A new energy management system, ISO 50001, will help owners meet the 1 January 2013 deadline for the IMO’s energy efficiency management plan

1. Horizons May 2012 Greece – a nation of mariners
A new energy management standard stakeholder requirements such as OCIMF’s MTM has been always proactive in energy
is being used by leading shipowners Energy Efficiency Guide and the anticipated management related matters.
LRQA expertise helps
and operators. introduction of TMSA III (tanker management
and self assessment) requirements. From implementing an ISO 14001 certified
To help address the twinned imperatives of Mr Meidanis adds: “These are practical environmental management system, a
environmental regulatory compliance and commercial market requirements addressing specific environmental programme has been
shipowners meet
the need to reduce fuel consumption, Lloyd’s what will become barriers to entry but, I put in place since 2007 targeting the
Register has shown owners how to adopt this believe, using the ISO 50001 energy minimisation of CO2 emissions. Specific
new standard for shipping. management standard can drive targets were set and action plans established,
performance and reduce costs.” implemented and maintained, including the
Using the expertise of its world leading energy optimisation of operational practices
SEEMP deadline
business assurance arm, LRQA, Lloyd’s Breadth and depth of expertise in marine as well as the incorporation in the design and
Register has developed a ‘marinised’ survey and auditing together with the construction of the newbuild vessels of
application of the international energy domain experience and reach of LRQA is energy saving equipment/devices. The first
management standard ISO 50001. By crucial to the effectiveness of Lloyd’s pre-swirl stator was installed by DSME on
adopting and using this standard a Register’s delivery of this ISO 50001 to MTM’s VLCC Maran Capricorn.
company is in a strong position to better the shipping industry.
manage and reduce its energy needs. Greek owners ordered
A new energy management system, Maran Tankers win Lloyd’s Register’s
30 LNG carriers in 2011 –
Greek tanker owners have been leading the first ISO 50001 standard
ISO 50001, will help owners meet the way in taking up the new standard that Maran Tankers Management (MTM), the more than 50% of the
1 January 2013 deadline for the IMO’s provides an umbrella structure for managing oil tanker company of the Angelicoussis
global total
the SEEMP requirements, which all ships Shipping Group, brings a sharp focus to
energy efficiency management plan need by 1 January 2013 and EEOI. energy management. In 2008, a specific policy on energy efficiency
was adopted and, following an energy audit
LRQA’s Marine Business Support Centre On 23 December 2011 Lloyd’s Register carried out onboard a fleet vessel, an Energy
Manager, Stavros Meidanis, has led Lloyd’s certified the energy management system Efficiency Best Practice Manual was developed
Register’s work in providing this service to the of MTM in accordance with ISO 50001: 2011. and disseminated to all the fleet vessels with
industry. He outlines the benefits of the aim of providing standard procedures and
embracing an energy management system: “Certification to ISO 50001 was a practice on best energy management under
“You can reduce costs, a prerequisite for milestone for our company,” MTM the various operational modes of the vessel as
increasing energy prices, for the higher the Managing Director Stavros Hatzigrigoris well as raising awareness on energy efficiency/
energy/fuel consumption, the greater the risk said: “Having in place an effective and conservation. This manual was the forerunner
that energy/fuel price increases could efficient energy management system for of the SEEMP which was developed in 2011
seriously affect profitability. the operation of our fleet brings real added taking into account the IMO SEEMP
benefits to the company and it allows us to guidelines as well as the INTERTANKO Guide
“Reducing carbon emissions, of course, and be proactive in complying with upcoming for Tanker Energy Efficiency Management
demonstrating those reductions is another regulations, customer requirements and Plan and the OCIMF Guide for Energy
important benefit,” he says. society’s expectations.” Efficiency and Fuel Management.
For many tanker owners the standard will be During an award ceremony in Athens in
a practical and direct means of meeting February this year, Ms Maria Angelicoussis Profile of Maran Tankers
said the ISO 50001 certification of Maran Management Inc
Tankers – the first energy management Maran Tankers Management Inc
certification awarded by Lloyd’s Register to (MTM), with its strong oil tanker fleet,
the merchant fleet – marks the start of a new is one of the largest crude oil tanker
era for the company. “The improvement of management companies in the world.
the energy efficiency of shipping operations MTM was founded as a ship
is clearly going to be a key success factor management company in 1992 and
assisting in minimising our environmental operates, from its head office in
footprint, ensuring compliance with new Greece, a modern fleet of 36 oil
regulations and gaining a competitive tankers with a 7.6 million total dwt.
advantage in an increasingly complex and
challenging business environment,” she said. An extensive newbuilding programme,
which started in 1994, is still in progress
MTM believes that although shipping is the and, for the time being, extends to
most energy efficient form of transport, 2014. The company is placing
improving energy efficiency is integral to the significant emphasis on the human
(above) Maria shipping industry’s efforts to reduce element and has its own maritime
Angelicoussis receives greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and training centre (equipped with bridge,
the IMO 50001 supports MARPOL compliance. Moreover, engine and cargo simulators) providing
certificate from with sky-rocketing bunker prices and low advanced maritime training and
Lloyd’s Register’s freight rates, reducing fuel consumption is continuous education programmes
CEO, Richard Sadler; vital and, increasingly, customers are looking for its seagoing and shore staff.
(left) Sokratis to their partners to demonstrate effective
Dimakopoulos, Maran energy management – as doing so can
Tankers Management’s provide a competitive advantage.
Astro Carina, a member of the Maran Tankers Management fleet HSQE Manager
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