Green Award signed MOU with Canadian PortsThe Green Award Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA). The intention of this MOU is to cooperate on developing/implementing the Green Award program in Canadian Ports. This development was very much welcomed by the Canadian government: Transport Canada applauds the initiative taken by ACPA.
The MOU is intended to provide the basis for collaboration to investigate the feasibility and encourage the implementation of the Green Award program in Canadian Ports. This collaboration reflects the main objective of the parties to promote safe and environmentally friendly shipping in Canadian waters. The effort under this agreement will be results-orientated in nature, creating a win-win situation for ports, ship owners and the Canadian environment. To this end, work is already underway to collect relevant data across Canada’s national Port System with a view to having important preliminary data for Canada’s Green Award Program by March 2008.
The Green Award Foundation has been in contact with Canadian authorities for many years and sees this MOU as an important milestone in the implementation of the Green Award Program in Canada.
Green Award on promotional tour in AsiaDuring the summer, Green Award made a tour in Asia and visited Port Authorities, Ministries and Embassies in order to promote the Green Award Foundation. Green Award paid the following organisations a visit:
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Port Authority
China: The Ministry of Communication and the ports of Shenzhen, Ningbo, Dalian, Tiangjing.
Japan: The Ministry of Land and Infrastructure, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Japan Port and Harbour Association, International Association of Ports and Harbours, Tokyo MOU, The Ocean Policy Research Foundation, the ports of Kobe, Osaka, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Chiba, and six shipping companies.
Green Award appreciates having had the opportunity to inform all organisations about the efforts regarding the promotion of quality shipping. Green Award believes that Asian stakeholders are firm encouragers of quality shipping encompassing safety, quality and environment.
For that reason, Green Award trusts that cooperation is possible in further promoting quality shipping. We look forward to positive developments, especially in the ports, since incentive providers are of paramount importance for the Green Award Foundation and its certificate holders.
Green Award Foundation visits IAPH Secretariat in Tokyo
(source: IAPH)“The IAPH Secretariat welcomed delegates of Rotterdam based Green Award Foundation (Associate membership of IAPH), namely Mr. Jan Fransen, Managing Director of the Foundation and Ms. Karin Struijk, Deputy Managing Director, on July 30.
The visit was made during their two week trip to Japan, in an attempt to seek further support and understanding on the Foundation's activities by paying a visit to major ports and shipping companies in Japan.
Accompanied by a transport attaché of Dutch Embassy to Japan, the delegates had a discussion with Secretary General Inoue, focusing on their future strategies to gain more supporters from Japanese maritime society.”
www.iaphworldports.org
Committee and Board of ExpertsCommittee
Mr. Paul Markides, member of the Green Award Committe since 2005, has stepped down as Director of OCIMF and returned to his parent company. Capt. Phil Davies has taken over the helm of OCIMF from Mr. Paul Markides and consequently takes over the seat on the Committee of the Green Award Foundation.
Green Award thanks Mr. Markides for his contribution to the success of Green Award and looks forward to working with Mr. Davies. Green Award is delighted that Mr. Davies is willing to make his experience available in order to contribute to the further development of Green Award.
Board of Experts
Re-appointments for 3 years
- R. Holt, INTERCARGO
- P.W. Mollema MSc, Port of Rotterdam
- C.J. Parker, Nautical Institute
- J. Post LLC, Post & Co.
- Capt. H. Snaith, INTERTANKO
Replacement
* Capt. John W. Koster replaces Capt. M. Rand who returned to the U.S.
Resignations
- Prof. S. Hengst MSc
- Capt. D.C. Mitsatsos
- H.G.H. ten Hoopen MSc
- A.J.W. Wolters
Green Award expressed its gratefulness to the resigned persons for their many years of great support by handing over an official ‘Certificate of Recognition’.
VacancyBureau Green Award is looking for a Project- and Management assistant. The job description can be downloaded here.
Annual Report 2006We are proud of the Annual Report 2006 that is a tribute to the seafarers for the third time in a row.
The Green Award Foundation is convinced that the greatest strength of quality shipping lies in the people who are the heart of shipping business: the seafarers. We would like to pay tribute to them by including in this Annual Report a series of photos, reflecting daily life on board.
The Annual Report has been sent by mail and a PDF-file of the Annual Report is available here.
Findings DatabaseGreen Award ’s Certification database has been extended with a new module: Findings Management. Findings resulting from a survey/audit are put in the database by the surveyor/auditor. The application enables the Bureau Green Award to monitor
- the numbers and types of issued findings (non-conformities, observations etc.)
- the status of the findings per ship / certificate holder (open, due, overdue, approved, closed etc.)
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rends (per requirement, per ship type, per certificateholder etc.)
The Findings Management module also generates several reports, helping the Bureau to remind/inform certificate holders adequately and to analyse trends. As the details of the findings are confidential, Bureau Green Award is unable to make the data available to third parties.
New certificate holdersGreen Award welcomes the following new certificate holders.
- General Maritime Management (Portugal), Ltd. /
- Lisbon Wallem Ship Management Norway AS / Bergen
- JSC Novoship / Novorossiysk, Russian Federation
After the successful office audits, consequently several ships have been certified.
www.vikenship.com
www.generalmaritimecorp.com
www.novoship.ru/index-eng.shtml
Green Award in the pressThe Green Award office audit at the offices of JSC Novoship in Novorossiysk, Russian Federation was an item in the local news paper.
Seaways, the Magazine issued by the Nautical Institute in London, paid also attention to Green Award. The article can be downloaded here.
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Green Ship TechnologyEnvironmental performance has also become an element of competitiveness. In today’s world, environmental and economic objectives go hand-in-hand. Operating environmentally friendly shipping has costs but also benefits: how can shipowners and operators balance the two effectively? The Green Ship Technology addresses this topic.
Taking place in Rotterdam, one of the world’s leading maritime centres, this 5th annual conference is a forum where participants can exchange ideas and experiences, and keep up-to-date on technical and legislative developments, in the plenary sessions, the break-out sessions and in the informal networking breaks.
New ships
