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UK-based Fathom, a provider of market intelligence products for the marine and energy markets, is due to launch a report next month which examines over sixty fuel and eco-efficiency technologies and measures that are currently commercially available, as well as information on the companies behind them.

The Fathom Guide to Ship Efficiency Technologies and Measures is claimed to provide an in-depth analysis of the current market for eco-efficiency technologies, a critique of which technologies are the most advanced, whether they can be retrofitted or not, their fuel saving payback and which vessel type applicability.

Fathom says that amid rising crude and bunker prices, The Guide has been developed to meet an increasing thirst for knowledge of fuel-saving efficiency technologies and measures, as shipping faces increasing commercial and regulatory pressure to reduce fuel costs and emissions, respectively.

BIMCO commented: "BIMCO welcomes The Fathom Guide to Ship Efficiency Technologies and Measures as a new tool for ship owners, operators and designers who are searching for information on reduction of air emissions from ships. Fuel costs represent in general the largest operating cost for ships. The shipping industry and its suppliers are increasingly innovative in discovering means to reduce fuels costs and emissions and The Guide provides a comprehensive listing of the options available for the shipowners and ship builders."

Peter Lockley, Editor, Fathom, said: "Fathom is about creating intellectual capital that gives companies the knowledge and understanding needed to seize the opportunities of increased operational and environmental performance as well as enterprise value and profitability. The Guide does that, and is an important industry reference as technologies and measures develop and are increasingly deployed."