The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has signed a partnership agreement with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD), reports Seatrade Maritime News.
About the deal
The agreement signed in Singapore on Tuesday aims to pave the way for greater cooperation between both organisations, in the fields of knowledge and data sharing when it comes to maritime decarbonisation initiatives, such as green corridors and pilot programmes.
Caroline Yang President of SSA commented:
“We are delighted to be working with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, especially as Singapore intensifies its decarbonisation efforts in the maritime sector, with the recent unveiling of a blueprint that sets out strategies and goals to be achieved by 2050 and the resources to support these initiatives.”
Benefits of the deal
For GCMD the partnership with SSA will allow the centre to improve its understanding of the industry’s painpoints and better scope its pilots and trials.
Professor Lynn Loo, CEO of GCMD, said: “Collaboration and alignment across the industry is key to decarbonising the sector. SSA is a trusted advisor and partner to more than 470 member companies across the ecosystem as well as related government agencies. This partnership is an opportunity for GCMD to understand industry concerns around the technical and standards challenges to better ideate pilots and trials, as well as share insights from other decarbonisation projects through SSA’s technical committees.
“GCMD can also help to support the shaping of standards and guidelines through our involvement in the various standards development organisations.”
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Source: Seatrade Maritime News
