Greening the Fleet: How to Reduce Air Emissions from Ship to Shore

L. Robert Pedersen, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Technical Organisation, A.P. Moller - Maersk

Transportation & Logistics Committee

As the global economy booms and trade rises, the number of ships transporting goods on the high seas is growing. A.P. Moller - Maersk will share what steps it is taking to reduce air emissions and its insights on the array of options now available to the maritime industry.

Robert Pedersen is the head of A.P. Moller - Maersk's newly established Regulatory Affairs Department in its Technical Organisation, which focuses mainly on environmental regulatory issues such as air emissions. As such, Robert is in regular contact with national authorities and regional and international organizations about regulatory issues across the respective flag states of the fleet. Robert, a marine engineer, will also explain, from a shipowner's perspective, which type of possibilities and problems are involved in shore-side electricity as well as how A.P. Moller - Maersk views other issues in the international debate on the regulation of air emissions.

The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group is a worldwide organization with more than 110,000 employees, offices in over 125 countries, and headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. Maersk Line, a division of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, is one of the leading liner shipping companies in the world, serving customers all over the globe with door-to-door services.