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Título: Choice of propulsion plants for container vessels operating under Short Sea Shipping conditions in the European Union: An assessment focused on the environmental impact on the intermodal chains
Autores/as: Martínez-López, Alba 
Caamaño Sobrino, Pilar
Chica González, Manuel 
Trujillo, Lourdes 
Clasificación UNESCO: 531212 Transportes y comunicaciones
Palabras clave: Short Sea Shipping
Externalities
Environmental costs
Evolutionary algorithms
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Publicación seriada: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment 
Resumen: The unbalanced evolution of the environmental normative in the European Union for the different transport modes has led to a broader debate about whether Short Sea Shipping is still a green transport mode. This discussion is especially pertinent because there is no technological alternative indisputably identified as the most adequate one to meet the emission requirements in the emission control area without penalizing the competitiveness of Short Sea Shipping. The objective of this article is to assess the performance of intermodal chains versus trucking in terms of costs, times, and externalities when the selected fleet for Short Sea Shipping is made up of optimal container vessels operating with different propulsion plants and fuels in compliance with emission control area requirements. This is, Tier III- four-stroke diesel engine with marine gas oil, a Tier III- four-stroke diesel engine Tier III with scrubber and heavy fuel oil, and a four-stroke dual engine operating with liquefied natural gas. To this aim, a mathematical model, which is able to provide optimized technical and operative features of the vessels, is modified and solved for an intermodal chain between Spain and France through the Atlantic coast. This study shows that dual liquefied natural gas engines prove to be not only the most sustainable solution but also the most suitable in terms of costs, as long as the difference in price between liquefied natural gas and petroleum fuels is equal to the base case or within a modification range of 20%. This study also highlights that due to the limited range of Short Sea Shipping vessels, the loss of the cargo capacity in holds by the gas tanks arrangement was not significant.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/55045
ISSN: 1475-0902
DOI: 10.1177/1475090218797179
Fuente: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment [ISSN 1475-0902], v. 233 (2), p. 653-669
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