Managing a sustainable transition in the shipping industry
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Examensarbete på kandidatnivå
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2022
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Bademo, Johan
Dyling, Gabriel
Malmqvist, Jonathan
Blom, Axel
Lanngren, Simon
Svensson, Leonique
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The shipping industry is of high strategic importance for the world's supply chains and
the industry is essential for global trades to be efficient and economically beneficial.
On the other hand, the industry is also a major cause of global warming. The volume
of freight transports has increased globally, and this is a continuous trend, which also
increases the environmental impact of shipping. To counteract this trend there are
actors such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) but also other external
actors such as banks and regional regulators that set up goals and regulations in order
to reduce emissions. To achieve these goals or cope with the requirements companies
need to act and reduce their environmental impact. This could be done either by
discovering alternative means of propulsion or being more operationally efficient by
for example implementing new technology or innovation. This thesis therefore aims to
provide an overview of alternative propulsion, strategic and operational decisions, and
new technology by mapping, evaluating, and comparing these technologies and
strategies for industry actors to be able to follow the increased requirements. Both the
environmental and the economical perspective is discussed.
The thesis is conducted via a literature study where relevant literature was examined,
providing an overview over what strategies and propulsion alternatives that exist.
These were then evaluated and compared between the existing options from a
technological, economic, and environmental perspective. Complementary to the
literature study, an interview study was conducted. It consists of six interviews with 3
different types of actors, three shipping companies, two marine technology companies
and one professor in Mechanics and Maritime Sciences. The approaches for
companies to reduce their emissions that are discussed are biofuels, hydrogen,
ammonia and methanol, marine gas oil (MGO) and liquified natural gas (LNG), wind assisted ship propulsion (WASP), battery-electric, leadership, shipowner strategies,
innovation strategy, dual fuel engines, interfirm collaboration, industry 4.0 and big data
analytics, autonomous shipping and improved information and communication
systems.
The thesis shows that it is highly uncertain which propulsion alternatives will be
dominant in the future. All the investigated alternatives share uncertainties and have
different strengths and weaknesses making this specific question very complex. To be
flexible and ready when the technology is mature enough it is important to prepare for
the future. In the short term it is of more importance focusing on efficiency
improvements both organisationally and with new technology in order to reduce
emissions. The suggestion for companies is therefore focusing mainly on efficiency
improvements in the short term while in the long term focusing on the combination of
efficiency improvements and alternative propulsion.
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shipping , maritime transporation , strategy , innovation , technologies , industry 4.0 , efficiency improvements , propulsion , regulations , business model , transition , sustainability