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Scottish Operator On Target For 2% Reduction in Fleet Emissions
Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) is on track to meet self-imposed targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, local media reports.
As Ship & Bunker previously reported, in October of 2015 CalMac announced it was installing a new fuel monitoring system on its vessels as part of a corporate plan, Project Ecoship, to reduce the company's total greenhouse gas emissions.
According to the company, the self-imposed goal of a two percent reduction in emissions is "looking achievable."
"We are finding some encouraging results. While it is too early to reveal any kind of scientifically concrete data, the initial figures we are seeing, as well as the anecdotal feedback from the teams on board, are optimistic," said Drew Collier, Operations Director, CalMac.
"Our target is to make a two per cent reduction in our release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. At the moment, we are confident that we are on track to achieve this and, importantly, we now have the technology in place to make accurate measurement," said Collier.
The company still considers the technology to be in a bedding-in phase, with crews still training and software updates being made, but it is expected the £450,000 ($641,300) system (produced by Royston Ltd) will pay for itself within a single year.
The two percent cut in emissions was said to equate to a savings of 1,800 tonnes of emissions.
In October of 2015 Ship & Bunker reported that the fuel monitoring system was going to be installed on the fleet.
