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10 Jul 2012

SEAaT, UK Chamber of Shipping in Reciprocal Membership

SEAaT (Shipping Emissions Abatement and Trading), the industry association dedicated to shipping emissions abatement and trading, announced today that it has established a reciprocal Associate Membership agreement with the UK Chamber of Shipping. John Aitken, Secretary General, SEAaT, said: "SEAaT has been working closely with the UK Chamber of Shipping for a number of years. We have a close alignment based on our respective organisations' views on reducing emissions to air from shipping. Mark Brownrigg, Director General, UK Chamber of Shipping, said: “Given that our two organisations have worked so closely together for many years on a raft of key environmental issues, I very much welcome that we have set this relationship onto a more formal footing.

26 Feb 2009

Green Ship Technology Conference

The 6th Annual Green Ship Technology (GST) conference will provide insight into the progress of measuring, managing and mitigating shipping’s contribution to climate change. Coming shortly after the intercessional meeting of the IMO’s greenhouse gas working group and ahead of the 59th session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee in July, GST 2009 will hear the views of regulators in discussion and debate with industry organizations and shipping experts. IMO Marine Environment Division director Miguel Palomares and the European Commission’s Mark Major are among those set to take part in this two day conference. Proceedings will be guided by chairman of the IMO MEPC, Andreas Chrysostomou. The conference takes place this year in Hamburg on March 24-25.

19 Dec 2008

Endorsement of Emissions Trading

SEAaT, the association dedicated to shipping emissions abatement and trading, welcomed the endorsement of the concept of emissions trading for shipping by the British Chamber of Shipping as a Red Letter Day for the shipping industry. On Dec. 15 the Chamber of Shipping announced its support for an emissions trading scheme (ETS) in line with land-based industries in Europe, whereby polluters are either given or must buy permits for their level of their emissions. SEAaT Secretary-General, John Aitken said: “The Chamber of Shipping has shown the kind of leadership the shipping industry requires if demonstrable and meaningful reductions in greenhouse gases from shipping are to be achieved.