Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued the first of its new[ds_preview] voluntary SEEMP notations to the 1,500 passenger and 500 car cruise ferry »Cap Finistère«, operated by French Brittany Ferries. The additional notation, developed by BV, builds on the IMO SEEMP. It provides shipowners, charterers and regulators with a tool to optimise and also make visible the environmental performance im-provement of ships in terms of emissions of GHG, NOx and SOx, and will help owners to assess the potential impact of environmental investments. In this way, it will be possible to make a clearer estimate of the payback period for green investments such as trim and hull optimisation, new propeller systems, optimised maintenance pe-riods for hull and propeller cleanings, and general fuel consumption reduction measures. This notation demonstrates to authorities, port state control and other stakeholders that the development and implementation of the SEEMP complies with the requirements of the IMO guidelines. BV deploys sophisticated software tools to back the notation. Realistic goals for energy consumption reduction can be determined or planned using BV’s SEECAT energy transfer simula-tion model of the energy usage on board the ship.
