{"id":10445,"date":"2023-02-17T16:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=10445"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:58:22","slug":"unlocking-opportunities-for-green-shipping-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/unlocking-opportunities-for-green-shipping-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking opportunities for Green Shipping in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10446\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpGWp7eX0AAHD3o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpGWp7eX0AAHD3o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpGWp7eX0AAHD3o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpGWp7eX0AAHD3o-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpGWp7eX0AAHD3o-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpGWp7eX0AAHD3o-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpGWp7eX0AAHD3o-1536x1002.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo : Ghana Maritime Authority<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">A Green Shipping conference in Accra, Ghana (15-16 February), provided a forum to discuss opportunities and challenges for African countries in the decarbonization of international shipping. Key drivers of change include an ambitious and global regulatory framework put in place by IMO addressing energy efficiency; development of new technologies; and investments in renewable energy and infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The conference \u2013 the first of its kind on the continent &#8211; was co-organized and co-sponsored* by IMO, in collaboration with the Maritime Authorities of Ghana and Denmark. Participants came from 15 African countries.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpK8sr0WcAIDAah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10447 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpK8sr0WcAIDAah-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpK8sr0WcAIDAah-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpK8sr0WcAIDAah-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpK8sr0WcAIDAah.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Opening the Conference, IMO Secretary-General\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imo.org\/en\/MediaCentre\/SecretaryGeneral\/Pages\/Unlocking-Opportunities-for-Green-Shipping-in-Africa.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Kitack Lim<\/span><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0stressed the importance of collaboration and cooperation: \u201cAcross the continent, there is a strong willingness and commitment to work with all stakeholders to explore and make a push towards renewable energy, to ensure that maritime transport benefits from the relevant investment and technology transfer, and that the workforce of the future is equipped for this imperative transition. Knowledge sharing is critical.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Mr. Roel Hoenders, Head of Air Pollution and Energy Efficiency of IMO, presented IMO\u2019s latest energy efficiency regulations (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imo.org\/en\/MediaCentre\/HotTopics\/Pages\/EEXI-CII-FAQ.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">EEXI and CII<\/span><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">) and state-of-play in the revision of the Initial IMO GHG Strategy and the development of a basket of mid-term GHG reduction measures and associated impact assessment.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Through a programme of high-level in-person panels and interactive sessions, key decision-makers and senior advisers from African countries, leading business representatives from the maritime value-chain, ship-owners and operators to cargo owners, ports, energy producers and financial institutions, development banks, academia and civil society identified expectations with regard to the revision of the Initial IMO GHG Strategy and the development of economic measures. New ways of working together, especially between the public-private sector and between developed and developing countries, are crucial for the green transition.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The panel sessions addressed opportunities and challenges in terms of unlocking finance for port infrastructure, renewable energy production, training and skill development of seafarers as well as job generation and attracting young generations to a low-carbon African shipping industry.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Country representatives highlighted the need to properly assess possible impacts on States of IMO\u2019s next greenhouse gas reduction measures. There was a focus on ensuring an equitable transition, including by means of additional capacity building and technology cooperation provided through IMO.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Also emphasized was the need for further regional and cross-continental cooperation in promoting energy efficient shipping, including through the use of future carbon revenues for port bunkering infrastructure, scholarships in renewable energy economics, and possible retrofitting and upgrading of the African shipping fleet.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The conference provided insightful elements which can inform discussions during the upcoming meetings of the Intersessional Working Group on Greenhouse Gases (ISWG-GHG) and MEPC 80 which will see the adoption of the revised IMO GHG Strategy and the further development of the basket of mid-term GHG reduction measures, including the associated analysis of possible impacts on States of economic measures.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">IMO supports developing countries in renewable energy production, through the ITCP, projects and the IMO GHG TC Trust Fund, and organized earlier events on opportunities in ensuring a &#8220;just and equitable&#8221; transition of international shipping as presented during IMO\u2019s 2nd Alternative Fuel Symposium which took place on 21 October 2022, see:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https:\/\/www.imo.org\/en\/About\/Events\/Pages\/IMO-Symposium-on-alternative-low--and-zero-carbon-fuels-for-shipping-2022.aspx&amp;data=05%7c01%7cNBrown%40imo.org%7ccab571529f0b4489783008db102f54a4%7cac3d7338603d4567991dc8ab4b89c213%7c0%7c0%7c638121567684163251%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&amp;sdata=G1pt8SJu0U%2BUOYTwv9xB7n5dp29GPETi4f9yMbQuCPU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">IMO Symposium on alternative low- and zero-carbon fuels for shipping<\/span><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as well as during\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/cop27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">COP 27<\/span><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in Sharm-el-Sheikh.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The 2023 World Maritime theme is \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https:\/\/www.imo.org\/en\/About\/Events\/Pages\/World-Maritime-theme-2023.aspx&amp;data=05%7c01%7cNBrown%40imo.org%7ccab571529f0b4489783008db102f54a4%7cac3d7338603d4567991dc8ab4b89c213%7c0%7c0%7c638121567684319461%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&amp;sdata=f5BZzGVe7eJDjUVKNlVkRtv\/RxcqHyTbNFuVbV659ec%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">MARPOL at 50 \u2013 Our commitment goes on<\/span><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8216;.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">* through IMO&#8217;s Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source : IMO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Green 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