Prospect and Technology of Greenshipping---A Research in Ballast Water Management and Emission Reduction

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Project title

Code/計畫編號

NSC98-2221-E019-002-MY3

Translated Name/計畫中文名

綠色海運前景及技術探討---大氣排放減量及壓艙水控管

Project Coordinator/計畫主持人

Jian Hua

Funding Organization/主管機關

National Science and Technology Council

Department/Unit

Department of Marine Engineering

Website

https://www.grb.gov.tw/search/planDetail?id=1878616

Year

2009

Start date/計畫起

01-08-2009

Expected Completion/計畫迄

31-07-2010

Bugetid/研究經費

387千元

ResearchField/研究領域

環境科學
交通運輸

"隨著全球環境優先的趨勢，針對船舶與港口的各層次環境立法，預計在未來十年將持續升溫。屢創新高的海運燃油價格，迫使海運界較以往更正視船舶耗燃。同時，海運CO2 排放，亦居國際海事首要議題。可預期，與海運間關係密切的台灣，勢將因國際間日趨多元、細膩且嚴格的環境規範，受到重大影響。以傳統思維面對當今能源與環保議題，往往不堪其擾。但也由於其間相互牽連的特性，往往積極解決一項問題之後，其他問題也可跟著迎刃而解。"
"There has been increasing international concern in recent years about emissions from marine shipping. With a continuing growth of demand for shipping services, the emissions from shipping will increase. Meanwhile, recent developments in the global fuel markets imposed the need of increased fuel economy and cost effectiveness of sea-going vessels. Operational measures identified as most promising for emission control. The increased remediation costs due to the ever tightened regulations targeting traditional fuels has also prompt many shipping companies to search for more environment-friendly forms of energy source. The transport of ballast water in ships is widely considered one of the most widespread mechanisms through which non-indigenous aquatic species introductions occur. Recently, the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water & Sediments was adopted by consensus at a Diplomatic Conference at IMO. In essence, the convention sought to prevent, minimize and ultimately eliminate the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens by controlling and managing the ballast water of ships. This study is divided into three stages. Stage 1 (year-1) of the research is to develop background information and an overview of green-shipping issues. In this stage, we will consider implementation of the Ballast Water Convention by presenting a decision support model that allows regulators to explore tradeoffs between costs and benefits of new technologies and derive optimal reductions of ballast-water-borne biological pollutants. In addition, we will determine emissions from shipping in Taiwan waters by internationally recognised methods. Following that, we will identify available options including initiatives for new ship designs and limited potential for reduction of emissions from shipping.We will consider voluntary agreements, emission standards and credit trading in economic evaluations as feasible market mechanisms to curb GHG emissions in Taiwan. Stage 2 (year-2) study will searches for all possible means of reducing fuel consumption and fossil fuel dependence on board merchant ships, with an analysis of the effects of such changes on the ship owner’s costs. In the Stage 3 (year-3) study, we will Optimize the ship’s total energy system, as a whole, to meet the demand of the marine industry sector in order to address the significant increase of installation and operational costs. It is to focus on the synthesis, design and operation optimization of a marine energy system."

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