Emission intensity is defined as the total amount of greenhouse gas
emissions emitted for every unit of GDP. )
 235 Shipping companies and 27 shipyards in India over 200 + ports in a 7500
Km coastline
Why Green  Based on 2030 SDG (2015) of UN , IMO has developed a number of
important regulations relevant to shipping where India is a signatory
Shipping  London Convention and Protocol on the prevention of marine pollution by
dumping of wastes at sea
 Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention,
 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
(MARPOL). MARPOL).
 Green Shipping commitments

Instrument Status
International Convention on the establishment of an International Fund for compensation
Ratified
of Oil Pollution Damage 1971 (FUND 1971)
Protocol to the International Convention on the establishment of an International Fund
Ratified
for compensation for oil pollution damage 1971(FUND PROT 1976)
The protocol relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of pollution from
Ratified
Ships, 1973 as amended (MARPOL(Amended)73/78)
Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969
Ratified
(CLC PROT 1976)
Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the establishment of an
Ratified
International Fund for the compensation of Oil Pollution Damage 1971(FUND PROT 1992)
International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in cases of Oil Pollution
Under consideration
Casualties 1969 (Intervention 1969)
Ballast Water Management Convention 2004 Under consideration
Action will be initiated after examining the
Protocol relating to Intervention on High Seas in cases of pollution by substances other
issues involved therein including financial
than oil 1973 4
implications to ratify this protocol
 IMO’s mandatory measures
Mandatory measures under MEPC Compliance by India
Compliance with Global Sulphur cap of less than 0.5% Notified by DGST to parties
Carbon intensity of Ships to decline through efficiency
design index (EEDI)
Ships above 400 GRT to have Ship Energy Efficiency
Management Plan (SEEMP) Notified by DGS to parties (entering into force
Ships to calculate Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index
November 2022)
(EEXI) from November 2022 onwards
Ships above 5000 GRT to calculate annual operational
Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) w.e.f. CY 2023

*Marine Environment Protection Committee of IMO

 The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and
Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (the Hong Kong
Convention), was adopted at a diplomatic conference held in Hong
Kong, China, from 11 to 15 May 2009, which was attended by
delegates from 63 countries.

The development
of the Hong Kong The Hong Kong Convention intends to address all the issues around
ship recycling, including the fact that ships sold for scrapping may
Convention contain environmentally hazardous substances such as asbestos,
heavy metals, hydrocarbons, ozone-depleting substances and
others. It also addresses concerns raised about the working and
environmental conditions at many of the world's ship recycling
locations.

Works out a Recycling Plan , Hazardous material listing and

guidelines for dismantling
Green
Shipping
Impact area
 Key Targets
• Increase the share of renewable energy
by 60 % by 2030 from less than 10 %
• Complete electrification of Port
operation
• Carbon dioxide emission per ton of
Cargo to be measured and reduced
• 20 -30 % of port area under green
coverage
• Quantify and reduce fresh water usage
per ton of cargo
• Solid Waste Management –Target 50 %
reduction by 2030
• Shift to Electric and Green Hydrogen
usage for power
 IMO’s roadmap for Green shipping

2018 2020 2023 2030 2050

Set IMO GHG Low Sulphur fuel Short-term Mid-term Long-term annual
strategy mandate decarbonization decarbonization GHG reduction
deadline deadline deadline

Reduce Sulphur Requires a 50% reduction in

Sets a series of Requires finalized short- Mandates an average 40%
content in ship fuel total annual GHG emissions by
GHG emissions term measures to reduction in CO2 emissions
oil to 0.5% from 2050 and encourages efforts to
reduction reduce CO2 emissions by per transport work by 2030
3.5%, effective Jan phase out GHG emissions
milestones till 2050 2030 compared with 2008 levels
1, 2020 completely

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 Regulatory Framework Augmentation
Developing a Green Shipping Policy

Rules Actionability
Water Act 1974 Standards on Management of effluent water
Air Act 1981 Standard on Management of effluent air
Hazardous and Solid Waste rules Standards on disposal of waste
Petroleum and Explosive
Standards For POL products

Current Quality Standards practiced in ports

ISO 14001 Criteria for Environment mgt
ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety mgt
ILO codes Safety and health at Ports
IMO Codes for Cargo Ships Waste management
Marpol 74.75 convention codes Sea Water Pollution conventions
 Initiatives for reducing the marine pollution
Source of Pollution Initiatives

