Mr. Mitropoulos reiterated his belief that "the time for apportioning blame as to who is responsible for the state of the planet has passed. Now it is time for action. Developed and developing countries, industrialized and emerging economies alike are left with no option other than to get together and, together, work out solutions that will serve well the good cause of reversing the route to planet destruction." Second intersessional meeting of IMO’s Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from ships, March 2009 The Intersessional Meeting made significant progress in the development of measures to enhance energy efficiency in international shipping, and thereby reduce GHG emissions. The Intersessional Meeting reported to MEPC 59 (July 2009). The Intersessional Meeting was attended by more than 200 experts from all over the world and concentrated on the technical and operational measures to reduce GHG from ships - two of the three pillars of IMO's GHG work. The third pillar, possible MBMs, was debated in depth at MEPC 59. The main focus was the further refinement of the EEDI for new ships, on the basis of experience gained through its trial application over the past six months. The EEDI is meant to stimulate innovation and technical development of all the elements influencing the energy efficiency of a ship, thus making it possible to design and build intrinsically energy efficient ships of the future. The group also considered how to improve the EEOI, which enables operators to measure the fuel efficiency of an existing ship and, therefore, to gage the effectiveness of any measures adopted to reduce energy consumption. The EEOI has been applied by Member States and the shipping industry, on a trial basis and since 2005, to hundreds of ships in operation; it provides a figure, expressed in grams of CO2 per tonne mile, for the efficiency of a specific ship, enabling comparison of its energy or fuel efficiency to similar ships. The experts at the meeting debated over a draft SEMP that had been developed by a coalition of industry organizations and agreed to forward it to MEPC 59 for further consideration. The draft SEMP incorporates guidance on best practices, which include improved voyage planning, speed and power optimization, optimized ship handling, and improved fleet management and cargo handling, as well as energy management for individual ships.
Mr. Mitropoulos reiterated his belief that "the time for apportioning blame as to who is responsible for the state of the planet has passed. Now it is time for action. Developed and developing countries, industrialized and emerging economies alike are left with no option other than to get together and, together, work out solutions that will serve well the good cause of reversing the route to planet destruction." Second intersessional meeting of IMO’s Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from ships, March 2009 The Intersessional Meeting made significant progress in the development of measures to enhance energy efficiency in international shipping, and thereby reduce GHG emissions. The Intersessional Meeting reported to MEPC 59 (July 2009). The Intersessional Meeting was attended by more than 200 experts from all over the world and concentrated on the technical and operational measures to reduce GHG from ships - two of the three pillars of IMO's GHG work. The third pillar, possible MBMs, was debated in depth at MEPC 59. The main focus was the further refinement of the EEDI for new ships, on the basis of experience gained through its trial application over the past six months. The EEDI is meant to stimulate innovation and technical development of all the elements influencing the energy efficiency of a ship, thus making it possible to design and build intrinsically energy efficient ships of the future. The group also considered how to improve the EEOI, which enables operators to measure the fuel efficiency of an existing ship and, therefore, to gage the effectiveness of any measures adopted to reduce energy consumption. The EEOI has been applied by Member States and the shipping industry, on a trial basis and since 2005, to hundreds of ships in operation; it provides a figure, expressed in grams of CO2 per tonne mile, for the efficiency of a specific ship, enabling comparison of its energy or fuel efficiency to similar ships. The experts at the meeting debated over a draft SEMP that had been developed by a coalition of industry organizations and agreed to forward it to MEPC 59 for further consideration. The draft SEMP incorporates guidance on best practices, which include improved voyage planning, speed and power optimization, optimized ship handling, and improved fleet management and cargo handling, as well as energy management for individual ships.