Tool developed in cooperation with A.P. Moller – Maersk, Navigator Gas, DFDS, Uni-Tankers, Torm, Cadeler, Svitzer, and ZITON.
Danish Shipping, a trade and employers’ organisation for Denmark’s shipping industry, on Wednesday (1 October) introduced a new digital tool to make it easier for shipowners to make decisions about decarbonisation across the full lifecycle of a vessel.
The new digital Lifecycle Emissions Assessment Tool makes it possible to simulate a vessel’s entire lifecycle from well to wake. The process started in 2023 with support from the Danish Maritime Fund.
ReFlow ApS has acted as the technical lead and been responsible for developing the digital model, while Danish Shipping has served as the project facilitator and administrator. The tool has been developed in cooperation with A.P. Moller – Maersk, Navigator Gas, DFDS, Uni-Tankers, Torm, Cadeler, Svitzer, and ZITON.
“Data driven green transition” is the goal of the Lifecycle Emissions Assessment Tool in the words of Rasmus Elsborg-Jensen, CEO of ReFlow. The idea has been to develop a standard model for assessing the full lifecycle emissions of a vessel. This will allow ship owners and others to explore different scenarios concerning different fuel types, technology upgrades, the impact of energy-efficiency initiatives and more.
“I believe the tool holds huge potential for having a simple way of estimating the upstream emissions from vessel production. We will be looking into it more when we look at new fuels especially. because the production side becomes more important,” said Cecilie Damgaard Jensen, Decarbonisation Analyst at DFDS.
“For Danish Shipping it has been important to develop a tool that looks at the whole lifecycle of a vessel. It has also been important to us that the result is a tool that is operational and useful and effective in making the decarbonisation process more manageable for our members,” said Nina Porst, Executive Director of Climate, Environment and Security.
