Container carrier Hamburg Süd and the classification society Germanischer Lloyd said they are jointly developing a data management system for systematically capturing information about shipboard emissions.
Data recorders installed on ships collect information that is then fed automatically to a central server located at Germanischer Lloyd from which queries and reports can be prepared.
“There is as yet no comparable way of systematically collecting and analyzing all environmentally relevant information from vessels in service,” says Arnt Vespermann, a member of the executive board of Hamburg Süd. He said the new “GL Emission Manager will give container ship operator “capability to satisfy the most diverse reporting requirements quickly and easily.”
The system is to be used throughout Hamburg Süd’s entire fleet from the start of 2012.
Hamburg Süd develops emission system
