Elisabeth Grieg Vice President, Norwegian Shipowners' Association

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Elisabeth Grieg Vice President,  Norwegian
Shipowners' Association
"Shipping Transportation - an environmental
threat or a solution to the problem?" Shipping
Energy Dinner 9 October 2007
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• NSAs environmental policy principles

• Precautionary approach
• Promote greater environmental responsibility
• Environmentally friendly technology
• Must be subject to international regulations
• Beneficial to go further than required by the
  regulations.

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The New NSA Environmental Policy
Norwegian shipping will not release harmful
emissions into the sea or air
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Skal erstattes av Grieg eksempler!! First supply
ship with gas propulsion World Wide

• Viking Energy, Eidesvik AS
• CO2 reduction of 20
• NOx reduction of 89

Viking Energy
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The dream of an emission free ship!The
Orcelle-project

• Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
• Wind, Wave, Sun

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How to create a massive momentum globally?

• Establishing a global quota trading system for
  shipping
• Include international shipping under the
  Kyoto-protocol
• Introduce a global CO2-tax on international
  shipping