Icebreaker Fuel & CO₂

Polar and Baltic icebreakers. Outside CII scope (operations vary wildly with ice thickness). Per-operating-day intensity is the most stable benchmark.

Ship typeWork boatIcebreaker

Operational year

Operating days / yeardSeasonal service 120–200 d, continuous polar 280–330 d.Operating daysd

Fuel

FuelMasst

Annual CO₂: 38,472.0t

Daily fuel: 60.00t/day

CO₂ per operating day: 192.360t / day

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Formula, assumptions, and limits

\text{CO}_2^\text{year} = \sum_j F_j \cdot C_{f,j}

Symbol	Meaning	Unit
$F_j$	Mass of fuel $j$	t
$C_{f,j}$	CO₂ factor	t CO₂ / t fuel
$Bench (Operating days / year)$	operational benchmark	d
$d_\text{op}$	Operating days	d

Source: IMO Polar Code (MEPC.264(68)); IMO MEPC.364(79) - Cf conversion factors

In short

Polar and Baltic icebreakers.

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