DNV advises India on greener shipping

The paper comes amid closer cooperation between India and Norway, which are historical maritime trading partners, and outlines 13 key recommendations, building on the experiences from the Norwegian Green Shipping Programme.

“This paper identifies opportunities and finds cutting-edge solutions to help strengthen the country’s institutional, economic, and human resource capabilities to achieve its carbon reduction goals,” said Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria, regional manager, South East Asia, Pacific & India, Maritime at DNV.

“It will be a crucial development as Asia plays an important role in decarbonising international shipping by 2050,” she added.

Recommendations include:

• Creating markets for green technology and establishing infrastructure for green shipping
• Establishing maritime clusters and increasing cooperation between industry stakeholders throughout the value chain
• Training the workforce to adapt to greener technologies.

The paper concludes that India’s shipping industry path is best driven through partnerships and DNV will help fast-track the industry’s uptake of greener, innovative solutions.

One such recent collaboration is the Kochi Water Metro project, India’s first battery-powered electric ferry fleet consisting of 23 vessels, built to DNV class at Cochin Shipyard.