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NAMEPA’s Maritime Sustainability Program Receives Global Recognition Industry’s First CSR/ESG Standard Wins Green4Sea’s Initiative Award

April 21, 2021: Green4Sea has announced that the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) has won the 2021 Green4Sea Initiative Award for its CSR/ESG (Corporate Social Responsibility/Environment, Social and Governance) Maritime Sustainability Program. The Green4Sea award is given to…

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CARIBMEPA Launched to Save Caribbean Seas

On May 19th during the Caribbean Shipping Association’s Executive Conference, NAMEPA launched CARIBMEPA whose mission is to support the region on the implementation of MARPOL and other measures to protect the marine environment.Read more at these links:http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/shipping/20190528/caribmepa-officially-launched-csahttp://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/americas/caribmepa-launched-to-protect-caribbean-marine-environment.html

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Implementing MARPOL in the Caribbean

By all accounts, the May 2nd conference, Implementing MARPOL in the Caribbean, was a tremendous success.  As Sherice Arman stated, "All the right people to deal with this issue are in the room."  Some of our top participants wanted solid outcomes and we satisfied their request.  

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Decarbonize Maritime by 2035

For the past few years, we have been talking about decarbonization by 2050.  Now the date being suggested is 2035.  I was in Copenhagen last week where the primary topic of conversation was decarbonization and strategies to achieve that. As an industry we have the opportunity to be proactive, rather than reactive.  It won’t be easy—but nothing in shipping IS easy.  We need to agree on a global strategy to move forward as an industry committed to Save Our Seas.

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