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Evergreen leads maritime task force

Jul 13, 2009 Logistics

As announced 12 months ago, in a move that reflects its commitment to a better environmental future, Evergreen Line is cooperating with Cambridge University in the UK and the National Central University (NCU) in Taiwan on the Pacific Greenhouse Gases Measurement (PGGM) project. It will deploy a number of ships to measure hydrocarbon and halocarbon emission levels over the whole of the Pacific region.
The first vessel to participate in the programme, Evergreen’s 5364 TEU Ever Ultra, has just completed her initial data-gathering voyage and her arrival on 4 July in the new container port of Taipei was marked by a press conference attended by representatives of important political and academic institutions associated with this project and with other environmental programmes.
Ever Ultra had just completed a voyage taking in the ports of Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Shanghai and Ningbo. After the ceremony, she headed south from Taipei towards the Middle East Gulf, continuing to measure hydrocarbon and halocarbon emission levels as she passes down the Asian coastline, the western edge of the Pacific Ocean
The PGGM project is combining data from the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites, commercial aircraft and with Evergreen Line’s participation, from container vessels. This is enabling scientists to monitor in three dimensions the distribution of greenhouse gases over the Pacific. This data will be extremely valuable for scientists now estimating the total emissions of greenhouse emissions in the Pacific region and represents one of the key contributions from Taiwan in the context of global warming and climate change.
Speaking at the ceremony in Taipei, Wang Kuo-ying, director of the NCU’s Centre for Environmental Studies, said:
“This is an unprecedented effort that will over the next 20 years observe the global distribution of greenhouse gases, which will put Taiwan’s greenhouse gas observation on the same track as international studies.”
Stressing that Taiwan is determined to join international forces in battling global warming, Mr Wang added:
“This is the best present that Taiwan can give to the world.”
By the end of 2009, Evergreen expects to have three ships gathering data on specific routes covering the Pacific, Caribbean and US Atlantic Coast, and the Indian Ocean and Middle East Gulf.  K.W. Nieh, Evergreen Group spokesman, said:
“The Evergreen Group is committed to playing its part in the battle to restrict global warming. Striking a balance between providing transport services and being environmentally sensitive is not easy but Evergreen’s strong sense of social responsibility will ensure that the company will seriously consider every possible way of minimising its global footprint thus enabling its customers to develop greener supply chain systems.”

 

Source: Transport Weekly

 

 
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