Gearbulk ESGreport 2024 Paperturn - Flipbook - Page 16
GEARBULK
CLIMATE CHANGE
DECARBONISATION
EFFORTS
Throughout 2024 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 BIOFOULING
All vessels undergo regular hull blasting along with renewal
IMPROVED EMISSIONS DATA VALIDATION
FOR FUTURE CLIMATE AMBITIONS
of Anti Fouling. Gearbulk has extended our strategy towards
We are taking steps to not only expand the use of environ-
applying high performance anti fouling to all vessel in our
mental dashboards, enabling more accurate and e昀케cient
sailing 昀氀eet 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 & HULL 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 constantly
collection system and through collaboration with an inde-
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 have developing a comprehensive decarbonisation plan for the short
term, and planning to develop a long-term plan which we are
plan to publish in the coming years.
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