Dimitrios Kaklis, Takis J Varelas, Iraklis Varlamis, Pavlos Eirinakis, George Giannakopoulos, Constantine V Spyropoulos

Abstract:
The maritime sector is required to adhere to the IMO 2020 – mandated reduction of emissions. This reduction can be conducted by either using a compliant fuel with lower sulfur content, an alternative fuel (e.g. LNG, methanol), or clean its exhaust gasses with a “scrubber” technology to reduce the output of CO2 , NOx and SOx emissions. The objective of this paper is to present a holistic approach to continuously monitor and estimate the emissions of a vessel as well as to assess and improve the efficiency of scrubbers. Furthermore the deployment of a cutting-edge, integrated framework, incorporating the latest technological advances, that can of er the ability to capture, process and analyze vessels’ operational data in order to improve efficiency, sustainability, and rule compliance is presented.