Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector
The application of newly available technologies in the green maritime sector is difficult due to conflicting requirements and the inter-relation of different ecological, technological and economical parameters. The governments incentivize radical reductions in harmful emissions as an overall priorit...
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| author | Tino Vidović Jakov Šimunović Gojmir Radica Željko Penga |
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| description | The application of newly available technologies in the green maritime sector is difficult due to conflicting requirements and the inter-relation of different ecological, technological and economical parameters. The governments incentivize radical reductions in harmful emissions as an overall priority. If the politics do not change, the continuous implementation of stricter government regulations for reducing emissions will eventually result in the mandatory use of, what we currently consider, alternative fuels. Immediate application of radically different strategies would significantly increase the economic costs of maritime transport, thus jeopardizing its greatest benefit: the transport of massive quantities of freight at the lowest cost. Increased maritime transport costs would immediately disrupt the global economy, as seen recently during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the industry has shifted towards a gradual decrease in emissions through the implementation of “better” transitional solutions until alternative fuels eventually become low-cost fuels. Since this topic is very broad and interdisciplinary, our systematic overview gives insight into the state-of-the-art available technologies in green maritime transport with a focus on the following subjects: (i) alternative fuels; (ii) hybrid propulsion systems and hydrogen technologies; (iii) the benefits of digitalization in the maritime sector aimed at increasing vessel efficiency; (iv) hull drag reduction technologies; and (v) carbon capture technologies. This paper outlines the challenges, advantages and disadvantages of their implementation. The results of this analysis elucidate the current technologies’ readiness levels and their expected development over the coming years. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09da2580455d460cb0c3eb77bad9527f2023-11-30T22:01:56ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-01-0116264110.3390/en16020641Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime SectorTino Vidović0Jakov Šimunović1Gojmir Radica2Željko Penga3Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, 21000 Split, CroatiaThe application of newly available technologies in the green maritime sector is difficult due to conflicting requirements and the inter-relation of different ecological, technological and economical parameters. The governments incentivize radical reductions in harmful emissions as an overall priority. If the politics do not change, the continuous implementation of stricter government regulations for reducing emissions will eventually result in the mandatory use of, what we currently consider, alternative fuels. Immediate application of radically different strategies would significantly increase the economic costs of maritime transport, thus jeopardizing its greatest benefit: the transport of massive quantities of freight at the lowest cost. Increased maritime transport costs would immediately disrupt the global economy, as seen recently during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the industry has shifted towards a gradual decrease in emissions through the implementation of “better” transitional solutions until alternative fuels eventually become low-cost fuels. Since this topic is very broad and interdisciplinary, our systematic overview gives insight into the state-of-the-art available technologies in green maritime transport with a focus on the following subjects: (i) alternative fuels; (ii) hybrid propulsion systems and hydrogen technologies; (iii) the benefits of digitalization in the maritime sector aimed at increasing vessel efficiency; (iv) hull drag reduction technologies; and (v) carbon capture technologies. This paper outlines the challenges, advantages and disadvantages of their implementation. The results of this analysis elucidate the current technologies’ readiness levels and their expected development over the coming years.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/2/641maritime sectorreducing emissionsdigitalizationhybrid propulsion systemshydrogen technologies |
| spellingShingle | Tino Vidović Jakov Šimunović Gojmir Radica Željko Penga Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector Energies maritime sector reducing emissions digitalization hybrid propulsion systems hydrogen technologies |
| title | Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector |
| title_full | Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector |
| title_fullStr | Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector |
| title_short | Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector |
| title_sort | systematic overview of newly available technologies in the green maritime sector |
| topic | maritime sector reducing emissions digitalization hybrid propulsion systems hydrogen technologies |
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