Ship&Offshore | Issue GreenTech/2021
Classification society launches digital EEXI tool
A new digital tool for shipowners and operators to gauge their ships’ compliance with the IMO’s energy efficiency existing ship index (EEXI) has been launched by DNV. The EEXI Calculator was unveiled on the closing day of the IMO’s MEPC 76 meeting, at which the new regulation, together with the carbon intensity indicator (CII), were both adopted. The indices, which address the energy efficiency and carbon footprint of existing vessels, will enter force in January 2023. DNV estimates that up to 30,000 vessels could be required to take action to comply with the EEXI....