ICS reviews carbon reduction progress

Among the concerns discussed included refinements to the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), adopted by IMO in July 2011 which will apply to new ships in 2013.

ICS has expressed a complete opposition to the application of the EEDI to existing ships.

Peter Hinchliffe, secretary general at ICS, said to The MotorShip: “The IMO EEDI is intended for application at the design stage of a new ship and for verification of that ship at sea trials.”

ICS believes that it is not possible for existing ships to be measured in this way as they were not designed with this approach in mind.

Hinchliffe added: “Secondly there are a number of ‘commercial’ indices in use that attempt to apply some form of measure to existing ships but the data is not open to verification and seeks to draw comparisons across very different ship types.“

ICS is focusing on creating a better understanding of the significant enhancements in efficiency that the IMO EEDI and the Ship Energy Management System offer in an industry that is already the most efficient transport system available for the carriage of world trade.