A new energy management standard is being used by leading shipowners and operators.

To help address the twinned imperatives of environmental regulatory compliance and the need to reduce fuel consumption, Lloyd’s Register has shown owners how to adopt this new standard for shipping.

Using the expertise of its world leading business assurance arm, LRQA, Lloyd’s Register has developed a ‘marinised’ application of the international energy management standard ISO 50001. By adopting and using this standard a company is in a strong position to better manage and reduce its energy needs.

Greek tanker owners have been leading the way in taking up the new standard that provides an umbrella structure for managing the SEEMP requirements, which all ships need by 1 January 2013 and EEOI.

LRQA’s Marine Business Support Centre Manager, Stavros Meidanis, has led Lloyd’s Register’s work in providing this service to the industry. He outlines the benefits of embracing an energy management system: “You can reduce costs, a prerequisite for increasing energy prices, for the higher the energy/fuel consumption, the greater the risk that energy/fuel price increases could seriously affect profitability.

“Reducing carbon emissions, of course, and demonstrating those reductions is another important benefit,” he says.

For many tanker owners the standard will be a practical and direct means of meeting

stakeholder requirements such as OCIMF’s Energy Efficiency Guide and the anticipated introduction of TMSA III (tanker management and self assessment) requirements. Mr Meidanis adds: “These are practical commercial market requirements addressing what will become barriers to entry but, I believe, using the ISO 50001 energy management standard can drive performance and reduce costs.”

Breadth and depth of expertise in marine survey and auditing together with the domain experience and reach of LRQA is crucial to the effectiveness of Lloyd’s Register’s delivery of this ISO 50001 to the shipping industry.

Maran Tankers win Lloyd’s Register’s first ISO 50001 standardMaran Tankers Management (MTM), the oil tanker company of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group, brings a sharp focus to energy management.

On 23 December 2011 Lloyd’s Register certified the energy management system of MTM in accordance with ISO 50001: 2011.

“Certification to ISO 50001 was a milestone for our company,” MTM Managing Director Stavros Hatzigrigoris said: “Having in place an effective and efficient energy management system for the operation of our fleet brings real added benefits to the company and it allows us to be proactive in complying with upcoming regulations, customer requirements and society’s expectations.”

During an award ceremony in Athens in February this year, Ms Maria Angelicoussis said the ISO 50001 certification of Maran Tankers – the first energy management certification awarded by Lloyd’s Register to the merchant fleet – marks the start of a new era for the company. “The improvement of the energy efficiency of shipping operations is clearly going to be a key success factor assisting in minimising our environmental footprint, ensuring compliance with new regulations and gaining a competitive advantage in an increasingly complex and challenging business environment,” she said.

MTM believes that although shipping is the most energy efficient form of transport, improving energy efficiency is integral to the shipping industry’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and supports MARPOL compliance. Moreover, with sky-rocketing bunker prices and low freight rates, reducing fuel consumption is vital and, increasingly, customers are looking to their partners to demonstrate effective energy management – as doing so can provide a competitive advantage.

MTM has been always proactive in energy management related matters.

From implementing an ISO 14001 certified environmental management system, a specific environmental programme has been put in place since 2007 targeting the minimisation of CO2 emissions. Specific targets were set and action plans established, implemented and maintained, including the energy optimisation of operational practices as well as the incorporation in the design and construction of the newbuild vessels of energy saving equipment/devices. The first pre-swirl stator was installed by DSME on MTM’s VLCC Maran Capricorn.

In 2008, a specific policy on energy efficiency was adopted and, following an energy audit carried out onboard a fleet vessel, an Energy Efficiency Best Practice Manual was developed and disseminated to all the fleet vessels with the aim of providing standard procedures and practice on best energy management under the various operational modes of the vessel as well as raising awareness on energy efficiency/conservation. This manual was the forerunner of the SEEMP which was developed in 2011 taking into account the IMO SEEMP guidelines as well as the INTERTANKO Guide for Tanker Energy Efficiency Management Plan and the OCIMF Guide for Energy Efficiency and Fuel Management.

Profile of Maran Tankers Management Inc Maran Tankers Management Inc (MTM), with its strong oil tanker fleet, is one of the largest crude oil tanker management companies in the world. MTM was founded as a ship management company in 1992 and operates, from its head office in Greece, a modern fleet of 36 oil tankers with a 7.6 million total dwt.

An extensive newbuilding programme, which started in 1994, is still in progress and, for the time being, extends to 2014. The company is placing significant emphasis on the human element and has its own maritime training centre (equipped with bridge, engine and cargo simulators) providing advanced maritime training and continuous education programmes for its seagoing and shore staff.

Astro Carina, a member of the Maran Tankers Management fleet

LRQA expertise helps shipowners meet SEEMP deadlineA new energy management system, ISO 50001, will help owners meet the 1 January 2013 deadline for the IMO’s energy efficiency management plan

Greek owners ordered 30 LNG carriers in 2011 – more than 50% of the global total

(above) Maria Angelicoussis receives the IMO 50001 certificate from Lloyd’s Register’s CEO, Richard Sadler;(left) Sokratis Dimakopoulos, Maran Tankers Management’s HSQE Manager

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