Gearbulk ESG Report 2023 - Report - Page 16
GEARBULK
CLIMATE CHANGE
DECARBONISATION
EFFORTS
Throughout 2023 Gearbulk enhanced its e昀昀orts to decarbonise
our 昀氀eet and allocated key resources to explore and research
initiatives to bolster our decarbonisation path. These areas
included but were not limited to:
ADVANCED BIOFOULINGING
All vessels undergo regular hull blasting and renewal of Anti
IMPROVED EMISSIONS DATA VALIDATION
FOR FUTURE CLIMATE AMBITIONS
Fouling. Gearbulk has extended our strategy towards applying
We are taking steps to not only expand the use of environ-
high performance anti fouling to all vessel in our sailing 昀氀eet
mental dashboards, enabling more accurate and e昀케cient
to maintain higher fuel e昀케ciency.
operational planning in the future, but also to establish
measures for the continuous validation and recti昀椀cation of
PROPELLER CLEANING
emissions data. This validated data will provide a real-time
overview of our 昀氀eet’s emissions.
All vessels undergo regular propeller polishing and hull
cleaning when needed. In addition, we are testing di昀昀erent
In partnership with the supplier responsible for our data
technologies towards anti fouling of the propeller to
collection system and through collaboration with an inde-
constantly ensure high performance and e昀케ciency.
pendent third-party veri昀椀er, we are enhancing our daily
veri昀椀cation and correction processes for emission data. The
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
availability of real-time emission data will empower us to optimise the management and overview of our Carbon Intensity
All vessels in the 昀氀eet are equipped with sensor technology
Indicator (CII) performance, aligning with our commitment to
to measure and monitor fuel performance.
climate change ambitions.
MAIN ENGINE UPGRADES
DECARBONISATION PATH
All vessels with electronically controlled main engines will
We remain steadfast in our commitment to ongoing research
be upgraded with latest developed retro昀椀t solutions from
to support our decarbonisation journey. Through our dedi-
Engine Maker, to further improve operations and save fuel.
cated decarbonisation endeavours, we are con昀椀dent in our
ability to achieve the targets set forth. Gearbulk is developing
a comprehensive decarbonisation plan, which we are poised
to publish in the coming year.
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