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18 WMU J. Maritime Aff. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/wnujlmti18 and id is 1 raw text is: WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (2019) 18:1-24 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13437-019-00165-z ARTICLE Exploring the new policy framework of environmental performance management for shipping: a pilot study Abu Hasan Rony1 • Momoko Kitada' • Dimitrios Dalaklis' • Aykut I. Oleer'• Fabio Ballini' Received: 3 September 2018/Accepted: 7 February 2019 /Published online: 6 March 2019 © World Maritime University 2019 Abstract Changes in weather patterns are now recorded more and more frequently in various locations of the Earth. Collective action is needed to deal with the challenges of climate change; the maritime industry must contribute its fair share to those activities, aiming to mitigate a risk that can threaten humanity's own existence. On the positive side, both the European Union (EU) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have clear ambitions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships that are linked to climate change, and two similar albeit separate regimes have been introduced. EU's monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) regulation of CO2 emissions has already been influencing shipping activities, since the related data collection has started on the 1st of January 2018. The second initiative is the IMO's data collection system (DCS), which revolves primarily around fuel consumption; the necessary data collection started on the 1st of January 2019. To support an effective environmental performance management framework for the maritime industry, it is necessary to create a robust database that describes all aspects of energy efficient ship operations, with an emphasis on the inventory of CO2 emitted from ships. The analysis at hand examines the challenges in the relevant data collection scheme, with a particular focus on MRV, considering that the specific regulation is already operationalized. An online survey was conducted among maritime professionals in Singapore and Bangladesh to examine the gap between current energy-related regulations/policies and standing operational practices. The findings address the issues relating to shipping operations and certain compliance, institutional and management matters. They also identify the industry's preparedness for this new policy framework of environmental performance manage- ment as well as the impact on existing energy efficiency practices. A very important E Momoko Kitada mk@wmu.se Marine Technology and Maritime Energy Management Research Group (MarEner), World Maritime University, Fiskehamnsgatan 1, SE-211 18 Malm6, Sweden Springer