Postgraduate Diploma in Maritime Energy Management 2014

Key Topics

• Energy Efficiency and Ship Design
  • Frictional and viscous resistance reduction
  • Ship design and energy efficiency
  • Ship construction and shipboard equipment
  • Ship propulsion improvement designs - Pre-swirl, propeller and post-swirl
  • Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI)
  • Energy efficient ship design for life cycle considerations
  • Retrofitting
  • Energy efficiency and shipboard emissions
• Introduction to Energy Management and the International Response in Shipping
  • Energy sources and focus on fossil fuels
  • Important notions relating to energy
  • Energy type: a social choice
  • Energy security
  • Impacts of air emissions: local pollution to global climate change
  • Energy management principals, policies and their rationale
  • Shipping community response to air emissions control
  • The international response to air pollution (IPCC, UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol etc.)
  • Energy efficiency policy and the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  • Promotion of energy efficiency in shipping
  • MARPOL Annex VI
• Energy Management On-board Ship
  • Energy audit and review
  • Overview of ship-board activities
  • System planning for energy efficiency
  • Ship performance monitoring
  • Maintenance for energy efficiency
• Energy Efficient Ship Operations
  • Fleet optimisation
  • Ship management, legal aspects and energy efficiency
  • Slow steaming
  • Ship loading management
  • Trim optimisation
  • Weather routing and e-navigation
  • Ship ballast requirements
  • Ballast water management
  • Ship loading to ensure stability and safety
  • IMO guidelines on ballast water management
  • Port operation and green ports
  • Optimal ballast and best practice
• Alternative Fuels and Marine Renewable Energy
  • Alternative fuels
  • Motivation, MARPOL Annex VI Chapter 3, air pollutants
  • Renewable Energy

Who should Attend

• Middle to senior managers in shipping and related industries, including transport, maritime trade, offshore energy and logistics