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Small Commercial Craft Fuel & CO₂

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Pilot cutters, crew boats, patrol craft, whale-watching boats. Outside CII scope; CO₂ per operating hour is the portable benchmark across work-boat categories.

Formula

$$ \text{CO}2^\text{year} = \sum_j F_j \cdot C{f,j} $$

$$ \text{Intensity} = \frac{\text{CO}2 \cdot 1000}{h\text{op}} $$

Symbol legend

SymbolMeaningUnitSource
$F_j$Mass of fuel $j$tbunker log
$C_{f,j}$CO₂ factort CO₂ / t fuelMEPC.364(79)
$Bench (Operating hours / year)$operational benchmarkhoperations log
$d_\text{op}$Operating daysdoperations log

High-duty pilot cutter operations achieve ~ 20–40 kg CO₂ per operating hour. Battery-electric is viable for routes < 30 nm and proliferates rapidly in pilot and patrol services.

Sources

  • IMPA - International Maritime Pilots’ Association.
  • IMO MEPC.364(79) - Cf conversion factors.