MAERSK Container Industry (MCI) is calling for tough
enforcement of European environmental laws to protect the ozone layer and
prevent climate change, reports the American Journal of Transportation of
Massachusetts.
"We urge the European Commission to ensure enforcement of existing EU legislation regarding insulation foam in reefer containers," said Maersk Container Industry CEO Peter Nymand.
But the International Chamber of Shipping, the world's principal shipping organisation, representing 80 per cent of the world's merchant tonnage, has made a plea that regulators go slow on more stringent environmental measures as shipping is hard pressed to keep up with the expense of unfunded eco mandates.
"While regulators have a responsibility to balance the interests of shipowners with the need to protect the interests of society, they also need to be pragmatic and understand the impact that their actions," said ICS chairman Masamichi Morooka.
Mr Morooka said the extra investment required comes at a time when shipping companies are feeling the pinch of lower volumes, rates and financing.
It has also been suggested that big companies like Maersk favour such laws because smaller players will be driven from the market, unable to keep up with soaring environmental compliance costs.
Current EU legislation bans the "import" or "placing on the market" of reefer containers with significant potential to damage the climate and ozone layer. But thousands are still in use.
Supotec reefer boxes, developed and patented by Maersk, has won praise from the World Wildlife Fund eco lobby because it does not damage the ozone layer or cause "significant" climate change, the report said.
Maersk Container Industry is the container manufacturing unit of the AP Moller - Maersk Group, which owns Maersk Line the world's biggest container carrier. MCI develops and manufactures dry containers, reefer boxes and refrigeration units.
"We urge the European Commission to ensure enforcement of existing EU legislation regarding insulation foam in reefer containers," said Maersk Container Industry CEO Peter Nymand.
But the International Chamber of Shipping, the world's principal shipping organisation, representing 80 per cent of the world's merchant tonnage, has made a plea that regulators go slow on more stringent environmental measures as shipping is hard pressed to keep up with the expense of unfunded eco mandates.
"While regulators have a responsibility to balance the interests of shipowners with the need to protect the interests of society, they also need to be pragmatic and understand the impact that their actions," said ICS chairman Masamichi Morooka.
Mr Morooka said the extra investment required comes at a time when shipping companies are feeling the pinch of lower volumes, rates and financing.
It has also been suggested that big companies like Maersk favour such laws because smaller players will be driven from the market, unable to keep up with soaring environmental compliance costs.
Current EU legislation bans the "import" or "placing on the market" of reefer containers with significant potential to damage the climate and ozone layer. But thousands are still in use.
Supotec reefer boxes, developed and patented by Maersk, has won praise from the World Wildlife Fund eco lobby because it does not damage the ozone layer or cause "significant" climate change, the report said.
Maersk Container Industry is the container manufacturing unit of the AP Moller - Maersk Group, which owns Maersk Line the world's biggest container carrier. MCI develops and manufactures dry containers, reefer boxes and refrigeration units.
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