Danish Shipping works with IMO for a safer, greener shipping
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Annotated by Marc Chasserot
Marc Chasserot: Danish Shipping has been collaborating with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish guidelines for using alternative fuels in shipping. The organization has provided technical advice to Danish authorities during meetings at the IMO's Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers. The goal is to ensure that the use of new green fuels is safe and complies with international guidelines, making climate-neutral shipping a reality by 2050. International guidelines are necessary to ensure that the green transformation of the seas is both safe and environmentally friendly.
Danish Shipping has been working in recent weeks with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish guidelines for alternative fuels that promote a safer as well as greener future for the maritime industry.
The process is lengthy, but progress is being made, Danish Shipping notes. As ships are increasingly set to sail on new green fuels in the near future, it is important to have clear rules for their handling, adds Danish Shipping.
What does it require in terms of ship design, tanks, etc., to safely use the green fuels on board?
... asks Danish Shipping, explaining that different types of fuels come with different challenges and risks when used on ships.
Therefore, Danish Shipping has assisted Danish authorities with technical advice during a series of meetings in London at the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, where efforts were made to establish international guidelines for the use of the new green fuels, to make the goal of climate-neutral shipping in 2050 a reality.
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The green transformation on the world’s seas requires both significant and ambitious political decisions as well as new advanced technical regulations and guidelines before the work towards climate-neutral shipping can be implemented in the daily operations of the maritime sector both at sea and on land.
... supplied Nina Porst, Director of Climate, Environment, and Safety at Danish Shipping
There is a need for international guidelines for the use of these fuels, so that shipping in the future not only becomes green but also remains safe, Danish Shipping explains.
There is a need for international guidelines for the use of these fuels, so that shipping in the future not only becomes green but also remains safe. It is an important priority for Danish Shipping to actively contribute to this process
... highlighted Nina Porst, Director of Climate, Environment, and Safety at Danish Shipping