In-depth | ENVIRONMENT Chamber favours trading
Te UK’s Chamber of Shipping is backing plans for an Emissions Trading Scheme due discussion at the end of 2009.
have already been put in place in other industries has received support from Te UK’s Chamber of Shipping. Te scheme is aimed at complimenting existing rules that are in place to reduce emissions. Martin Watson, president of the
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Chamber of Shipping said that he believed the scheme was, “bold and far reaching” and was needed to bring shipping in line with other industries. How such a scheme would be applied;
either globally or locally to each country, required further Chamber study, he said. The Chamber is supported by
WWF-UK. Peter Lockley, head of transport policy, WWF-UK said: “I’m very pleased that the UK shipping industry is advocating an emissions trading system for ships and I look forward to working
proposal that would see shipping subject to the same kinds of carbon emissions trading that
with them to refine and build support for the proposal. If designed well, the scheme would put a price on maritime carbon emissions, speeding up the drive for cleaner ships and helping to pay for low-carbon development in poorer countries. It would position shipping as a progressive and responsible industry, and I very much hope that it will be part of a global climate change deal next year in Copenhagen.” Rob Ashdown, environmental
affairs manager from the Chamber of Shipping gave an example of what type of contribution the shipping industry would be looking at in today’s emissions scenario, estimating a carbon charge of €11 billion globally. However, even with this announcement
the idea is still “a concept”, added Chamber of Shipping director general Mark Brownrigg. NA
Lighthouse lights the way
Research project Lighthouse, run by Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden, looks to the future of eco- friendly shipping.
with smaller amounts of funding coming from other companies, the total cost for the Lighthouse project runs to SEK235,000,000 (€22,799,990.50). Te goal of the project is to produce a report defining the ideal ‘Eco ship’ within five years. Te main focus of research is based around the shipping industry that operates around Gothenburg, but the project will look to transpose knowledge gained to the world’s shipping industry. For students, the research project offers a
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professional qualification at the end, which is run to the standards of a PHD course; aſter
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un by Chalmers University in Gothenburg and funded by the Swedish Maritime Association,
which they present their research project and are awarded a PHD upon completion. Lighthouse also contains other strands:
‘Ergo ship’ deals with the human factors onboard a vessel; ‘Cargo ship’ looks at how to make the design of the vessel more efficient to operate; while ‘Safe ship’ is an amalgamation of Ergo ship and Cargo ship, looking at the safety features of the vessel as a whole. To support the research, the project runs
theme days on each section throughout - it has already run days on Eco ship and Ergo ship. Te theme days allow the students to come together and talk about what they have researched. NA
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