IMO is lighting its London HQ in blue to have a good time World Maritime Day
Today is World Maritime Day and the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) is utilizing the event to shine a highlight on the position of rising applied sciences in supporting a inexperienced transition of the maritime sector right into a sustainable future.
The 2022 theme of “New technologies for greener shipping” goals to advertise inclusive innovation and uptake of recent applied sciences to help the wants for a greener transition of the maritime sector, particularly within the context of growing nations, and specifically the small island growing States (SIDS) and least developed nations (LDCs).
“Our theme ‘New technologies for greener shipping’ opens up a larger conversation about shipping’s direction and how technology can be harnessed for a more sustainable future,” stated IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim in a World Maritime Day message. “It also provides an incentive to further examine how digitalization and automation can support shipping. But technological solutions for cleaner, safer and more sustainable shipping must also benefit people. In this regard, the impact on seafarers and other marine personnel, including the need for training must be considered.”
You can discover out extra about IMO’s World Maritime Day actions HERE and see the Secretary General ship his message within the video beneath.
