Nor-Shipping picks Vale Brasil as first Clean Ship Award winner

Nor-Shipping has yesterday announced the winners of the 2011 Clean Ship and Next Generation Ship Awards. The awards, which showcase industry excellence, were presented by Norwegian Minister of Trade & Industry Trond Giske and Henrik Madsen, CEO of Det Norske Veritas (DNV). An independent jury considered a total of 40 candidates for the 2011 awards.

CLEAN SHIP

The Clean Ship Award honors the shipowner and ship that has contributed to the greatest reduction of emissions to air or discharges to sea in relation to its function and operation. The inaugural Clean Ship Award went to Vale S.A. for the Vale Brasil, an ore carrier with low emissions per ton of cargo that is expected to set a new standard for long-distance dry bulk carriers.

Vale says the ship will reduce emissions per ton of cargo carried by 35 percent

Vale Brasil is the first of 35 ships of 400,000 dwt capacity, both owned outright and chartered, commissioned by Vale to transport iron ore between Brazil and Asia. The vessels will be delivered between 2011 and 2013. From 2013, the Vale fleet will have total 60 vessels in operation.

Vale Brazil was delivered this month by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.  and is the first of seven ships ordered under a $748 million order with the shipyard.

NEXT GENERATION SHIP

The Next Generation Ship Award recognizes the yard, designer or owner with the most promising design idea for a ship that will be at sea in the coming decade, demonstrating the greatest advances to further the development of ocean transportation. The 2011 award was given to the Rolls-Royce Marine AS “Environship Concept” for a general cargo ship optimized to carry a combination of cargo typical for short sea shipping in Northern Europe. With LNG fuel and a dedicated design for short sea shipping, the emissions from this shipping segment can be significantly reduced.

May 25, 2011