| dc.description.abstract | With increasing environmental concerns, reducing emissions by improving fuel efficiency is imperative for shipowners around the world. The purpose of this study is to explore how fuel consumption monitoring can be utilized from a management perspective to improve fuel efficiency of ship operations.
This research has a qualitative design, where six persons in management positions working directly with fuel efficiency are interviewed. Interview subjects were sampled from “Norges Rederiforbund” (Norwegian Shipowners Association) using both convenience and snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews of around 1h each were carried out.
Results evidently showed three ways fuel consumption monitoring can improve fuel efficiency; 1) A fuel monitoring system that provides a dashboard that communicates with all sensors, collects all data, and clearly indicates fuel efficiency status to assist personnel in making timely and strategic decisions to improve fuel efficiency. 2) The importance of accurate data, with high quality, digital flow meters to improve decision-making. 3) Continue to improve fuel efficiency awareness and understanding amongst crew. | |
