Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), a world chief in testing, inspection, and certification, took half within the GBA Clear Power Provide Chain Convention organized by Hong Kong Chamber of Transport (HKCoS) yesterday, on the Hong Kong College of Science and Know-how (HKUST). Following the success of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Clear Power Provide Chain Workshop, which came about in November 2024, the convention introduced collectively trade stakeholders from throughout the maritime sector to debate the vital pathways that may assist the event of the trade’s vitality transition, together with different fuels, electrification, and inexperienced corridors.
Supporting the event of decarbonization initiatives throughout the GBA maritime ecosystem, in addition to growing Hong Kong as a Inexperienced transport centre, will present a big contribution to the IMO’s 2050 GHG discount targets and set up pathways and fashions to speed up the web zero transition of world transport.
The occasion’s friends of honour and audio system included The Hon C.Y. Leung, Vice Chairman of the Nationwide Committee of the Chinese language Individuals’s Political Consultative Convention, Founder Member and Honorary Advisor of the Chamber; The Hon Mable Chan, Secretary for Transport and Logistics of the HKSAR Authorities; Professor Nancy Ip, President of The Hong Kong College of Science and Know-how; and Mr Hing Chao, Founder Member and Chairman of the Chamber.
The opening periods of the convention featured a dialogue on the impacts that the current bulletins following IMO’s MEPC 83 can have on the trade. BV’s Sustainability Supervisor, North Asia Zone, Gerrit Bunt offered an outline of the brand new GHG gas depth (GFI) measures, while outlining the possible influence that the introduction of the GFI can have on house owners and operators of their efforts to stay compliant.
Alex Gregg-Smith, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific (APA), Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, took half in a panel dialogue on the worldwide influence of IMO’s MEPC 83. He additionally shared his experience and perception throughout all three decarbonization enablers, exploring the alternatives and challenges that the maritime trade’s faces in reaching its net-zero 2050 targets, while illustrating the significance of set up Hong Kong as a inexperienced port centre that’s primed to assist net-zero transport.
