Denmark-based Maersk Line has been named as the Sustainable Shipping Operator of The Year at an awards ceremony in London, UK this week.
Sustainable Shipping presented Maersk Line with the award in recognition of the efforts that it has made in reducing the environmental impact of its business operations, such as proving that two-stroke engines on container vessels can run continuously at low loads, ensuring a more energy-efficient vessel operation.
Over 100 Maersk Line vessels have utilised super-slow steaming since 2007, when the group conducted a widespread survey of 110 vessels which revealed it is safe for engine load to drop as low 10 per cent – thus reducing fuel costs and CO2 emissions.
'We are dedicated to minimising our environmental footprint and conducting our business in a sustainable fashion,' said Søren Stig Nielsen, senior director and head of sustainability at Maersk Line. 'Therefore, we are very pleased to win the award as Sustainable Shipping Operator.
'We have challenged the myths of the industry and with research documented that the saving potential of slow-steaming is a lot bigger than previously thought,' he added.
In May this year, parent group A.P Møller-Maersk announced in its Health, Safety,Security and Environment (HSSE) report that it engineered a drop incarbon emissions of 9 per cent during 2008, a total reduction of 5mtonnes of CO2.
The reduction was achieved through lower fuel consumption on Maersk Line's ships,which accounts for 90 per cent of the company's fuel usage, and reducedflaring from platforms.
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