Recognising Green Award ships

The deal between the two companies was sealed at Posidonia in Athens on 8 June 2015.

Green Award’s chairman Captain Dimitrios Mattheou, said: “Green Award supports implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility principles. We encourage safety and environmental awareness.”

“Alphatron Marine products and services help to improve and maintain safe and efficient operations resulting in a win-win situation for the industry, people and the environment. We are pleased to have them joining the scheme.”

The Green Award certificate implies that a ship’s performance is of such high standards of safety and quality that the ship qualifies for the Green Award requirements.

Ships certified are sustainable, environmentally-friendly and they maintain and enhance best practices of the shipping industry.

“The pollution and health impact of shipping is becoming more important every day, especially since it is the backbone of the global economy” said Luuk Vroombout, co-founder and CEO of Alphatron Marine.

He added: “Several issues must be addressed together to make the industry greener. Together with the Green Award Foundation, Alphatron Marine is pleased to offer such incentive program to ship owners that choose for building and maintaining environmentally responsible vessels. We feel these green initiatives are key for the continued health of our planet, today but also in 20 years.”

All Green Award certified ships are entitled to a 10% discount on products and services such as JRC and Alphatron Marine hardware and labour, AlphaEye remote support, VSAT airtime, maintenance contract and service tariff.

There are also special discounts available for inland navigation barges on AlphaFuelControl and for deepsea vessels on Annual Radio Survey and Annual Performance Test for VDR.

The discounts are only valid when services, delivery or support are carried out by the Alphatron Marine Center of Excellence in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.