Kareline

WORKPACKAGE 3 : Greening Maritime Transport

LED BY THE CPMR WITH THE SUPPORT OF CLEAN SHIPPING INDEX

This Work Package aims to increase environmental awareness among naval cadets and seafarers in Europe. It thereby contributes to sustainable use of the seas and oceans and compliance with environmental regulations for maritime transport by professionals working in the maritime industry. 

The Work Package will also focus on the use of environmentally adapted technology to lower emissions to air and sea.

It includes a diversity of activities addressed to identify training best practices in greening maritime transport and to draw a roadmap for dissemination of those best practices to improve marine environmental awareness and training among seafarers in this field.

Workshop themes are environmental impacts of shipping and how to mitigate these, compliance and enforcement of existing regulations and the importance of training and the ‘human factor’ for sustainable sea transport. With focus on mitigation and adaptation, environmentally adapted technology will be discussed such as scrubbers, LNG as a fuel, environmentally adapted lubricants, ballast water techniques etc.

This Work Package will produce added value via: 

• Bringing together various stakeholders (METs, professionals from shipping and cargo industry...) across the shipping supply chain in the development of a course module (that connects well with realities in the shipping industry) ;
• Promoting best practices in the shipping industry and amongst training institutions in order to enhance the image of shipping and careers at sea and make the carrier more attractive to young people.
• A report of best practice recommendations.

This work package will be supported by a Core Group composed of bodies having expressed their desire to support its activities: 

• The PROSEA Foundation  – The Netherlands
• Merchant Navy Academy of Ionian Islands - Greece
• A representative of shipowners
• IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute – Sweden

They may be joined by other members from MET institutions and professionals in the workshops that will be organised throughout the project.