India-Norway discussed discuss green ports and shipping
Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has called on Norway to share its expertise in green energy and products.
Sonowal made the call during a meeting with visiting Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre.
Sonowal said, “To fulfil the vision of Green ports and Green Shipping, we are also looking forward to Norway sharing their expertise on Hydrogen fuel cell ferries, Autonomous Surface vessels, low-emission LNG-hybrid vessels, zero emission solar battery Ro-Ro ferry vessels, inland and coastal LPG/LNG carriers.”
Further, both the Ministers have reiterated their commitment towards harnessing niche technologies to implement zero emission solutions in Ports and Shipping sector.
They discussed issues of bilateral interest including Green Ports and Shipping, training of seafarers, use of alternative fuels like green ammonia and hydrogen for futuristic shipping and sustainable ship recycling.
Also deliberated was the implementation of Green Coastal Shipping Programme solutions in India.
In recent years, both countries have been increasingly tapping their bilateral economic and technical complementarities.
Indo-Norwegian bilateral ties are marked by regular exchanges of high-level visits between the two countries.
The last Joint Working Group Maritime meeting between the two countries was held in November 2022.
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways had also participated in the 5th edition of India-Norway Task Force on Blue Economy in June 2022.
India is also a part of the GreenVoyage2050 – a partnership project between the Government of Norway and IMO launched in May 2019 aiming to transform the shipping industry towards a lower carbon future, said the Ministry of the 9 Feb 2023 meeting in New Delhi. fiinews.com
