INDIA and
Norway have joined hands to set up a Joint Maritime Working Group for
cooperation between the two countries in maritime sector. An understanding was
arrived at between the two during the visit of Mr. Trond Giske, Norwegian
Minister for Trade and Industry recently.
The
scope of the Joint Working Group would tentatively include:
•
Sustainable Maritime Development, including implementation of any environmental
solutions on existing ships considered to be relevant for ship owners from a
business point of view.
• Use
of LNG as fuel for port operations, coastal shipping and the OSV fleet.
•
Smarter and greener shipping, including coastal shipping, navigational aids,
coastal surveillance, environmental friendly shipping and environmental
preparedness against marine pollution.
•
Sustainable ship building technologies, shipyard management and automation, ship
building design and collaboration between equipment producers and shipyards.
•
Technology development, design and construction of vessels intended for
operations related to installation and maintenance of Off-shore Wind Energy
Systems.
•
Joint development/production/Transfer of Technology for manufacture of
equipment/systems.
It is
expected that cooperation between India and Norway in Maritime sector will
strengthen the Indian shipping and ship-building industry and they will be
exposed to latest technology available in these sectors. The industry may like
to opt for these technology/designs if found viable by them.
The
above information was given by the Minister of Shipping, Mr G.K. Vasan in Lok
Sabha today.
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