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Green
Award Topics
Recently
certified vessels
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Bertora
/ Bergshav Management AS
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Knock
Sallie / V.Ships Norway AS
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Iran
Susangird / National Iranian Tanker Company
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Seaprince
/ Thenamaris Ship Management Inc.
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Proteus
/ Cavodoro Shipping Corporation
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Front
Sabang / Wallem Shipmanagement Inc.
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Seafalcon
II / Thenamaris Ship Management Inc.
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Seasprite
/ Thenamaris Ship Management Inc.
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Christina
/ Sun Enterprises Ltd
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Eagle
Austin / Neptune Shipmanagement Services
At the moment,
158 vessels have been certified; about 20 vessels are in process.
The complete
list of certified vessels can be found here.
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Green
Award Foundation Annual Report 2001
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2001 was
a remarkable year for Green Award. The acquisition of the
THOR HEYERDAHL International Maritime Environmental Award
2001, which is sometimes referred to as the‘Nobel Prize
for the Maritime Environment’ was undoubtedly the main
highlight of the year. The award confirms the impact that
the Green Award scheme
has had on the marine industry. And there is more good news,
in 2001:
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Our ‘fleet’ grew from 8.5 % to 10 % of the relevant
world tanker fleet
• This fleet carried 22 % of all sea-borne oil
• There was a net increase of 18 % in the number of certificated
vessels
• The number of qualified Green Award surveyors increased
from 3 to 9
• Hamburg joined the scheme as a participating port
A complete
Annual Report 2001 has been sent to our incentive providers
and participants and can be downloaded
here (PDF-format, 844
kB) or be sent on request by e-mail.
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Klaipeda
Port
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During
the conference "The Future of the Baltic States"
the most recent Green Award Port, Klaipeda (Lithuania) received
the Green Award Plaquette. Mr. J.L. de Goeij (r), Managing
Director Green Award, handed over the Green Award Plaquette
to Mr. Vladas Sturys, Director for Port Strategy, KSSA.
At Klaipeda
Port, the Green Award vessels receive 5% premium incentive
based on vessel dues.
http://www.spk.lt
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Port
of Sines
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Port
of Sines (Portugal) was host of the Dry Bulk Terminals
Contact Group Conference, that took place in September/October
2002. Sines is a well-known Green Award Port, and has already
a Green Award Plaquette. As the lay-out of the Green Award
Plaquette has been restyled, Mr. Jan Fransen (left),
Deputy Managing Director Green Award, took the opportunity
to hand over a new plaquette to Mr.
Abílio Marques Afonso,
Executive Member of the Board of the Port of Sines.
The Port
of Sines grants Green Award vessels 5% premium on Tariff of
port use (TUP).
http://www.portodesines.pt
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International
Marine Environmental Awareness Course (4-7 November 2002)
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In co-operation
with the North Sea Foundation, the Netherlands Institute for
Sea Research (NIOZ), presently one of the major European oceanographic
institutes, has developed an International Marine Environmental
Awareness Course.
The goal
of the course is to give senior students of Maritime Universities
and staff of Shipping Companies an up to date knowledge of
the most important physical, chemical, and biological aspects
of the marine environment. This should lead to a better understanding
of the different sets of rules in international legislation,
e.g. the ISM-code and the Marpol treaty with its annexes relating
to different sources of pollution by ships. A better understanding
of the scientific rationale will finally result in a better
compliance with the environmental regulations in everyday
practice on board ships.
As Green
Award also has the ambition to increase the understanding
and awareness of the importance to protect the marine environment,
Green Award is very honoured that Capt. Ben Metselaar,
Survey Manager Green Award, has been invited to be one of
the lecturers of the course. Capt. Metselaar's presentation
is titled: The marine environment: efforts versus benefits.
http://www.nioz.nl/
http://www.noordzee.nl/
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Green Award Vessels rewarded by Dutch Pilots
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The Dutch Pilot's
Corporation is one of the esteemed companies that appreciate the extra
quality that the Green Award vessels guarantee. On behalf of the Dutch
Pilots, the payments of the incentives for the year 2000 are recently
made. We are pleased to announce that a second payment, concerning
2001, will take place soon. From the start of Green Award, The Dutch
Pilot's Organisation has been a firm supporter to Green Award. We
are grateful to them for their continuous trust in the development
of Green Award and its participants.
http://www.loodswezen.nl
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Green Award
dataprovider for Equasis
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Equasis brings all players involved in the various various fields
of marine business together in an effort to improve marine safety.
It is a tool to make the information relating to the quality of ships
and their operators transparent.
While much relevant
information is collected and available, it is scattered and often
difficult to access. One of the main conclusions of the Quality Shipping
Conference in Lisbon in June 1998, was a unanimous call from the participants,
representing the whole range of industry professionals (including
ship owners, cargo owners, insurers, brokers, classification societies,
agents, ports and terminals), to make such information more accessible.
In response
to this call, the European Commission and the French Maritime Administration
decided to co-operate in developing an information system collating
existing safety-related information on ships from both public and
private sources and making it available on the Internet. The result
is: http://www.equasis.org.
The present
version of the Equasis database has been fed with data supplied by
several providers. For example: Port State Control Regimes, Private
vetting Schemes, IACS Classification Societies and International Group
of P&I Clubs. Green
Award also is a dataprovider for the Equasis database.
The main principles,
in setting up, the Equasis information system are as follows:
- Equasis
should be a tool aimed at reducing substandard shipping, and it
should be limited to safety-related information on ships.
- Equasis
has no commercial purpose; it addresses a public concern and should
act accordingly.
- Equasis
should be an international database covering the whole world fleet.
- Active co-operation
with all players involved in the maritime industry is needed.
- Equasis
will be a tool used for a better selection of ships, but it will
be used on a voluntary basis; there will be no legal pressure for
industry to use Equasis.
The setting-up
and effective operation of Equasis will promote the exchange of unbiased
information and transparency in maritime transport and thus allow
persons involved in maritime transport to be better informed about
the performance of ships and maritime organisations with which they
are dealing.
The Green Award
website is linked to the Equasis-website, http://www.equasis.org.
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The
purpose of Green Award is to promote clean and safe shipping through
the certification of ships (oil, product tankers and dry bulk
carriers of 20,000 DWT and above).
For
more information:
Bureau Green Award
Tel. + 31 10 2170200
Fax + 31 10 2829762
e-mail info@greenaward.org
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