With fuel costs expected to rise by between 50% and 100% by the time the North American Emission Control Area begins in 2015, the obvious effect on fuel efficiency on vessel operators' bottom lines will become more critical to survival. For that reason Harry Rogers, operations manager at New Jersey-based ship management company Interocean American Shipping (IAS), is pushing beyond standard best management practices to eke out as much savings as possible. "We've extended best practices to begin looking at reducing our power consumption on board the ship - things like reducing the lighting in the holds when they don't have to be turned on," Rogers told Fairplay. "It's difficult to measure, but you know you're doing the right things." Because IAS manages ships that operate in the Arctic (for affiliate Totem Ocean Trailer Express) and the Caribbean (for affiliate Seastar), Rogers has seen fuel inefficiency occur in many forms.
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机译：到2015年北美排放控制区开始使用时，燃油成本预计将上升50％至100％，这对燃油效率的明显影响将对船舶运营商的盈利产生更大的影响。因此，位于新泽西州的船舶管理公司Interocean American Shipping（IAS）的运营经理Harry Rogers致力于超越标准的最佳管理实践，以争取尽可能多的节省。罗杰斯对Fairplay说：“我们已经扩展了最佳实践，开始着眼于降低船上的功耗-诸如在不必打开船舱时减少照明的事情。” “这很难衡量，但是你知道自己做对了。”由于IAS负责管理在北极地区（针对图腾海洋拖车快递公司）和加勒比海地区（针对海星航空公司的公司）运营的船舶，因此罗杰斯（Rogers）看到燃油效率低下的情况多种多样。
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