Existing and future regulations on ship energy efficiency and methods for their improvement are presented in
this work. The design and operational features of gas-fuelled low-speed main engines, liquefied natural gas
(LNG) regasification conditions, and amount of waste cold are compared. Using a simple linear regression
model based on the least squares method, formulae were developed to predict the amount of waste cold as
a function of the brake power of gas-fuelled low-speed main engines operating under ISO ambient conditions
in Tier III-compliant mode. A sufficiently accurate prediction of the waste cold amount at the initial design stage
is feasible due to the formulae developed as part of this work.