In this edition of DNV Forum you can read about Andreas Chrysostomou, chair of the Marine Environment Protection Committee: building consensus. Also inside: Bo Cerup-Simonsen in Maersk, EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, London Fire Brigade
Date: 2010-06-11
The COP15 meeting in Copenhagen was disappointing in that it did not give the IMO any guidance for setting targets for shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions. The shipping industry is prepared to play its part in reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions and is in urgent need of commonly agreed targets for 2050 as well as intermediate targets for 2020 and 2030.
Andreas Chrysostomou has been at the helm of the Marine Environment Protection Committee for the past six years, during a time when the IMO committee has grown steadily more influential. The expected market-based instruments to fight emissions will bring in a new era.
The dark cloud of the financial crisis has a silver lining, according to Bo Cerup-Simonsen, Vice President at Maersk Maritime Technology. That silver lining is innovation.
The fuel bill went in just one direction and that was upward. With a fleet of some ten ships in the Mediterranean, Louis Cruise Lines decided that something had to be done.
DNV’s new concept container ship may seem like something out of science fiction, but a closer look reveals a vessel which has been conceived and designed to help owners manage everyday challenges.
According to the study ‘Dirty Thirty’, issued by the WWF, the coal-fired power station Prunerov in the Czech Republic is number 12 on the list of the most inefficient power stations in Europe. Now it is nearing the end of its lifetime and the operator Cez wants to extend the life of three out of five blocks at the Prunerov plant, while raising their output and effectiveness. The overall capacity would drop with the closure of the two remaining units. Environmentalists are protesting.
The plans to refurbish part of the controversial Prunerov coal-fired power plant in the Czech Republic faced large international protests. Environment Minister Jan Dusik brought in DNV to carry out an independent assessment.
The technology race is not without pitfalls. In order to combine rapid product development with a high integrity reputation, Panasonic launched one of the world’s largest information security management projects.
“First of all energy efficiency must be given a new boost. But after energy efficiency, Carbon Capture and Storage is considered to be the second most powerful tool for emission reductions in the long term,” says former EU Commissioner for energy Andris Piebalgs.
“Technically we can manage the challenges involved in storing CO2. Now the regulatory and financial gaps must be closed through a tight partnership between the industry and authorities. A common understanding and approach will accelerate the process of Carbon Capture and Storage becoming a sustainable industry,” says Martin Jagger, Shell’s CCS and Contaminated Gas Manager.
DNV has opened its Clean Technology Centre to meet the growing demand for clean technology innovation and incubation in Singapore and South East Asia.
London Fire Brigade, one of the largest fire and rescue organisations in the world, is responsible for keeping 7.5 million Londoners safe from fires and fire-related incidents. DNV has worked with the brigade for the past two years, ensuring an increased awareness and implementation of Enterprise Risk Management in the organisation.
PT. Badak NGL has gained recognition for its safety standards. The LNG plant, jointly owned by Indonesian state energy giant Pertamina, oil companies Total and VICO, and Japan’s JILCO, has become the first oil and gas company in Asia to receive the Level 8 award of DNV’s International Safety Rating System Edition 7 (ISRS7).
Clean water has arrived in Phu Tho province, Vietnam, with the help of the Red Cross and DNV.
Managers who are under pressure from the media choose risk aversion rather than risk management.
