A new energy efficiency champion in Solvang
SEAMANSHIP: For 2024, Solvang´s Energy Efficiency Award went to Clipper Eirene – in a tight race towards excellent AER performers across the fleet.
«The jury commends excellent performance across the fleet. The winner Clipper Eirene has managed to keep up an exemplary SEEMP poster, showing good reflection, and they maintained the A rating. Our congratulations go to the Captain and his crew», states Irene Ringen, Performance and Sustainability Engineer in Solvang.
Solvang has established a healthy competition between the vessels. The crews are challenged to pit themselves against each other in terms of seamanship, operation and proficiency. The jury evaluates not only AER, but the work on board, the SEEMP (Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan) poster to save energy, and the awareness of their SEEMP goals. Who can outperform the others and achieve the best SEEMP results?
The rules of the competition are adjusted for each vessel’s SEEMP.
The competition
The Energy Efficiency Award measures performance on the following:
- Who picks the best routes?
- Who navigates the weather better?
- Who hits the optimal trim of vessel?
- Who operates the engines best?
- Who has best engine maintenance/performance?
- Who thinks out the best power-saving plan?
The point scores
SEEMP
The SEEMP is updated annually. Each vessel gets a SEEMP score between 1 and 5, where 5 shows strong efforts and highly relevant plans for each department: Bridge/deck, engine, and galley. In addition, the crews deliver a report on their own efforts and performance, how the AER was monitored, and what they can improve the next year.
Point scores: AER performance
The official AER value/rating for 2024 is compared to 2023. Additionally, an AER at sea is calculated to provide a more accurate picture of the crew’s and vessel’s performance during operation. Other parameters include fuel consumption per 24 hours for all machineries, vessel speed, time at sea, time in ballast conditions, as well as time since last docking. The results yield a score from 1 to 5.
