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B9 Shipping joins SEAaT as an associate member |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
 Ship technology company joins fellow associate member Wilhelmsen Premier Marine Fuels as SEAaT opens its doors to wider stakeholders.
SEAaT, the industry association dedicated to shipping emissions
abatement and trading, today announced that B9 Shipping, the
fossil-fuel-free sailing cargo ship builder and part of the B9 Energy
Group, has become an associate member of the organisation - joining
Wilhelmsen Premier Marine Fuels, a leading Norwegian bunker broking
company, the other associate member of the organisation.
SEAaT has seen increasing interest in associate membership from
companies and organisations that are commited to ensuring that the
industry develops an economically viable, fair and definitive solution
for reducing its emissions. By joining SEAaT, associate members can
make certain that their views are represented and heard within the
regulatory and legislative bodies responsible for the shipping industry.
John Aitken, Secretary General, SEAaT, said:
"How we meet our environmental targets will define the future of
shipping and effect every facet of the industry. Creating an
opportunity for associate members to join SEAaT reflects this. We
believe every company and organization should be involved in some
capacity in taking responsibility for shaping the industry's destiny."
SEAaT has made extensive representations at regulatory and legislative
levels to promote the benefits of a 'cap and trade' scheme that can
work in conjunction with the IMO's operational and design efficiency
proposals.
This includes a collaboration with the UK Chamber of Shipping in the
development of a discussion paper concerning open and global emissions
trading for shipping, which is supported by the Shipping industry
associations of Australia, Belgium, Norway and Sweden.
Aitken continued:
"Despite the failure of COP 15, the industry must be proactive in developing
a strategy for reducing emissions that creates choice and a clear
framework within which to work. Emissions trading achieves this. It
provides commercial incentives, it provides the foundation for marine
technological innovation to flourish, it creates sustainability for the
long term, and it guarantees emissions reduction. We know that it has
worked for land-based industries, and the trading infrastructure is
already in place. All we need is a price for carbon and an emissions
reduction target."
Shipping Emissions Abatement and Trading (SEAaT) is a cross-industry,
unique, proactive and self-funding group, whose mission is to encourage
and faciliate efficient reduction of harmful emissions to air from
shipping.
SEAaT is an industry group formed in 2002 to raise awareness and acceptance
of solutions for emissions reductions that are sustainable, cost
effective and achievable. Its founding sponsors are the shipping and
oil companies committed to exploring and implementing cost effective
methods of reducing emissions. The members represent the broader
shipping community, and are ship owners, operators and fuel suppliers.
SEAaT's member include: Carnival Corporation & plc, BP Shipping,
P&O Ferries Limited, Shell Shipping, Stena Line, and Tsakos Energy
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Source: SEAaT
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