Korea and Denmark both have ambitious national plans
for a transition to greener and more energy efficient economies.
The Danish-South Korean Green Growth Alliance met for
roundtable talks. The Minister for Business and Growth’s meeting with the South
Korean Minister of Oceans and Fisheries is important for further developing the
close co-operation.
The Green Growth Alliance held its fifth meeting.
This time it had the form of roundtable talks with a maritime focus at the
premises of the Danish Maritime Authority. South Korea is the third-largest
export market for Denmark in Asia and an important market for Danish shipping.
South Korea is also of major importance to Danish
suppliers of marine equipment, several of which have their production, service
centres or sales offices in South Korea. The Growth Alliance was launched in
2011 as a cooperation between Denmark and South Korea.
The main purpose of the alliance is to pave the way
for increased Danish exports of energy and environmental technology to South
Korea. The agreement commits the countries to having annual meetings with
ministerial participation.
Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Ki-June Yoo took
part in the roundtable meeting as a representative of the Korean government,
accompanied by a trade delegation with representatives from the Korean
shipowners’ association, the Korean classification society as well as, inter
alia, the Korea Maritime Institute.
On the part of Denmark, Minister for Business and
Growth Troels Lund Poulsen, Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority
Andreas Nordseth, the Danish Ambassador to South Korea Thomas Lehmann,
representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Supply and Climate, the Danish
Shipowners’ Association, Danish Maritime, State of Green as well as
representatives from Danish maritime companies participated.
Focus on green maritime technology and green energy
at sea: The theme of this year’s Green Growth Alliance meeting was regulation
as a driver of green maritime technology and the potentials of generating green
energy at sea, for example wave energy.
These years, the maritime industry is faced by a
green conversion with stricter requirements for ships’ environmental and
climate properties, including reductions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur
emissions, requirements for energy efficiency, ballast water management and
safe ship recycling.
Source: marine
link. 9 October 2015
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