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NITC AIMS TO CUT FUEL USE BY 28%
By David Hughes
Published: Mon, 16 November 2009
Iran-based tanker company NITC plans to cut energy use by 28% in response to calls to lower greenhouse gas emissions from vessels.
Speaking in Dubai at this week’s ME Ship Tech 2009 conference, Mohammad Souri, chairman and managing director of NITC, said that climate change was the greatest challenge facing the world today. He advocated promoting broad participation in voluntary measures. There was a vast potential for improvements in operational efficiency, fleet management, traffic control, cargo handling and energy efficiency.
Detailing how the 28% figures could be achieved he said that voluntary speed reduction would bring a 10% reduction; reduced hull roughness, 5%; reduced propeller roughness and propeller vortex loss recovery, each 3%; speed optimisation, 5%; main engine fine tuning, 2%.
The company intends to apply silicon antifouling to reduce hull resistance, consequent to reduction of fuel consumption (by 2.1%); modification of propeller edge and installation of Cap Fin propellers (new design by Wartsila), resulting in 6% saving in fuel consumption; installation of Cap Saver Fin on newbuild VLCCs, reducing fuel consumption by three tons per day.
In addition, Mr Souri explained, there would be underwater and hull inspection every four months and cleaning if needed; optimising fuel by maintaining the fuel and turbo charger system; and installation of the Marinox system on new vessels, to tune the engine further by looking at all aspects of the engine combustion system and to deliver greater fuel saving while remaining within the limits of the NOX technical code.
Mr Souri said that NITC had formed a strategic partnership with Carbon Limits, Oslo, an international climate change consultancy and developer. Together they would analyse approaches and methods by which the Iranian and international shipping industry, proactively, effectively and without market distortion, could contribute to climate mitigation efforts.
NITC currently has 42 oceangoing crude oil tankers in operation totalling over 10m dwt, including 28 VLCCs, nine suezmax and five aframax. In addition it has 22 crude oil tankers due for delivery between 2010 and 2013, including three caspimax tankers.