As bringing down the carbon emissions of the ships has also societal reach , universities and research institutions are eager to lend a helping hand to the marine industry – and new programs and projects emerge to explore various facets of sustainability .
One recent example from Finland is a new project , Sustainable Shipbuilding Concepts ( SusCon ), which focuses on sustainability-based value-creation in the cruise ship industry . Coordinated by University of Turku , this is a joint effort by VTT ,
Royal Caribbean Group , Meyer Turku and the Finnish marine cluster .
The SusCon project wants to find new solutions and methods to boost sustainability already in the early building phases of the ship . In addition to launching greener ships upon the seas , SusCon aims to highlight the social responsibility issues of the marine clusters .
SETTING THE STANDARD
Head of the project , researcher Teijo Lehtonen from the University of Turku says that the common goal of the SusCon partners is to develop and test new kinds of working methods and routines – and to analyze the results from the viewpoint of sustainability as well as other relevant metrics .
“ A simple example of this is the drop in traveling volumes which results from streamlining planning processes . This decrease , in turn , yields a positive climate impact ,” Lehtonen says .
Sustainability is nothing new in any industry – and Finnish marine cluster has
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