Environment
NYK Honored
for Its Efforts to
Protect Whales
and Reduce Air
Pollution
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Photo credit: John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research
YK has received a gold award for the
company’s participation in the Protecting
Blue Whales and Blue Skies program, a vessel
speed reduction (VSR) incentive program
along the West Coast of North America
conducted by the National Marine Sanctuary
Foundation.
To protect whales and cut air pollution,
this program encourages voluntary vessel
speed reduction in the Santa Barbara Channel region and the
San Francisco Bay area. For about five months from July 1, 2018,
NYK has received a gold award for the
company’s participation in the Protecting Blue
Whales and Blue Skies program, a vessel speed
reduction (VSR) incentive program along the
West Coast of North America conducted by the
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
NYK’s Gold Award
for the company’s
participation in
the Protecting
Blue Whales
and Blue Skies
program Vessel
Speed Reduction
(VSR)
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the program’s partners analysed each participating company’s
automatic information system (AIS) data and evaluated the
company’s adherence to the request that vessels transit at 10 knots
or less through the VSR zones. NYK-operated ships were recognized
for having cooperated with the request.
NYK recognizes environmental issues to be a significant company
challenge, and participates in programs such as this to contribute
to the achievement of better seas through preservation of the
marine environment and biodiversity, which are closely related to
our business. www.nyk.com/