401. The energy efficiency effects of periodic ship hull cleaning.
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Adland, Roar, Cariou, Pierre, Jia, Haiying, and Wolff, Francois-Charles
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HULLS (Naval architecture) , *TANKERS , *ENERGY consumption , *CARGO ships , *MAINTENANCE - Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of periodic hull cleaning on oil tankers' energy efficiency using real 2012–2016 fleet performance and weather data extracted from noon reports for a fleet of eight identical Aframax-size crude oil tankers. The impact of changes in fuel consumption is estimated around the discontinuity when a vessel is cleaned and rely on both before-after and difference-in-differences estimators. The main results show that (i) periodic hull cleaning leads to a significant reduction in the daily fuel consumption; (ii) dry-docking leads to greater and significantly different reductions in fuel consumption than underwater hull cleaning, approximately −17% versus −9%; (iii) hull cleaning energy efficiency effect is greater when the vessel is sailing laden rather than in the ballast condition. These findings represent a key building block for the optimization of maintenance intervals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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