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The status of technological solutions towards zero-emission port stays

Date and Time: June21: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: NAS Lecture Room

Thalis Zis
Assistant Professor, Cyprus University of Technology

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Thalis Zis is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Shipping at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT). He holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (NTUA), and an MSc in Transport (2010) and a PhD in Port Operations (2015) from Imperial College London. He has worked as an external expert for the European Commission and as an evaluator of research proposals in the EU Program "Horizon 2020". He also serves as the Vice Chair of the AW030 Standing Committee on Marine Environment at the Transportation Research Board. He has published extensively in leading academic journals on transportation. His current research focus is on the decarbonization of international shipping, and on the role of port operations in this quest.

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

This presentation will discuss the current state of technlogies that can be used to mitigate or eliminate exhaust emissions from ships while at berth. This is work based on a one year project on Zero Emissions Port Stays (ZEPS) that concluded recently. The project solicited via an online questionnaire the views of stakeholders (shipping companies, port operators, solution providers) on the status of various technologies (including provision of shorepower, capture and control systems, alternative fuels, fuel cells, and more) that was presented in the last Annual TRB meeting. In this presentation, building on the findings from that survey, we present the key challenges and barriers for the further implementation of such systems, and we argue that without proper regulation, or the use of Market Based Measures it will not be possible to see a further penetration of the industry with these solutions. We will present the status of technological readiness level for these solutions, and discuss the roles of fuel and electricity prices in this problem. We conclude that while a truly Zero Emissions Port Stay is currently infeasible, there are promising options to result in significant emissions reductions at ports. We propose the right "matchmaking" between different port and ship types, and the right solution to reduce at-berth emissions. 

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