Air Emission, Global Warming Potential and Climate Change, Riding Waves of Technological change

for Ships

Ab. Saman Abd. Kader1, Mohd Zamani Ahmad 2 Omar Yaakob3, Oladokun Sulaiman4, Shamila Azman5

Machineries – main and auxiliaries that moved the ship are considered as heart of the ship, Climate change
and Global Warming which has been recognized as the greatest threat of our generation is linked to ship
machineries and this in reciprocal manner driving the wave of technological change for new built and
existing ship. This paper will discuss air emission and its inherent consequence of powered shipping,
chemical behavior of Green House Gases and evolving mitigation option for retrofitting system for existing
ship and new energy technology for new built.

Key words: Vessel, Channel, Maintenance, Port Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Sustainability, Dredging

1
Professor, Ir, Dr., Director of Training ad Education, Malaysian Maritime Academy
2
Associate Professor, University Technology Malaysia
3
Associate Professor, Head of Department - University Technology Malaysia
4
Lecturer , PhD Researcher – Malaysian Maritime Academy
5
Lecturer– University Technology Malaysia