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MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has launched a new free-of-charge digital Carbon Calculator to help container shipping companies estimate the carbon dioxide emissions they can eliminate by upgrading their onboard container cargo system with MacGregor Cargo Boost.

Cargo Boost solution

By maximising container-carrying capacity on board existing ships, the Cargo Boost solution has been shown to increase average cargo system utilisation from conventional rates of 80% to 90%, or even 100%.

Across a 10-vessel fleet, this can increase capacity by the equivalent of an additional ship. At no cost, the MacGregor Carbon Calculator offers owners a straightforward tool to estimate the emissions-reducing potential of Cargo Boost in advance.

Full transparency

The new calculator estimates the impact of upgrading in terms of the percentage CO2 reduction per TEU

The new calculator allows users to enter details of the vessel, the existing container cargo system and changes with Cargo Boost implemented, and operational details of a voyage.

Offering full transparency, it estimates the impact of upgrading in terms of the percentage CO2 reduction per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), savings in Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) payments, and fuel costs in US dollars per TEU, as well as additional revenue in USD.

Container ship efficiency

Maximising cargo intake will always be one of the key drivers of container ship efficiency,” says Magnus Sjöberg, Senior Vice President of the Equipment Solutions Division, MacGregor, adding “Doing so not only increases vessel earnings but also cuts fuel consumption per cargo tonnage carried, thereby minimising greenhouse gas emissions and associated emissions taxes such as ETS payments.”

This is the principle behind MacGregor Cargo Boost, the impact of which shipping companies can determine per ship and by fleet using the innovative Carbon Calculator tool.

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