Maritime Decarbonisation Training Course

Participants can define suitable emissions boundaries and construct an auditable maritime emissions baseline.

• Define organisational, operational and value-chain emissions reporting boundaries
• Apply GHG Protocol Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 categories
• Separate tank-to-wake, well-to-wake and lifecycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions
• Select activity data: fuel, distance, cargo, time and energy consumption
• Calculate fuel-based emissions using recognised emission factors and global warming potentials
• Document assumptions, data sources, exclusions and calculation-control procedures

Participants can assess reporting obligations and establish reliable controls for maritime emissions data.

• IMO DCS reporting fields, annual timelines and statement-of-compliance requirements
• EU MRV voyage reporting, monitoring plans and verification arrangements
• Reconcile bunker delivery notes, noon reports, engine logs and invoices
• Create data-quality checks for completeness, consistency, accuracy and traceability
• Manage emissions-data gaps using documented estimation and correction procedures
• Assign accountable owners for collection, review, approval and submission

Participants can produce a baseline that identifies major emissions sources and improvement priorities.

• Segment emissions by vessel class, trade lane, cargo type and customer
• Rank material sources using Pareto analysis and emissions-intensity indicators
• Compare fleet baselines against historical performance and peer benchmarks
• Identify data anomalies through fuel-consumption and voyage-duration reconciliation
• Set baseline year criteria for acquisitions, disposals and fleet changes
• Prepare an emissions baseline narrative for management review

Participants can calculate CII performance and identify practical actions to improve vessel ratings.

• CII attained-rating calculation using annual fuel, distance and capacity data
• Required CII trajectories, correction factors and vessel-type reference lines
• Interpret A-to-E ratings and three-year corrective-action triggers
• Test speed, routing, weather and waiting-time effects on CII
• Assess cargo utilisation and ballast-leg impacts on carbon intensity
• Build a vessel CII action plan with measurable operating controls

Participants can evaluate EEXI compliance routes and their operational implications for existing vessels.

• EEXI applicability, attained values and required-index comparison methods
• Engine Power Limitation settings, documentation and operational constraints
• Assess shaft generators, energy-saving devices and propulsion improvements
• Compare retrofit options using fuel savings, downtime and capital expenditure
• Identify class, flag-state and technical-file approval requirements
• Integrate EEXI decisions with dry-docking and asset-renewal schedules

Participants can prepare a SEEMP Part III structure that addresses CII underperformance.

• SEEMP Part III requirements for ships subject to CII ratings
• Define corrective measures for consecutive D ratings or E rating
• Link planned measures to causes identified through performance analysis
• Set implementation dates, responsible persons and monitoring indicators
• Record CII improvement evidence for verification and internal assurance
• Review corrective plans against chartering and operational constraints

Participants can select operational measures that reduce fuel consumption without compromising safe delivery.

• Just-in-time arrival planning using berth availability and voyage schedules
• Weather routing principles, safety constraints and fuel-consumption trade-offs
• Apply speed-power curves to assess slow steaming opportunities
• Hull and propeller performance monitoring using trend analysis
• Reduce auxiliary loads through onboard energy-management procedures
• Develop voyage efficiency indicators for master, operator and charterer review

Participants can estimate EU ETS exposure and establish a practical compliance administration process.

• EU ETS maritime scope, phase-in percentages and covered voyages
• Identify responsible entities under the shipping-company definition
• Calculate allowance exposure from verified EU MRV emissions data
• Distinguish intra-EU, extra-EU and berth-at-port emissions coverage
• Plan allowance procurement, surrender dates and cash-flow requirements
• Allocate EU ETS costs through charter-party and customer arrangements

Participants can assess FuelEU Maritime exposure and compare compliance options for relevant voyages.

• FuelEU Maritime scope, greenhouse-gas intensity limits and reporting periods
• Calculate well-to-wake fuel intensity using FuelEU lifecycle values
• Assess pooling, banking and borrowing mechanisms for compliance management
• Evaluate shore-power requirements for eligible container and passenger vessels
• Estimate FuelEU penalties and compare alternative compliance pathways
• Align FuelEU planning with EU ETS and fuel-procurement decisions

Participants can compare alternative marine fuels using lifecycle, safety, supply and operational criteria.

• Compare LNG, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, biofuels and synthetic fuels
• Well-to-wake assessment boundaries, default values and certification evidence
• Fuel readiness criteria: storage, handling, crew competence and bunkering
• Assess feedstock availability, additionality and sustainability certification risks
• Identify methane slip, nitrous oxide and upstream-emissions considerations
• Construct a fuel pathway decision matrix for selected vessel segments

Participants can screen technical measures and prioritise retrofit candidates using transparent criteria.

