A Conceptual Transdisciplinary Framework to Overcome Energy Efficiency Barriers in Ship Operation Cycles to Meet IMO’s Initial Green House Gas Strategy Goals: Case Study for an Iranian Shipping Company

Seyed Vahid Vakili, Fabio Ballini, Dimitrios Dalaklis and Aykut I. Ölçer
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Seyed Vahid Vakili: Maritime Energy Management (MEM), World Maritime University (WMU), 211 18 Malmö, Sweden
Fabio Ballini: Maritime Energy Management (MEM), World Maritime University (WMU), 211 18 Malmö, Sweden
Dimitrios Dalaklis: Maritime Safety and Environmental Administration (MSEA), World Maritime University (WMU), 211 18 Malmö, Sweden
Aykut I. Ölçer: Maritime Energy Management (MEM), World Maritime University (WMU), 211 18 Malmö, Sweden

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-25

Abstract: Through a systematic, holistic and transdisciplinary approach and by proposing five phases of “goal information”, “system analyzing”, “scenario construction”, “multi-criteria assessment” and “strategy building”, the study offers a process for recognizing and prioritizing energy-efficient barriers in the ship’s operational cycle according to decision-makers’ concerns. The study utilized the proposed conceptual transdisciplinary framework for overcoming energy efficiency barriers in ship operating cycles. The framework categorizes the barriers in the operational cycle into five disciplines, i.e., operations, policy and regulations, technology and innovation, human element and economics, and applies the framework to an Iranian shipping company. The results show that the economic discipline has the highest priority, and the human discipline has the least importance for the company’s decision makers. In addition, “adverse selection” (operational discipline), “policy implementation” (policy and regulatory discipline), “split incentives” (economic discipline), “limited access to capital” (economic discipline) and “imperfect budgeting” were the main barriers to energy efficiency in the company.

Keywords: air emissions; energy efficiency barriers; energy policy; life cycle management; energy management system; transdisciplinary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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