IMO is set to cut the carbon footprint of shipping. The Big Zero is the long-term goal for the second half of the century, but as in football, the next opponent is always the hardest. And next one up is EEXI and CII, mandatory as of 1.1.2023. The EEXI is the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship (Design) Index, akin to the EEDI for newbuildings, expressing the theoretically achievable energy efficiency for the ship as designed, in prime condition as in initial sea trials. The recent poll among stakeholders at the HullPIC conference showed that the shipping community is rather zen about the EEXI. The CII causes greater concern. The CII is the Carbon Intensity Indicator, calculated based on IMO's fuel oil DCS (Data Collection Scheme), where the requirement to just monitor is now enhanced by grading the performance each year from A to E. Poor operational performance (E once or three consecutive years D) will entail mandatory action to improve performance, planned, documented, tracked, and audited in an enhanced Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan.
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