Carbon emission cuts are coming to shipping. The autumn issue of TW+, the magazine from TradeWinds, examines how ready the industry is for the International Maritime Organization’s rules to rate ships with an Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) from next year and follow on with annual Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) grades.

TW+ investigates how the rules will work and how they will change dynamics between shipowners and charterers, who will police them and what effect they will have on every shipping sector.

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Flip through the pages of the full edition of our magazine as TradeWinds reporters explore the ramification of upcoming IMO rules on carbon.

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How to digest the IMO’s alphabet soup of rules

Shipping analysts, struggling to cut through the CII fog, are critical of short-term impacts, but ultimately expect owners, charterers and regulators to adjust.

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How EEXI and CII work (not forgetting SEEMP)

The IMO’s first global regulations to cut carbon emissions from shipping may look like alphabet spaghetti, but TW+ has plotted a way through the tangles.

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Rules not fit for purpose won’t get the job done

Untangling the essential ingredients of EEXI, CII and SEEMP takes some doing. TW+ editor Paul Berrill attempts a human spin.

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Vassilios Dimoulas says some owners are already looking beyond CII. Photo: Bureau Veritas

Class takes lead on setting ship energy plans

Classification societies are administering the shift to a low-carbon future by assessing owners’ Ship Energy Efficiency Management (SEEMP) plans.

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Climate experts tell IMO here’s where you are going wrong

Scientists and policy advisors believe big tweaks are needed to toughen up shipping’s ‘weak’ carbon intensity emissions efforts.

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The market is expected to become the ultimate enforcer

A lack of enforcement measures has put the onus on charterers to marginalise low-efficiency ships and drive them out of the market.

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Rachel Hoyland. Photo: Hill Dickinson

Tug of Law: CII cuts through the heart of contracts

Will the new carbon intensity ratings create legal tussles over the way shipping operates?

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Leap in the dark: tanker owners braced for upheaval

Russian trades, a dearth of newbuildings and rise of the dark fleet will bring new uncertainties as rules take effect.

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Slow steam ahead for older LNG carriers

Changes to the IMO’s draft carbon regulations can give LNG steamships a new lease of life, albeit at reduced speed.

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The cruise sector wants port times for cruise ships that spend more than 20% of their time in port excluded from CII. Photo: Alan Cookson/NCL

Cruise seeks cut to intensity to prevent perverse incentives

IMO has rejected ‘port time correction factor’ that would exclude destination visiting times that will otherwise damage ratings.

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Pandora’s boxes: Lines fear what they’ll find when they unpack

What gives a container ship a good carbon rating may be out of operators’ hands due to the idiosyncrasies of container shipping.

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Bumpy road lies ahead for bulkers

Older, more inefficient vessels will be most affected by the new rules, but there will be knock-on effects for the whole dry bulk fleet.

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‘We’re all getting smarter,’ says Macquarie veteran Morten Arntzen. Photo: Marine Money

Lenders go ‘bank to the future’ on efficiency standards

Financiers have been busy modelling portfolios as in the good old days, but jury is out on whether they will be the enforcers of the new-age standards.

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Don’t expect carbon rules to create a wave on the beaches

Owners are likely to opt for slow steaming for as long as they can, rather than sending less efficient ships for recycling.

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CII isn’t perfect but it’s better than nothing

Energy efficiency efforts will be repaid and owners that monitor performance will have a commercial advantage, says advisor.

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Data can be used to evaluate the types of hard equipment or operational changes needed to cut emissions. Photo: DNV

Machine earning: how digital monitoring can make a difference

Owners and managers are turning to data collection to get a read on compliance and optimise ships.

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Meet the EEXI experts: ship managers are gearing up

Teams being set up by managers can help owners deal with the complexities of new regulations.

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Just in time arrivals: an idea whose time has come

The tactic helps reduce fuel consumption, cut emissions and meet its CII obligations says shipowning giant BW LPG

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The TW+ quiz

Gary Dixon’s quiz gets intense as it goes into battle against carbon. What rating will your answers get?

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