The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has called on maritime nations to actualize the adoption of modern technology as a means of attaining cleaner and greener shipping in line with this year’s World Maritime Day commemoration theme.
Dr Jamoh, who stated this while speaking on the sidelines of
the World Maritime Day Parallel Event (WMDPE) which held in Durban South Africa
from 12 to 14 October 2022, also stated that Nigeria would seek to contribute
to the global push towards reducing emissions from shipping activities.
According to him, “the theme of this year’s event “New
technologies for greener shipping” as declared by the IMO calls for the global family
of nations to take action on decarbonisation of shipping and ports through the
use of zero or low carbon technologies, fuels and infrastructure. The ultimate
goal for Nigeria is to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
across the globe for sustainable development of our local sector”.
As one of the most important maritime events on a global scale, the WMDPE is a definitive stage for the international community to make concrete contribution and progress on collaboration geared at innovative solutions to address mitigation strategies to reduce the maritime transport carbon footprint.
IMO Secretary-General, Mr. Kitack Lim, in his welcome
address, highlighted the need for ‘innovation’ and ‘inclusivity’ as shipping
voyages to a decarbonized future, in which digitalization and automation will
play a key role.
“After a two-year pause in parallel events due to the COVID
19 pandemic, it is an enormous pleasure to be able to welcome you all here to
Durban for the 2022 World Maritime Day Parallel Event.
The Parallel Event was instituted to provide an opportunity
to take the World Maritime theme “on the road” and it is undoubtedly one of the
most important maritime events, worldwide.”
“Innovation is fundamental to the maritime industry’s successful
energy transition. It requires new technologies, renewable alternative fuels
and infrastructure to support low- and zero-carbon shipping, along with new
financial solutions to support all those practical aspects,” he added.
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