Muhammad Nouman
What is Green Ship? — A name was given to a ship going into the sea that contributed to reducing environmental pollution. It contributes to improving the environmental condition. The technology adopts methods to reduce hard emissions, lower energy consumption, and increase efficiency.
The International Maritime Organization is taking action to clean up shipping emissions by reducing the sulphur content in ships’ fuel oil. In response, the shipping industry started deeming several treatments, such as Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (LSFO), Marine Gas Oil (MGO), Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), and even burning the current fuel and having scrubbers on the exhaust stacks.
However, the shipping industry consumes 300 million tons of fuel annually, releasing around 3 percent of the world’s carbon-dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. The shipping sector recognizes its power to change the environmental impact and play a leading role. (Capt Onur Yildirim, 2020)
The shipping industry has to establish and apply innovative measures to comply with the new regulations. The International Maritime Organization required that all fuels used in ships contain no more than 0.50 percent sulphur.
According to research, we have found that there is a keen desire in customers to explore green transportation, and more people want their organizations to act responsibly for an efficient atmosphere and decarbonization.
For this purpose, a voluntary environmental certification program for North American marine industry — Green Marine, addresses key environmental issues concerning air, land and water pollution. They offer a plan for maritime companies to reduce their overall environmental footprint.
During 2020, International Maritime Organization reduced the use of Sulphur in fuel oil. As a result, there were 5 significant benefits of this strategy. (IMO International Maritime Organization, 2020)
1. The cleaner air, there was a 77% drop in overall Sulphur Oxide emissions from the ships, which led to annual 8.5 million metric tons of Sulphur Oxide reduction.
2. Higher quality of fuels, the reduction of Sulphur Oxide also enhanced the quality of fuel so as to majority of ships started to consume the high quality of fuel.
3. Ships Operators, Owners & Refineries have adapted the guidance issued by International Maritime Organization and other stakeholders to enhance preparedness ahead of the entry into force of Sulphur 2020.
4. Changes for enforcement authorities, Flag and port state control will be making sure ships are compliant.
5. Positive impacts on human health, due to this strategy the rate of premature deaths, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory and pulmonary disease are all reduced.
The planned and postponed 2021 World Maritime Day is to be celebrated in the year 2022 in South Africa due to Pandemic uncertainties. Also, all future events also be postponed by one more year. As a result of this decision, the World Maritime Day Parallel Event would be celebrated in; the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2023, the Russian Federation in 2024, and the United Arab Emirates in 2025.
This year, World Maritime has chosen ‘New technologies for greener shipping’ as their pandemic world. In this regard, The International Maritime Organization showcases maritime innovations, research and developments, and demonstration and deployment of new technologies. (Organization)
The 125th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council saw the adoption of the World Maritime theme 2022, which links to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, particularly SDGs 13 and 14 on climate change and the sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources. (RedMamla)
To attain the objective, all involved parties shall share and allocate information on best practices and access resources and general know-how in support of the greener theme. The theme will enable a variety of initiatives that focus on particular issues relating to the promotion of inclusive innovation and adoption of new technologies to support the demands for a greener transition of the maritime sector, especially in the context of developing countries and in particular the small island developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
The theme also includes SDG 9 in the industry, innovation, and infrastructure, and SDG 17, which emphasises the significance of partnerships and implementation in achieving these goals. (Organization) The key IMO programmes, including GMN, GloFouling Partnerships, GreenVoyage2050, and GloLitter Partnerships, are already tackling issues like decarbonization, marine plastic litter, and biofouling.
