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This study investigated the real-time energy consumption and air pollutant (PM 10, PM 2.5, NO x, SO x, CO, and HC) emissions from a container ship's generator during transpacific voyages. The transpacific crossing segments in the high seas had the highest energy consumption (2528 ± 523 kWh) and air emissions (70 kg h −1).
Similarly, the hourly energy consumption for a modern standard container ship with about 24,000 TEU, of which about 2600 TEU would amount to 11.4 MWh. The estimated air emission rate would be 321 kg h −1, amounting to 100 tons of the six pollutants emitted during the transpacific crossing (TPC′-1) segment.
The average shore power demand for all containerships combined is approximately 600 kW when excluding data from EMSA, with power demand varying between 60 kW to over 3,800 kW. Explore the results below and sign up to access all premium tools, databases and expert support to perform your own analyses and refine the results for your situation.
The total hours spent at the berths of these four ports was 156 h, and therefore, the average total air emission from the ship at these ports was around 2.88 tons. These emissions from the container ship would be prevented through shore power adoption, resulting in zero air pollutant emissions from the ship.
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