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with the multi-facetted challenges in the chemical field. The products, their handling, warehousing, all the way to chemical management call for precision and sensibility. This involves safety, minimising risks and being accepted by the general public,” explains Ulf Christoph Inzelmann, managing partner at UMCO. Seen like this, environmental protection resonates throughout a range of courses and in the consultancy business. Sustainability is no trend for UMCO, but just commonplace – the expected standard. Fundamentally, in training and consultancy, environ- ment protection breaks down into three aspects: Avoiding environmental impact when handling chemicals, implementing measures to improve emission levels and preparing for possible effects
of foreseeable climate change. The gathering im- pact of climate change present the port world with new challenges. How can sites and plant be se- cured against ongoing periods of frost or thawing. High water or increased precipitation? What does this mean for handling materials that are hazardous to water? These are sample questions worked out by the UMCO team and included in their training courses. The range of training courses grow organ- ically, oriented equally to new laws and customer needs.
UMCO itself tries to set a good example and is the environment partner of the city-state of Hamburg and a member of the clean air ‘Luftgütepartnerschaft’ partnership. ■
Using apps for environmental protection and sustainability
Startups can be found where there is space for innovation. Especially where innovation is really needed. Shipping faces great challenges, to align economic efficiency and environmental protection.
EU Directive 2015/757 (MRV) already came into force on 1 July 2015. The aim of the MRV directive - Measuring, Reporting & Verification - is to improve insights into fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in the shipping industry in the European Union. Since 1 January 2018 operators of seagoing vessels with gross tonnage of over 5,000 are now obliged to doc-
ument their CO2 emissions on voyages between EU ports, including during lay time.
A Hamburg startup has taken on the challenge. Nau- tilusLog GmbH offers seagoing vessel operators an app to monitor their fleet’s CO2 emissions. A digital logbook for shipping that can be used on a smart- phone directly from the bridge or from the office. Ot-
Using a smartphone the Nautilus app can be used on board to call up target- ed data and tasks
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