SNAME honors its supporters in an award ceremony that was organised by the society at a night of maritime excellence and knowledge sharing.
SNAME awarded the following companies: MAN Diesel, ELCKO, Alba, ICS Greek Branch, Det Norske Veritas, Bureau Veritas, Capital Ship Management, Arcadia Shipmanagement, Atlantic Bulk Carriers, MacGregor, Lloyd’s Register, ABS, Liberia Registry, Wartsila and The American Club.
The event took place at the new premises of V.Ships in Piraeus.
Prior to the award ceremony a panel discussion took place with topic: “If you were the owner, what choices would you make in the new environment”.
The panel included: Mrs Konstantina Aravantinou, Sales Manager Wartsila, Mr. Vassilios Dimoulas, Technology & Innovation Director Bureau Veritas, Mr. Nikos Economou, General Secretary of “Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping”, Mr. Costas Maounis, Projects Director Polembros Shipping, Mr. John Papazafiriou, Director BU1 Franman, Mr. Spyros Sofianos, Head of Sales MAN ES, Mr. George Zindros, Manager Business Development ABS and Moderator was Professor Dimitris Lyridis, National Technical University of Athens.
The speakers agreed that shipping companies have to adopt several steps towards decarbonisation such as voyage planning optimization and energy onboard savings.
The provision of bank Finance will be also directly connected with the sustainability reports of the companies. The most possible fuel choice will be LNG and biofuels or a blend of fuels which reduce dioxide emissions.
New technologies are also in place and shipping industry prepares for the next step which will be the option of non-carbon fuels produced by renewable energy.
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