Professor Ulla Tapaninen's blog
As a rule of thumb, it can be said that the greenhouse gas emissions of passenger-car ferries are about half of the emissions of flying. However, the figures vary significantly, depending on how the shipping company divides the emissions between passengers and cargo. When a ship carries both cargo and passengers at the same time, … Continue reading How to know passenger’s share of a ferry’s CO2 emissions? part II
The trading of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union now extends to shipping. In 2024, shipping companies must buy allowances for 40 percent of their emissions, and in 2027, already one hundred percent. What does it mean? For example, in Finland, it was calculated in 2022 that the costs of trading emission allowances will … Continue reading Emissions trading is changing shipping
It is often said that ‘the only green the maritime sector follows is the dollar’. The maritime green transition will become true when it is financially justifiable and increases the competitiveness of shipping companies. Environmental regulations In 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions of shipping by 50 … Continue reading Money Guides the Maritime Green Transition
The introduction of the island exception can endanger both the Åland shipping company operations and the future competitiveness of the entire Finnish maritime cluster. The history books tell an interesting story about Gustaf Adolf Mauritz Erikson (1872 – 1947), a ship owner from Åland Archipelargo. When the world's sea transport started using steamships in the … Continue reading Is the introduction of the island exception an advantage for shipping companies? What about the Finnish maritime cluster?
Saaripoikkeuksen käyttöönotto voi vaarantaa sekä ahvenanmaalaisen varustamotoiminnan että koko suomalaisen meriklusterin tulevaisuuden kilpailukyvyn. Historiankirjat kertovat mielenkiintoista tarinaa ahvenanmaalaisesta laivanvarustajasta Gustaf Adolf Mauritz Eriksonista (1872 – 1947). Kun maailman merikuljetukset siirtyivät höyrylaivoihin 1920- ja 1930-luvulla, Erikson jatkoi liikennöintiä purjelaivoilla toiseen maailmansotaan saakka. Hänellä oli purjelaivakauden loppuaikoina maailman suurin purjelaivasto, eli lähes 50 alusta kuljettamassa muun muassa vehnää Australiasta … Continue reading Onko saaripoikkeuksen käyttöönotto etu varustamoille? Entä suomalaiselle meriklusterille?
By 2050, shipping will change more than it has in decades due to stricter environmental regulations. But what are those regulations? Do we know what the cryptic abbreviations EEDI, EEXI, MRV, CII mean? And above all, which ships they concern, which of them is important and what pitfalls are there. Here is a very short … Continue reading A quick guide to maritime greenhouse gas emission regulations
Next winter will be difficult throughout Europe. The prices of fossil fuels, coal, gas and electricity have skyrocketed as a result of the war in Ukraine. On the other hand, the increase in the price of fossil energy accelerates the development and introduction of renewable forms of energy. Different alternative fuels are also constantly brought … Continue reading What is the fuel of the future shipping?
Ensi talvi tulee olemaan vaikea koko Euroopassa. Fossiilisten polttoaineiden, kivihiilen, kaasun ja sähkön hinnat ovat nousseet huimasti Ukrainan sodan seurauksena. Toisaalta fossiilisen energian hinnan nousu vauhdittaa uusiutuviin energiamuotojen kehitystä ja käyttöönottoa. Myös merenkulussa tuodaan jatkuvasti erilaisia vaihtoehtoisia polttoaineita testaukseen. Perinteisen raskaan polttoöljyn ja LNG:n hinnan nousun myötä vaihtoehtoisista polttoaineista on tullut yhä taloudellisesti kannattavampia – … Continue reading Mikä on merenkulun tulevaisuuden polttoaine?
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