• About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
The Daily Statesman Newspaper
  • General News
  • Opinion
  • Statesman Leader
  • Today’s Front Page
  • Education
  • Featured
  • Africa
  • Agriculture
No Result
View All Result
  • General News
  • Opinion
  • Statesman Leader
  • Today’s Front Page
  • Education
  • Featured
  • Africa
  • Agriculture
No Result
View All Result
The Daily Statesman Newspaper
No Result
View All Result
Home General News

IMO boss tasks Transport Minister to advocate Green Shipping

By Bright Philip Donkor

Daily Statesman by Daily Statesman
May 24, 2023
in General News
0
IMO boss tasks Transport Minister to advocate Green Shipping

Kitack Lim, IMO Secretary General, and Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Transport Minister

0
SHARES
7
VIEWS
Kitack Lim, IMO Secretary General, and Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Transport Minister

The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim, has placed a request to President Akufo-Addo to allow the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, to use his good office to advocate the objectives of the Organization towards decarbonization of shipping on the African continent.

Mr Lim explained that Green Shipping refers to efficient and environmentally friendly shipping practices that reduce the use of resources and energy to preserve the global environment from Green House and environmental pollutants.

The request was made when the Transport Minister led Mr Lim and a delegation of other international maritime experts to pay a courtesy call on the President at the Jubilee House after Accra had successfully hosted the first-ever Shipping Decarbonization Conference.

The expected role of the Minister was wholeheartedly granted by President Akufo-Addo. The request by the IMO Secretary-General follows Mr Asiamah’s invaluable contribution and commitment to green shipping in Ghana and the African continent.

Mr Kitack Lim stressed the importance of partnership and funding in the shipping industry. “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”, he noted.

Decarbonization

He added that the IMO would show global leadership towards efforts to decarbonize shipping by leading by example and providing a global framework for the maritime industry to strive for green shipping with the involvement of all member states.

The Transport Minister, who is also Chair of the Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa (MOWCA), is expected to garner more interest on the African continent regarding the green shipping transition agenda.

It will be recalled that in February 2023, Accra made history by successfully hosting the first-ever Shipping Decarbonization Conference, which brought together over 200 high-profile dignitaries from over 20 countries and other stakeholders in the maritime industry to discuss and explore the challenges and opportunities for green shipping in Africa.

Opening the conference, Mr Ofori Asiamah, who is also Chair of the prestigious Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa (MOWCA) noted that the shipping industry emits 2-3 percent of the annual global GHS, with most ships in operation currently being powered by fossil fuels.

Worried about the phenomenon, he noted that it was necessary to apply regulatory measures to facilitate shipping transitions and reduce emissions as well as encourage the production of alternative low and zero-carbon fuels for shipping.

Conference

The goal of the two-day green shipping conference was aimed at exploring not only the challenges but also the opportunities for African countries that lie within this green transition in preparing Africa for the crucial transition to cleaner fuels for shipping. It is also to help explore the availability of Partnerships and the importance of Africa’s participation in Global Regulations.

The objective of MOWCA is to serve the regional and international community by handling all maritime matters that are regional in character. MOWCA unifies 25 countries on the West and Central African shipping range, inclusive of five landlocked countries.

These countries comprise 20 coastal states bordering the North and South Atlantic Oceans, and they are expected to provide the maritime link for landlocked countries to facilitate the seaborne trade of those that are landlocked.

Tags: and Kwaku Ofori AsiamahIMO Secretary GeneralKitack LimTransport Minister
Previous Post

Afreximbank: LSF to ensure repo market for Africa

Next Post

GJA lauds gov’t for securing bid to host 3rd African Media Convention

Daily Statesman

Daily Statesman

Next Post
GJA lauds gov’t for securing bid to host 3rd African Media Convention

GJA lauds gov’t for securing bid to host 3rd African Media Convention

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

STATESMAN LEADER

  • Statesman Leader
ISSUES-BASED CAMPAIGN IS  IN THE INTEREST OF NPP
Statesman Leader

NPP BILLBOARDS AND THE POLITICAL REALITY

by Daily Statesman
March 16, 2023
0

Across the country and, particularly, in the national capital, giant billboards of persons seeking to lead the governing New Patriotic...

Read more
Illegal miner burnt to death

REDEEMING OURSELVES BEYOND THE GALAMSEY STORM

March 15, 2023
Ghana.GOV to trigger GHC3b improved annual revenue collection

WORKING TOGETHER TO REDUCE FOOD INFLATION

February 24, 2023
All T-Bills are 100% safe – No haircut on principal of domestic bonds

ECONOMIC REBOUND THROUGH PLANNING TO DELIVER  

February 20, 2023
THE FATALITIES ON THE ROAD ARE BECOMING SCARY

MINIMISING ACCIDENTS AS WE ENTER CHRISTMAS ERA

December 1, 2022

TODAY'S FRONTPAGE

  • Today's Front Page
Today’s Front Page 26/05/2023
Today's Front Page

Today’s Front Page 26/05/2023

by Daily Statesman
May 26, 2023
0

Read more
Today’s Front Page 24/05/2023

Today’s Front Page 24/05/2023

May 24, 2023
Today’s Front Page 22/05/2023

Today’s Front Page 22/05/2023

May 22, 2023
Today’s Front Page 19/05/2023

Today’s Front Page 19/05/2023

May 19, 2023
Today’s Front Page 18/05/2023

Today’s Front Page 18/05/2023

May 18, 2023
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Apostle Paul Kofi Agyekum advises followers of Ken Agyapong

Apostle Paul Kofi Agyekum advises followers of Ken Agyapong

March 26, 2023
Criminal gold syndicate busted over $2.7m deal

Criminal gold syndicate busted over $2.7m deal

February 24, 2023
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital treats cancer with Nuclear Medicine

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital treats cancer with Nuclear Medicine

May 4, 2023
HOW ADAMU SAKANDE WAS JAILED

HOW ADAMU SAKANDE WAS JAILED

February 8, 2022
Kansaworodo queenmother assures President of ‘four more to do more’

Profile of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

19

Bawumia: NPP is the only party with ideas to transform Ghana

6
Report sexual abusers for swift action – female students told

Report sexual abusers for swift action – female students told

6
John Boadu elected deputy chair of Democratic Union of Africa

John Boadu: NPP is the best party to move Ghana forward

4
Afriyie Akoto calls for more investment in agriculture

Dr. Afriyie Akoto picks nomination forms tomorrow

May 28, 2023
Family narrowly escapes death

Family narrowly escapes death

May 26, 2023
Today’s Front Page 26/05/2023

Today’s Front Page 26/05/2023

May 26, 2023

Akufo-Addo: AfCFTA is a game changer for Africa

May 26, 2023

Recent News

Afriyie Akoto calls for more investment in agriculture

Dr. Afriyie Akoto picks nomination forms tomorrow

May 28, 2023
Family narrowly escapes death

Family narrowly escapes death

May 26, 2023
Today’s Front Page 26/05/2023

Today’s Front Page 26/05/2023

May 26, 2023

Akufo-Addo: AfCFTA is a game changer for Africa

May 26, 2023
The Daily Statesman Newspaper

The Statesman Newspaper is a Ghanaian newspaper printed daily in Ghana by the GAB Publications limited. It is one of the oldest mainstream newspapers in Ghana.

Archives

Download App

 

 

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2021 Daily Statesman | Designed by Digitrust Ghana.

No Result
View All Result
  • General News
  • Opinion
  • Statesman Leader
  • Today’s Front Page
  • Education
  • Featured
  • Africa
  • Agriculture

© 2021 Daily Statesman | Designed by Digitrust Ghana.