Green shipdesign requires partnerships
MARITIME SERVICE: The challenges and possibilities for developing greener shipping are key issues in a new report published by the Danish Maritime Authority. The report offers inspiration to both shipping companies and equipment manufacturers.
The Danish marine equipment industry and Danish shipping companies have a strong standing in the international market as far as the development of new, green solutions for the shipping industry are concerned.
In order to maintain and further develop this position, it will be necessary to establish various types of partnerships for strengthening innovation and growth. This message is found in a new report from the Danish Maritime Authority. It examines in more detail what possibilities the shipping companies and the Danish marine equipment industry have of continuously being some of the leading players in the field of green solutions.
The report points out that the challenge faced by the shipping companies and the national equipment industry is complex. It is a special challenge that by far most shipping companies have their ships built in East Asia.
Consequently, the equipment industry must be able to present solutions and involve itself in developments and productions that take place many thousand kilometres away.
By establishing partnerships with, for example, shipyards in East Asia, several advantages can be gained. The shipping company gets a new, competitive ship, the products of the Danish marine equipment industry are developed and tested, and the yard gets a standard design that can be sold to others. In other words, a positive output for everyone taking part in the cooperation. But, as is also pointed out in the report, international cooperation between several companies can be a great challenge that must be approached in the right way.
If you have any questions to the report, please contact Head of Centre Mogens Schrøder Bech by telephone +45 39 17 45 01 or by e-mail: mb@dma.dk
Kilde: Danish Maritime Authority / maritimedanmark.dk