Monitoring key to decarbonisation

Industries like harbour towage and offshore wind support – currently under fire for lacklustre environmental performance – are diverting pressure to their suppliers to curb emissions output, but without compromising on the quality of service they expect.

Meanwhile legislative requirements continue to close in, with national and international regulators exploring means and metrics to enforce carbon reduction measures upon the maritime space, as well as developing testing and commercialisation pathways for emerging fuels and propulsion technologies.

“Opportunities to implement data strategies and develop critical track records of performance abound across the maritime sector in 2022, with advantages to offer for those operators which seize the moment,” said Chris.

“Industries which require broad operational capacity from their vessels – ranging from transferring cargo and personnel between ports and loitering in harbour, to towing other vessels and pushing on turbines – provide fertile ground for understanding and tracking fuel consumption and emissions across the scope of vessel activities, informing the more efficient operation of vessels and fleets to cut costs and carbon outputs.”