Tag: low carbon

The newly established GMN project on maritime technology cooperation, run by IMO and funded by the European Union, has held its first ever national workshop in Mombasa, Kenya, on 19-20 June. The event brought together 67 participants to discuss ways to bring shipping into a low carbon future.

Bjørn Kjærand Haugland, EVP & Chief Sustainability Officer of DNV GL presented the company's new report, named “Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring Maritime Opportunities” for the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, exploring the potential for the shipping industry to contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

IMO announced that a new centre, tasked with promoting technologies to navigate shipping into a low-carbon future, has been launched at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, on March 8. The centre will cater to the needs of the Caribbean region under the Global Maritime Technology Cooperation Centre Network, a project funded by EU and run by IMO.

A strategically important protected wharf in East London is returning to operation after its acquisition by the Port of London Authority (PLA). Peruvian Wharf in Newham will be developed as a centre for low-carbon transport of building materials in East London.

 The Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnerships Project (GloMEEP), which aims to support increased uptake and implementation of energy-efficiency measures for shipping, was formally launched on Monday 28 September in Singapore, at the IMO-Singapore Future-Ready Shipping 2015 conference.  This Global Environment Facility (GEF)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/IMO project, formally designated “Transforming the Global Maritime Transport Industry towards a Low Carbon Future through Improved Energy Efficiency”, will focus in particular on building capacity to implement technical and operational measures in developing countries, where shipping is increasingly concentrated.Funding for the two-year project was agreed in July. IMO will execute the project, which marks the beginning of a new blueprint for creating global, regional and national partnerships to build the capacity to address maritime energy efficiency and for countries to mainstream this issue within their own development policies, programmes and dialogues.Attending the GloMEEP launch were representatives of the lead pilot countries for the project: Argentina, China, Georgia, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Philippines and South Africa. The lead pilot countries will be supported in taking a fast-track approach to pursuing relevant legal, policy and institutional reforms, driving national and regional government action and industry innovation to support the effective implementation of IMO’s energy efficiency requirements.  The ...

 The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a two-year global maritime energy efficiency partnership project. The GloMEEP project, formally designated “Transforming the Global Maritime Transport Industry towards a Low Carbon Future through Improved Energy Efficiency”, aims to support increased uptake and implementation of energy-efficiency measures for shipping, focusing in particular on building capacity and skills to implement technical and operational measures in developing countries, where shipping is increasingly concentrated.The project supports the development of a low-carbon maritime sector for minimizing the adverse impacts of shipping emissions on climate change, ocean acidification and local air quality. Ten IMO Member States have already signed up to the GloMEEP project as lead pilot countries (LPCs): Argentina, China, Georgia, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Philippines and South Africa. The lead pilot countries will be supported in pursuing relevant legal, policy and institutional reforms, driving national and regional government action and industry innovation to support the effective implementation of IMO’s energy efficiency requirements. A number of events related to the implementation of the GloMEEP project are expected to be held alongside the two-day inaugural Future-Ready Shipping 2015 Conference. For example, the joint IMO-Singapore International Conference on Maritime ...

The Low Carbon Shipping - A Systems Approach Final Report 2014 presents the key findings from each of the work packages of the LCS project that was funded by the Research Councils UK energy programme. The work undertaken in this project contributes towards an understanding of what the possible future trajectories of the industry will mean to the shipping system and the ships that service future transport demand. Operations for Low Carbon Shipping Crew Awareness A questionnaire was designed, distributed and analysed to identify the levels of seafarers’ awareness, knowledge, motivation and ideas about carbon emissions, their reduction, and methods for achieving energy efficiency on board. Key findings were: Only 20% of participants have learnt about carbon emissions and their effects via an education or training course and the most common sources for knowledge acquisition are not technical or focused: there are clear education and training needs; There is a lack of awareness and focus towards energy efficient operation and a lack of consistent knowledge about best practice; There is a clear correlation between how much participants know about carbon emissions and the energy efficient efforts they make, and so there is a real benefit in increasing knowledge; There is a ...