MARTEC 08 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,
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 treat 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 Tajun Pelapas (PTP), Sustainability, Dredging
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Professor, Ir, Dr., Director of Training ad Education, Malaysian Maritime Academy Associate Professor, University Technology Malaysia 3 Associate Professor, Head of Department - University Technology Malaysia 4 Lecturer , PhD Researcher – Malaysian Maritime Academy 2