For the first time in its 18 year history, the Green Award Foundation has certified a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier. The LNG vessel Dukhan is chartered by Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producing company.
The Dukhan (72.533 DWT), is managed by London based https://www.mol.co.jp/lngcarrier.shtml[MOL LNG Transport (Europe) Ltd], a MOL Group company. The Dukham is on long term charter to https://www.qatargas.com/[Qatargas]. The decision to bring LNG carriers into the Green Award programme came from an initiative from and was strongly supported earlier this year by Qatargas.
Green Award Certification
https://www.greenaward.org/[Green Award] certifies ships that are extra clean and extra safe. Ships with a Green Award certificate go above and beyond the set standards in cleanliness and safety and reap various financial and non-financial benefits. The Green Award Foundation is active all over the world with the certification scheme open to oil tankers and dry bulk carriers from 20.000 DWT and upwards, LNG carriers and inland navigation vessels.
Picture: Green Award managing director Jan Fransen (right) hands over the first Green Award LNG certificate to the Master of the Dukhan (Picture by https://www.greenaward.org/greenaward/496-2011-03-a.html[Green Award])
