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Interferry is launching an investigation into ferries in service with a view to approving new ship emission standards
Roos: The multifaceted nature of ferry services requires operational flexibility and there is no obvious technical solution to ensure compliance with the rules
November 24, 2020
Recalling that the assessment of energy performance ships will take place mainly with reference to the new energy efficiency existing ships index (eexi) tool interferry's director of regulatory affairs, Johan Roos, explained that "IMO regulations are generally based on on the conditions governing maritime transport in water deep, which are not always appropriate for the smallest short sea shipping segment. The main obligation to comply with EEXI - he pointed out - it is related to the limitation of power. Usually ships ocean power can limit installed power and reduce moderately the speed to meet the "performance of the required for a maritime transport sector. Instead - roos specified - the multifaceted nature of the services ferry for the transport of passengers and goods requires operational flexibility and there is no technical solution that ensures compliance with the rules.'
Interferry has announced that, before starting the investigation, the association carried out a sample check that involved 125 ro-ro vessels and 110 ro-pax vessels which found that many ferries currently in service may not be comply with EEXI, just as this tool is currently proposed, and not because these ships are inefficient, but because of the structure of the expected standards.
"From today to the 76th meeting of the MEPC of the next June - roos pointed out - will have to be carried out a lot of work to define the details of both the system and the possible necessary sectoral adjustments. For members of Interferry is of paramount importance to collect as many as much relevant fleet data as possible, to ensure that EEXI is implemented in a fair and reasonable manner.'
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Recalling that the assessment of energy performance ships will take place mainly with reference to the new energy efficiency existing ships index (eexi) tool interferry's director of regulatory affairs, Johan Roos, explained that "IMO regulations are generally based on on the conditions governing maritime transport in water deep, which are not always appropriate for the smallest short sea shipping segment. The main obligation to comply with EEXI - he pointed out - it is related to the limitation of power. Usually ships ocean power can limit installed power and reduce moderately the speed to meet the "performance of the required for a maritime transport sector. Instead - roos specified - the multifaceted nature of the services ferry for the transport of passengers and goods requires operational flexibility and there is no technical solution that ensures compliance with the rules.'
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
