CLC’s team, led by Mr. Pantazis Geronikolos, Diploma Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering NTUA, mentored and supervised our students Christos Spanopoulos, Orestis Damalas,
Emmanouil Charalabakis, Nikolaos Christopoulos and Evgenia- Kyriaki Fragoulopoulou, to carry out a research project on Sustainable Shipping and the Alternative Sources of Power.
This project addresses the urgent issue of environmental pollution, focusing on the shipping industry’s contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The team explored the impacts of industrial emissions, deforestation, and fossil fuel use on climate change, with a particular emphasis on the shipping sector, which accounts for 2-3% of global GHG emissions, through an analysis of current international and regional regulatory efforts—such as the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) emission reduction targets and the European Union’s (EU) Emission Trading System (ETS)—the project aimed to identify pathways for reducing emissions in the maritime industry. Key solutions, such as transitioning from heavy fuel oil (HFO) to alternative marine fuels like liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, ammonia, and biofuels, will be evaluated for their environmental and economic viability. The project also assessed the challenges of implementing these cleaner fuels, including infrastructure and technology needs. Ultimately, the goal of this project was to provide actionable insights for achieving sustainable shipping and mitigating the environmental impacts of global trade.
