“We go fast-It's their fuel”: Understanding energy efficiency operations on ships and marine vessels

Mourad Zoubir*, Marthe Henriette Gruner, Thomas Franke

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

While the maritime sector seeks to reduce its climate footprint with operational measures, onboard energy efficiency is confronted with internal and external constraints. The objective of the current study was to improve understanding of ship crew's cognition, emotion, and motivation regarding energy-efficient operations in the face of a complex system. Utilizing a mixed method approach, we conducted an interview study onboard a container vessel (N = 14) and an online survey of seafarers (N = 74). Using Thematic Analysis for the interview data, we identified four themes (Stressors, Strategies, Influence, and Motivation), with the latter two themes explored with rating data in the survey. This revealed that concerns for the environment or one's shipping company were motivating, that the perception of conflicting orders or lack of knowledge were perceived as hindering, and that influence was seen as split between external stakeholders and onboard crews. We discuss how our findings and concepts such as psychological basic needs can be used to develop decision support systems or inform policy, especially by increasing transparency and understandability, e.g. of constraints such as charter contracts.
Translated title of the contribution"Wir fahren schnell - es ist ihr Treibstoff": Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen auf Schiffen und Seeschiffen verstehen
Original languageEnglish
JournalEnergy Research & Social Science
ISSN2214-6296
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.03.2023

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