The seminar on "Maritime’s Green Frontier" and "Deep Sea Innovation" was held on April 9, 2014 in Tokyo and was attended by the experts VIPs of major offshore and maritime business and the international organization, and also high level government officials of Norway and Japan including Ms. Dilek Ayhan, State Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries　(MTIF) of Norway, Mr. Ryuji Masuno, Vice-Minister for International Affairs of MLIT and Mr. Toshiya Morishige, Director-General of MLIT.
                                                                                                                             
The presentation of Mr. Morishige touched upon the concept of Maritime Green Frontier and especially focused on productivity, innovation, market creation. In this context, he reviewed the history of the shipbuilding and shipping and the further potential market such as LNG-fueled ships, floating wind turbine, floating desalination plant, and he emphasized the importance of the reduction of GHG emission through the promotion of  “Green Ship”.
(See also the “Green Ships”  and the “Promotion of the “Green Ships” under the OECD”)
 
 
Presentation material(PDF)

Japanese shipbuilding and ship machinery industries have developed environmental technologies for the green ship. “Environmental Technology Seminar” was held as one of major seminars at SEA JAPAN 2014 on April 11, 2014, cosponsored by MLIT, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai and Japan Ship Machinery & Equipment Association. The cutting edge technologies were presented by Japanese leading companies and this seminar was very well attended.
 

Presentation material (PDF)
・Energy saving by air bubbles -Air lubrication technology applied to M.V. SOYO-
・Upgrade on Environmentally-friendly Mitsui MAN-B&W Engine Development
・A-LF-Sea Ultra Low-Friction Underwater Coating System
・Micro-binary Power Generation System
・Introduction of NIIGATA dual-fuel engine for marine propulsion
・Smart Ship Application Platform project (SSAP project)
 

Detail of “Environmental Technology Seminar”
URL:https://ubm-japan.com/seajapan/en/seminar/environment.php

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