New leadership for the Sea Cargo Charter

THE 36 signatories of the Sea Cargo Charter Association elected new steering committee members at its 2023 annual meeting held in Copenhagen.

The Sea Cargo Charter is a global framework for assessing and disclosing the climate alignment of chartering activities. It establishes a common, global baseline to quantitatively assess and disclose whether chartering activities are in line with climate goals set by UN maritime agency, the IMO.

Trafigura global head of fuel decarbonisation Rasmus Bach Nielsen was elected chair of the association, and Cargill Ocean Transportation global operations director Eman Abdalla was elected vice-chair.

Mr Nielsen said he was honoured to be elected as chair of the steering committee.

“The mindset regarding climate alignment has changed faster than we could have imagined in the past few years, and I look forward to continuing the work on global standardised and transparent emission reporting which will assist everyone in pushing shipping’s green transition forward,” he said.

Cargill Ocean Transportation president Jan Dieleman said much had been accomplished with the Sea Cargo Charter in the past few years.

“Establishing a common, global baseline to assess and disclose chartering activities’ climate alignment is a critical step in the decarbonisation efforts of the industry as it provides insights for continuous improvements and interventions,” Mr Dieleman said.

The Sea Cargo Charter Association Steering Committee counts 14  member companies.

The committee now consists of: Rasmus Bach Nielsen, Trafigura (Chair); Eman Abdalla, Cargill Ocean Transportation (Vice Chair); Claire Wright, Shell (Treasurer); Engebret Dahm, Torvald Klaveness; Hans Christian Jensen, ADM; Heidi Aakre, Equinor; Henrik Røjel, Norden; Jeff Wakker, Viterra; Jürgen Willemsen, Dow; Justine Clark, Shell; Marcio Valentim Moura, Bunge; Martin Viquesnel, Louis Dreyfus Company; Matt Turns, Chevron; Patrick Heise, ADM; Peter Lye, Anglo American; Raghav Gulati, Anglo American; Seb Landerretche, Louis Dreyfus Company; Sebastien Roche, TotalEnergies.