Foundation to launch low emissions award for ships

Fri 8 Jan 2010, 13:55 GMT

Foundation to launch low emissions award for ships

New low emissions label will be issued to ships that meet exhaust emission requirements.

Rotterdam-based Green Award Foundation has announced that it is due to launch a new low emissions label for ships in 2010.

As a result of internal research and feedback received from the shipping industry, Green Award said it had decided to focus on the issue of exhaust emissions from ships and would be launching its new 'Blue Label' in the Summer of this year.

The foundation said it intends to 'drastically' revise the issue and plans to implement new additional requirements which, if met by individual vessels, will lead to them receiving the 'Blue Label'.

A 'Blue label' will be issued in addition to the normal Green Award to demonstrate that extra effort has been put in by ship owners and managers and to motivate the shipping industry to comply.

The Blue Label will be issued to ships when the obtained ranking scores meet particular exhaust emission requirements that go beyond international regulations.

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