SOM003 – Environmental Management & Safety in Shipping
Master of Science in Shipping Operations and Management
Core Course
SOM003 – Environmental Management & Safety in Shipping
Course Unit Code: SOM003
Type Of Unit: Core
Level of Course Unit: 2nd cycle
Year of Study: -
Semester: -
Number of ECTS Credits: 10
Class Contact Hours: -
Mode of Delivery
Distance Learning
Prerequisites
None
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to provide a good understanding of the relevant issues regarding environmental and safety regulations and the implications for shipowners and ship operators.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe the major issues concerning environmental pollution and environmental protection in the shipping industry.
- Differentiate the relevant provisions of relevant IMO Conventions and the requirements indicated by IMO’s MEPC (Marine Environment Protection Committee).
- Describe the processes and thinking for environmental protection.
- Explain how management may use key performance indicators to monitor safety and environmental protection.
- Luxuriate in-depth the holistic understanding of environmental and safety ship operations and management. Familiarize with the concepts and techniques for effective ship operations management and the provisions of key conventions and KPIs for improving safety and environmental performance in shipping.
- Use KPIs to monitor and control environmental and safety performance in shipping.
- Know what might be included in a safety management systems and its aims and scope.
- Understand the options open to shipowners in the context of the environmental and safety regulations and the implications.
- Understand the relevant provisions of IMO Conventions for safety and environmental protection.
Course Content
Course Features
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Audiovisual lectures
Exercises
Assignments
Extensive readings of the international literature
Live sessions
Assessment methods and criteria
30% Assignments-Projects
70% Final Examination
Language of Instruction
English
Readings
Recommended or required reading
Textbook:
1. IMO (2009) Second IMO GHG Study 2009, IMO: London.
2. IMO (2012) Resolution MEPC.63/23, 2012 Guidelines for the development of a ship energy efficiency management plan (SEEMP) International Maritime Organization (IMO), London, UK.
3. IMO (2014) Third IMO GHG study 2014, International Maritime Organization (IMO), London, UK.
4. Lun YHV, Lai KH, Wong W.Y.C., and Cheng T.C.E. (2014) Green shipping practices and firm performance, Maritime Policy Management, 41(2), 134-148.
5. Lun, Y.H.V., Lai, K-h., Wong, C.W.Y. and Chen, T.C.E. (2015) Green Shipping Management, Springer: Switzerland.
6. Corbett, J., Wang, H. and Winebrake, J. (2009) The effectiveness and costs of speed reductions on emissions from international shipping, Transportation Research Part D, 14(8), 539-598.
7. Visvikis, I.D. and Panayides Ph. (2017), Shipping Operations Management, Springer; Switzerland (pp. 1-24).
8. Acciaro, M., Hoffmann, P. N., & Eide, M.S. (2013) The energy efficiency gap in maritime transport. Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering, 3(10), 1-10.
9. Cariou, P. (2011) Is slow steaming a sustainable means of reducing CO2 emissions from container shipping?, Transportation Research Part D, 16(3), 260-264.
It should be noted that the following book has been referred to in different sections of the study guide.
10. Visvikis, I. and Panayides, Ph.M. (eds) (2017), Shipping Operations Management, Netherlands: Springer.
11. Y.H.Venus, Lai, K , Wong, W.Y.C. and Cheng, T.C.E. (2015) Environmental governance mechanisms in shipping firms and their environmental performance, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 78, Pages 82-92.
12. https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/MeetingSummaries/Pages/MEPC-75th- session.aspx
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