• Screen air lubrication, wind assistance and waste-heat recovery technologies
• Evaluate hull coatings, propeller upgrades and duct installation options
• Use discounted cash flow for fuel-saving retrofit appraisal
• Calculate payback period, net present value and sensitivity ranges
• Assess installation windows, dry-docking requirements and class approvals
• Prioritise measures using emissions reduction, cost and technical readiness

Participants can develop an emissions inventory and reduction priorities for port and terminal operations.

• Define port emissions sources: vessels, cargo equipment, trucks and buildings
• Prepare berth-at-port inventories using vessel call and auxiliary-engine data
• Apply the GHG Protocol to terminal equipment and purchased electricity
• Identify idle-time, congestion and gate-process emissions reduction opportunities
• Set port emissions indicators for throughput, calls and equipment hours
• Coordinate port authority, terminal operator and shipping-line responsibilities

Participants can assess shore-power and port-energy projects from technical, commercial and operational perspectives.

• Shore-power system components: grid connection, frequency conversion and onboard interface
• IEC/ISO/IEEE 80005 standards for high-voltage shore connection systems
• Estimate berth demand using vessel load profiles and call schedules
• Assess grid capacity, renewable supply and electricity tariff structures
• Compare shore power with auxiliary-engine emissions and operating costs
• Develop stakeholder agreements for connection, tariffs, maintenance and utilisation

Participants can identify carbon-cost allocation issues and prepare informed inputs for maritime contracts.

• Compare time-charter, voyage-charter and contract-of-affreightment emissions responsibilities
• Analyse fuel clauses, speed clauses and performance warranty interactions
• Allocate EU ETS allowances between owners, charterers and cargo interests
• Specify fuel-quality, sustainability-documentation and audit-rights contract provisions
• Manage CII consequences where commercial instructions affect vessel performance
• Create a carbon-cost allocation matrix for proposed contractual arrangements

Participants can evaluate decarbonisation investments using financial, regulatory and asset-risk assumptions.

• Build total-cost-of-ownership models for vessel fuel and technology options
• Include fuel price, carbon price, downtime and residual-value assumptions
• Test sensitivity to utilisation, policy changes and fuel availability
• Compare retrofit, newbuild, charter-in and asset-disposal decision pathways
• Assess stranded-asset risk using compliance and market-access scenarios
• Prepare an investment recommendation with stated assumptions and decision triggers

Participants can prepare decision-ready decarbonisation information for lenders, investors, customers and boards.

• Poseidon Principles indicators and climate-alignment reporting for ship finance
• Sustainability-linked loan structures, targets and reporting obligations
• Prepare customer emissions disclosures using carrier and freight data
• Translate technical findings into board-level risk and investment messages
• Identify assurance needs for emissions claims and transition disclosures
• Create reporting calendars covering regulatory, lender and customer submissions

Participants can convert decarbonisation priorities into a governed, phased implementation roadmap.

• Sequence no-regret actions, pilot projects, retrofits and fleet-renewal decisions
• Set milestones for compliance, emissions, fuel readiness and capital approvals
• Assign RACI roles across technical, operations, commercial and sustainability teams
• Build risk registers covering fuel supply, technology, finance and regulation
• Define leading and lagging indicators for roadmap performance reviews
• Establish escalation routes for missed targets and material assumptions

Participants can prepare implementation plans that embed decarbonisation actions into operating routines and decisions.

• Identify affected roles, decisions, incentives and operating procedures
• Develop stakeholder engagement plans for crew, charterers and port users
• Plan competence requirements for new fuels, systems and reporting processes
• Integrate decarbonisation controls into safety-management and maintenance systems
• Use pilot reviews to validate assumptions before fleet-wide deployment
• Prepare monthly management-review packs for implementation progress

Participants can build, review and present a complete maritime decarbonisation action plan for a fleet, vessel segment, port or terminal.

• Consolidate emissions baseline, compliance register and materiality assessment findings
• Select operational, technical, fuel and infrastructure abatement measures
• Quantify emissions reductions, carbon costs, capital needs and implementation dependencies
• Develop a phased roadmap with owners, milestones and performance indicators
• Review assumptions, data limitations, risks and stakeholder impacts
• Present a decision-ready action plan for peer and instructor review