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Shipping firm slows its vessels to save on fuel
[ 2008-06-19 12:40 ]

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China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co (COSCO), one of the country's largest shipping firms, is mulling over a plan to reduce the cruising speed of all its ships by 10 percent, in order to lower fuel consumption and reduce emissions.

At the start of the year, the state-owned company launched a pilot scheme cutting the speed of its container ships, by 10 percent and Chen Zhengjie, director of safety & technology, revealed in March, they saved nearly 30,000 tons of fuel.

Also, last year, the group spent millions of dollars equipping its vessels with energy-saving equipment, with Chen saying, "Fuel consumption is now at its lowest level in the company's history”.

Chen was talking of COSCO's success at a national video meeting for the shipping industry organized by the Ministry of Transport. At the meeting, the firm was named as "exemplary" for the industry, along with 19 ports, logistics companies and transport administrations.

Chen said the ministry is pushing the whole transport industry to cut fuel consumption and emissions with Vice-Minister of Transport Gao Hongfeng stating, "By 2010, we aim to reduce fuel consumption per unit for trucks and ports by 5 percent, and for ocean-going ships by 11 percent, based on 2005 figures,".

These efforts will be "significant" to the national campaign to cut energy consumption, as road and water transport accounted for 31.5 percent of China's total petrol consumption in 2006, he said.

China has set targets to reduce its energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20 percent by 2010, and to raise its renewable energy consumption to 15 percent by 2020.

According to Gao the reduction of energy consumption and emissions is "a long-term task for the whole transport industry", and it can be achieved through better management and planning".

Over the next three years, the transport ministry will try to optimize the road and navigation infrastructure, and build a seamless connection between railways and airports to reduce oil consumption, while also encouraging more people to use public transport.

As for cargo transport by road, the ministry plans to set up a system to completely eradicate high-emission vehicles, Gao said.

 

Questions:

1. In March by reducing the cruising speed of all of its ships by 10 percent, how much fuel did COSCO save?

2. What two targets has China set to reduce its fossil fuel consumption and raise its renewable energy consumption?

 

Answers:

1. 30,000 tons.

2. Reduce fuel consumption per unit of GDP by 20 percent by 2010, and to raise its renewable energy consumption to 15 percent by 2020.

(英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津  Helen 編輯)

 

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Shipping firm slows its vessels to save on fuel

Brendan joined The China Daily in 2007 as a language polisher in the Language Tips Department, where he writes a regular column for Chinese English Language learners, reads audio news for listeners and anchors the weekly video news in addition to assisting with on location stories. Elsewhere he writes Op’Ed pieces with a China focus that feature in the Daily’s Website opinion section.

He received his B.A. and Post Grad Dip from Curtin University in 1997 and his Masters in Community Development and Management from Charles Darwin University in 2003. He has taught in Japan, England, Australia and most recently China. His articles have featured in the Bangkok Post, The Taipei Times, The Asia News Network and in-flight magazines.

 
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