The Effects of the Emission Cost on Route Choices of International Container Ships

Table 1

Engine power ratios and load factor assumptions.

Ship type	AE to ME power ratio	Load factor
		Cruise	RSZ	Maneuver	Hotel
Bulker/general cargo	0.222 or 0.191	0.17	0.27	0.45	0.22
Container	0.220	0.13	0.25	0.50	0.17
Passenger/ferry	0.278	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.64
Ro-Ro	0.259	0.15	0.30	0.45	0.30
Tanker	0.211	0.13	0.27	0.45	0.67
Miscellaneous	0.257	0.17	0.27	0.45	0.22

Sources: Work Shipping Encyclopedia, USEPA [20], and Yau et al. [22].