Green
Award certifies sea-going and inland navigation ships that go beyond the
industry required standards. Established in 1994 as a certification scheme for
sea-going oil tankers, Green Award has grown to a world-wide recognized quality
assessment organization accepting 5 types of sea-going ships and with incentive
providers all over the world. In 2011 the foundation introduced a certificate
for inland freight vessels. The program has proved to be an enormous success
with over 590 European inland
barges currently certified and many ports and commercial organizations
supporting Green Award fleet with significant discounts.
From
this year, advantages of the Green Award certificate are available for inland
waterways passenger vessels. Ferries, river cruise ships and day cruisers are
eligible for the certification. The requirements for passenger ships are
similar to the requirements for freight inland vessels with focus on the safety and environmental aspects. If a ship has hotel and catering
facilities on board, then a Green Key certificate with at least the bronze
level is required.
In
the pilot phase Green Award tested the requirements and inspected the ferry ‘Schoonhoven’
and the day cruise boat ‘Z8’. Both vessels have successfully passed the
inspection and obtained the Green Award certificate. The Green Award
certificate proves that ships apply the best practices and minimize their
environmental impact.
Since
Green Award certificate implies that the ship’s owner is socially responsible,
there is significant interest from ports and companies to become incentive
providers for inland passenger vessels. Green Award is currently is contact
with several interested parties and incentives for this new category of ships
are expected to be announced in 2017.
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