Emission Control Starts from Safety

To open the seminar, WNI CEO C. Kusabiraki introduced the concept of optimum efficiency and balance, the “Best Yield,” as an answer to the issue of “Emission Control”. “Total management, with emissions as a focal point, is crucial. By tackling emissions while also keeping cost and risk in mind, in other words the idea of ‘Best Yield’, is a necessary concept for companies to tackle environmental issues.”

Among the needs (value) common among transportation and shipping industries are Safety, Scheduling, Comfort, Punctuality and Time Saving. Safety is the highest priority, and it is important to aim for the "Best Yield" based on Safety. This was confirmed among the many shipping companies in attendance at the seminar.

Total and Optimum Management of the Entire Logistics Process is a Necessity for True Emission Management

Dr. H. Kitagawa of the Ocean Policy Research Foundation stressed the need for lessening the total environmental burden from the global shipping industry.

“Marine shipping is superior in the amount of cargo that can be carried as well as cost. It is important to find more environmentally friendly ways to utilize these strengths. From 2011, environmental restrictions on the ocean shipping industry will become stricter (IMO Annex VI). From here on out, high quality shipping with a focus on emission control will be expected.”

Specifically, in order to effectively perform emissions management, it is necessary for the shipping industry to totally optimize the logistics flow, including managing the movements of ships, and even cargo pick-up. It was confirmed that it is important to undertake steps for the future of the shipping industry, proactively and strategically, even before the implementation of the IMO.

Emission Management Through Optimization of the Entire Shipping Industry

M. Ogata, the leader of WNI's VP Service, shared his new service concept aiming at emission control with the participants.

It was confirmed that emission management is something that will come out of firmly doing safety management and cost management, and that by combining risk management and cost management, this will become the basis for performing emission management.

BP Shipping's success in using WNI's services in reducing emissions was presented by Weathernews' Director, Con Carey.

“BP Shipping is a world leader in actively pursuing emission control. In 2008, they were able to save USD 8 million in costs through their efforts at controlling emissions. This is a success story showing that emission control can be gained through a total shipping management system combining safety management and cost management.”

In order to succeed in emission control, total optimization of shipping is one of the most important factors. S. Ueno, who is in charge of development of the VP service at WNI, presented WNIﾕs new service known as Business Status Monitoring, as a concrete step in this direction.

By monitoring and evaluating the entire voyage, from planning to arrival, from safety to emissions, is a valuable method to optimize the shipping business, and it was also confirmed that performing this through Auditing was an effective measure.

“Environmental issues are for the management, as important as safety in voyage. We would like you to develop new routeing methods that have emission control in mind."
"It is important to control emissions via safe operations”

Active discussions from various viewpoints were carried out by the seminar participants.

Weathernews will Support the Activities of the Entire Shipping Industry

There were four major points brought out during the seminar: (1)By pursuing safety there will lead to emission control, (2)The basic concept of the "Best Yield", in which risk and cost are balanced, (3)The importance of total optimization of the entire logistics process, and (4)Monitoring and evaluation processes are necessary for optimization. It was confirmed through the seminar that these topics are important for shipping companies when working toward the realization of emission management.

WNI Chairman, H. Ishibashi, called on the participants to reconfirm the importance of this cooperation in his closing remarks: “When working toward being gentle to the environment, ‘adaptation’ and ‘breakthrough’ are important keywords for the industry. I believe that the key lies in controlling these two. WNI would like to join the shipping industry and support you in these new endeavors.”