The International Maritime Organization (IMO), Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment, and Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on technical cooperation activities to help developing countries reduce emissions from ships and ports.
The participants will exchange experience, knowledge, and best practices, as well as undertake joint resource mobilization, in order to cooperate and collaborate on actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships and ship activities in ports, within the frameworks of the NextGEN Connect initiative and the GreenVoyage2050 Project.
The NextGEN Connect initiative was established between the IMO and the MPA in April 2022. The initiative aims to bring industry, academia and global research centres together, to offer inclusive solutions for maritime decarbonization for trials along shipping routes.
IMO is pleased to combine the capabilities of the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 project and the IMOSingapore NextGEN Connect initiative to collectively implement green shipping activities, in particular those that can support development of low and zero-carbon fuels and related bunkering infrastructure
…said Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the IMO
The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project was established in May 2019 by the IMO, with funding from the Government of Norway to support developing countries, including Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in their efforts to implement the Initial IMO Strategy on the Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships.
This MoU is an important partnership that brings together our projects with the mutual goal to test solutions along shipping routes. This will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping in an inclusive manner and with the support of like-minded States, aggregate demand along the supply chain.
…said Teo Eng Dih, Chief Executive of the MPA
The MoU was signed on 20 March by Mr. Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the IMO, Mr. Sveinung Oftedal, Chief Negotiator for Green Shipping of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, and Mr. Teo Eng Dih, Chief Executive of the MPA, on the side-lines of the 14th Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 14), convened at the IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom.
Joining forces through this cooperation will strengthen the support to decarbonizing the maritime sector in developing countries.
…said Sveinung Oftedal, Chief Negotiator of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
The MoU signing underscores the commitment of the partners to work together to create a more green, sustainable and efficient maritime industry.