Sewage from Port • Initiatives for reduction in sewage usage

operations

Bilge and ballast

water from the • guidelines on ballast water management
vessels

Oil spills • Preventive measures to prevent spillage

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 What is a Green Port
A port that invests and encourages in environment friendly and sustainable operations in all formats of the ports and
maritime industry

Shore Powered Low/ zero-emission fuels & Digitized Port Intelligent control
operations standards Operations devices

Allows docking vessels

Electrified/ renewable Includes energy saving Remote monitoring
to ‘plug-in’ to power units
energy-based yard initiatives such as systems to help ports in
berthed within the port
equipment & vessels intelligent gate systems, monitoring their carbon
complex – reducing the
such as smart lighting, app- footprints and how to
need to draw power
Green/ blue hydrogen, based parking etc. reduce power
from generators,
Liquefied Natural Gas, resulting in energy consumption of all port
reducing fuel
methanol, bio-fuels etc. savings stakeholders
consumption
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 Green Port Best Practices
Port of Singapore
• Electrification of port equipment
• Adoption of hydrogen & LNG as
transport fuel
Initiatives for
• Switch to low carbon or zero
reducing
carbon energy sources
Emissions
• formulate new bunkering
standards
• More Singapore flagged low-
carbon or zero-carbon ships
Other Initiatives • Enable a culture of carbon
accounting and reporting
Most of the global ports are following a blend of top-down and bottoms-up approach to shift towards a green and
sustainable port, as the project requirement varies across ports
Port of Rotterdam
• Target of reducing CO2 emissions
by 49% by 2030 and 90% by 2050
from existing level
• Switch to renewable energy
• Adoption of alternative power for
providing shore power
• Created index based on NOx, SOx
emission from the ships. Incentives
to be provided to the cleanest
ships
Port of Antwerp
• Aiming to be climate-neutral by
2050
• Multiple initiatives towards
renewable energy have already
been undertaken i.e. solar, wind,
biomass, methanol
• Adoption of hydrogen & LNG as
transport fuel
• In 2019, the ‘Zero Pellet Loss’
platform launched an action plan
for preventing the loss of plastic
pellets, during production,
transport, storage or processing.
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 Clean fuel/ Reduce air
emission

Renewable energy

Recycling Implementation of green

initiatives across 5 key areas for
green shipping

Green belt

Green initiatives across 5 key

areas have been identified to
conserve environment
Marine
pollution
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 Towards a green policy in shipping
• Transition towards renewable source of energy **
• Switch to energy efficient equipment (LED) and transport
• Electrification of port equipment (berth cranes, terminal equipment,
transport)
Reduce Carbon Emissions

• Dust suppression system with capability

• Online Port Management System
• MIS for monitoring
• Digital Asset Management Solution
• Predictive maintenance
• Training
Mitigate Air/Water/ Soil
Productivity improvement Pollution
to recycle spraying water
• Spill proof conveyor for Dry Cargo
• Sensor Installation
• 100% replacement of HFO with Marine
gas oil
• Afforestation

• Water Management Plan
• Rainwater harvesting system
• Reuse dredged material
Indicative Interventions
• Waste recycle and waste management
• Zero waste to landfill
• Zero Incineration
Resource Management • Zero unauthorised disposal
Reduce and Recycle Waste
• Zero Effluent Discharge
• Sewage Treatment plant

Preserve Bio diversity

• Zero marine diversity
• Oil Spill Response facilities
• Oily waste reception facilities
Date
** Policy interventions will include measures, such as
incentives/ penalties, carbon fund, concessional land
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India’s Green Initiatives National Centre of Excellence in Green Port and
Shipping (NCoEGPS) – Policy Think Tank

National Green Hydrogen Mission : 5 Million Metric

Tone of Green Hydrogen per annum by 2030

Energy Policy Review 2020: increase use of clean

energy

Recycling of Ships Act 2019

 Way Ahead & Opportunities

01 02 03 04 05
Green Shipping Urban planning Ecopreneurship Green Skilling for
technologies & Regulations Green Jobs
Transportation
design
MS Medstraum,
the world’s first
fully electric and
zero-emission
fast ferry, was
named at a
ceremony in
Stavanger,
Norway, on 22
September 2022.
 Thank you

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