Green Marine and RightShip have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing environmental sustainability in the maritime industry.
The purpose of the MoU is to create a framework for developing a productive working relationship with an overall view of contributing to the reduction of the maritime industry’s environmental footprint. It will also act to encourage the industry to continually improve its environmental performance.
As well as the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rating scheme that RightShip provides, the company will also bring its risk rating mechanism to the partnership, enabling evaluation of risk and actual performance at the individual ship level. Green Marine’s strength lies in its collaborative mechanism with environmental groups that helps to enable actions to be defined and implemented by shipping companies at the corporate level. It also help goals to be set for the future of maritime efficiency and emissions reductions.
The MoU will help both parties explore opportunities to enhance mutual recognition of each other’s environmental rating scheme/recognition program and to synergies in their respective contributions to environmental sustainability in maritime transportation.
Anuj Chopra RightShip Vice-President Americas, commented: “We believe this is the next step in the development of initiatives that meet our shared objective of protecting the maritime environment through more sustainable shipping.”
The MoU was signed during Green Marine’s 9th Annual Conference, GreenTech 2016, held May 30-June 1, in Quebec City, Quebec.
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