UECC snaps up award for sustainability
The Greenports award for the most eco-friendly vessel was presented to “Auto Energy”, a UECC vessel, when she called at Bremerhaven (Germany) in September. The Greenports award 2019 to the vessel was announced at the sustainable shipping 2019 conference in Bremen (Germany) on 24 September, where UECC’s director of sales & marketing, Bjorn Svenningsen, represented the UECC.
During the award ceremony, Bremenports’ managing director Robert Howe stated: “’Auto Energy’ has eco-friendly LNG propulsion, which earned her the Greenports award 2019. With an average ESI (environmental ship index) score of 60.8, the car carrier won first place, ahead of her sister ship “Auto Eco”, which had a score of 58.1.”
Howe further stressed that the overall trend in shipping is definitely positive and added: “During the last six months alone, the share of vessels reporting an ESI rose by just below 7%. This means that a total of 7,731 vessels worldwide now have lower emissions, thus outperforming the environmental limits prescribed by the international maritime organisation." (fd)