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Commonly regarded as a developing nation, Malaysia’s shipbuilding and shipping industry continues to grow and prosper, the nation becoming a major industry player in Southeast Asia. Situated along the Straits of Malacca, Malaysian involvement in emissions control is vital to environmental interests, should regulations ever have a chance of succeeding. The article below quotes Nazery Khalid of the Maritime Institute of Malaysia:
From The Star:
“Concerns over carbon emissions have emerged as a key driver which is reshaping the way industry players think, plan, invest and operate.
“There is growing pressure for the sector to clean up its act amid growing demand for maritime-related services such as shipping, port operations, shipbuilding, ship repairing and a host of other ancillary services.
“Players in the maritime sector simply cannot maintain the status quo and hope for the problem of global warming to go away.
“As demand for services in the maritime sector grows in line with growing global seaborne trade, offshore oil and gas activities and other economic activities that require ships, ports and other maritime components, emissions from the sector is expected to rise,”
“It is also projected that carbon emissions from shipping will grow by a factor of two to three by 2050 from the 2007 levels if no regulatory measures are put in place to lower the emissions.
“The levels of sulphur oxide emanated by merchant vessels that use normal high sulphur fuel are significant and urgent actions are required to reduce them,” he said.
Given the importance of ports and the shipping sector as key facilitators of trade, Nazery said there was a need for stakeholders involved in these sectors to play an active role in protecting the environment.
Complete story and link at:
http://www.sys-con.com/node/1677099
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