LED upgrade for one of the world’s largest tanker shipping companies
The delivery of LED lights from Hans Buch to more than 150 of the shipping company’s tankers provides significant power savings, notable CO2 reductions, and not least all the necessary certificates.
One of the world’s largest tanker shipping companies is set to upgrade its fleet’s lighting to LED with a 3-year framework agreement with Hans Buch. Initially, the framework agreement is a delivery of LED to more than 150 ships.
The agreement ensures the shipping company a significant contribution to the climate goals for international shipping with a good business case and not least a solution with all the necessary LED certificates within marine & offshore.
- The Challenge: Shipping must reduce greenhouse gas emissions and demands reliable solutions that also promote personal safety.
- The Solution: Hans Buch’s range of durable LED lighting, which with all the right certificates is suitable for shipping.
- The Result: Short payback period (ROI, return of investment) of 6-8 months and significant CO2 reductions via reduced electricity consumption for lighting, as well as increased safety due to less maintenance.
– The framework agreement is an example of how shipping has seriously begun to implement measures that improve operations both in terms of climate, economy, and safety. These are significant improvements on all three parameters, says Palle Wredstrøm, who is sales director for Hans Buch Marine.
The shipping company’s upgrade to LED reduces energy consumption and personal hazardous incidents
The shipping company is upgrading all fluorescent tubes, projectors, incandescent bulbs, and other lighting to LED. Each of the 150 tankers will on average have about 1000 fluorescent tubes upgraded to LED tubes and about 30 projectors to LED floodlights. In addition, there is the other lighting on each tanker.
Annual savings: 200-300 MWh per tanker with LED
By upgrading all lighting to LED, each of the shipping company’s 150 tankers is estimated to achieve an energy saving of about 200-300 MWh per year. This is thanks to LED technology, which uses less power for stronger lighting compared to conventional lighting.
Shipping’s requirements for LED are documented with all the necessary certificates
Hans Buch’s range of LED tubes, LED floodlights, and LED bulbs is equipped with all the necessary certificates that are required and widely demanded in the transport industry. This includes certificates that document a lifespan of more than 10 years, as well as the product’s high quality:
- Vibration test
- Fire safety
- Extreme temperatures
- Flicker-free lighting
- Long lifespan and durability (L70, +78,000 hours)
- Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- Color Rendering Index Test (CRI)
- Explosion safety (ATEX zone 1 and 2)
The long lifespan and high quality contribute significantly to better personal and operational safety. The lifespan of LED lighting is significantly extended compared to conventional lighting. It will typically exceed the lifespan of the tankers, thereby completely eliminating the need for dangerous tasks with service and repair or replacement.
These documented properties contribute to safer operations, explains Palle Wredstrøm.
– The reduced maintenance of the ship’s lighting with LED installed not only ensures better visibility for the crew on board. It ensures fewer dangerous tasks with repairing lights in high masts and minimizes expenses for spare parts, he says.
Upgrading to LED gives the shipping company short ROI and significant CO2 reductions
When you make agreements with Hans Buch for upgrading to LED, we calculate both the economic business case, energy consumption, and a CO2 account, which with a conservative estimate demonstrates potentials for reducing emissions and achieving good contributions to meet climate goals.
The large reduction in energy consumption provides each of the shipping company’s approximately 150 tankers with significant economic and climate benefits by upgrading to LED lighting. This is due to the reduced fuel consumption for the diesel generators that power the electricity used on board the ships.
Investment recouped in 6-8 months after installation
According to Hans Buch’s conservative estimates, the reduced energy consumption of 200-300 MWh per tanker will give the shipping company a payback period (ROI, return of investment) of just 6-8 months after installation. This is thanks to the lower energy consumption after the upgrade to LED.
Significant CO2 reduction of about 210 tons annually per tanker
Based on the lower energy consumption of 200-300 MWh per year, each of the shipping company’s 150 tankers will achieve an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of about 210 tons. The significant CO2 reduction is a conservative estimate based on Hans Buch’s calculations in the shipping company’s lower fuel consumption to power the diesel generators that supply electricity to the tankers.
Perspective: Shipping works towards strict climate goals
International shipping is working to reduce its CO2 emissions by 40% from 2008 to 2030. Just 10 years later in 2040, CO2 emissions must be reduced by 70% with an aim of 80% compared to the 2008 level.
Hans Buch works professionally with certified environmental management for shipping
At Hans Buch, we work with internationally recognized standards such as ISO 14001 in environmental management. Certification in environmental management places demands on Hans Buch’s internal processes and ability to optimize resource use and reduce pollution, and this is reflected in the technical solutions we collaborate on with customers, suppliers, and partners.
Hans Buch has also maintained the ISO 9001 certification in quality management for three decades.
The transport industry and the broader industry also demand LED
Hans Buch’s LED lighting is rapidly finding its way into more transport sectors and the broader industry. This is especially true in the shipping industry, where one of the low-hanging fruits in the efforts to achieve CO2 reductions is upgrading lighting to LED from older technologies such as fluorescent tubes, halogen, and incandescent bulbs.
Hans Buch’s LED program is also suitable in the broader industry such as in the construction and civil engineering sector and within the railway industry, where in 2023 we won a large tender to upgrade LED for DSB’s large train fleet.
Read also: “Hans Buch wins tender with LED lights for DSB’s IC3 fleet“
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