Total cost of ownership - A new approach or business as usual

From CIMAC presentation during SMM 2010 in Hamburg, Germany

Intro:

The recent years’ more difficult business environment in shipping has encouraged many owners and operators to evaluate and optimise their costs in a more holistic manner, compared with before - also taking carbon footprint into account.

Well from a business point of view, the optimize is a constant many end users have been working with for many year in order to secure smooth operation, a lowest cost possible. Nothing new there....
However after some good years nobody have addressed the matter, as money was not a "big" issue. All larger owners have today a repair program, a response program and a maintenance program, in order to cut costs and create added value. It is a pleasure to see that the manufacturers now are realizing, that buying new parts is not the solution to every problem. They mention business environment and talk about carbon foot print, but we need to address the full picture within parts, service, operation and most important the budgets at hand.
    
If you don't have the economy you don't want to hear about this new engine, and how fantastic it is...
We need to work with what we have, not what would have been nice to have. A lot look towards the future and new regulations and restrictions, but by addressing the existing fleet with can make an immediate change taking in consideration transportation costs, raw materials, power used for manufacture, initial carbon foot print, costs etc.  

And only then - work together towards the future :-)         

Why EMISA (European Maritime Independent Suppliers Association)

Scandic Diesel Service Inc have joined EMISA with the sole purpose of fighting against the building monopoly within the marine business. We believe that end users should be free to contract from whomever they have confidence in. Nothing good with come from closing down the market other that increased pricing and poor service. We propose to join the EMISA organization for that fact alone, so we together can make a stand against the building monopoly.