TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 12
MSC RECEIVES
HIGHEST
AWARD FOR
WORK TO
PROTECT
WHALES IN
THE U.S
From left to right:
Valerian Riviere and
Stan Kwiaton, MSC port
operations managers
have collected the award
on behalf of MSC at a
ceremony on March 6th
Credit: msc.com
M
SC is grateful to the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) for
presenting it with the highest
award of any shipping line
participating in a vessel speed-
reduction programme organised
by to protect whales.
The project aims to improve
air quality, reduce risk of fatal whale strikes and protect
whales within National Marine Sanctuaries. Award
recipients have set an industry example by voluntarily
reducing vessel speeds in areas where endangered whale
species regularly feed.
The NOAA awarded MSC with Sapphire Level for both
areas in the programme, Santa Barbara Channel and San
Francisco Bay Area, in 2018. https://www.msc.com/
It follows a previous award for protecting whales in the
area, received last year: read more
binding offer by or on behalf of MSC that is open for
acceptance.
The project aims to improve air quality, reduce risk of fatal whale strikes and protect
whales within National Marine Sanctuaries. Award recipients have set an industry
example by voluntarily reducing vessel speeds in areas where endangered whale
species regularly feed.
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