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Drydocks World joins Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre
The Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre (MERC) has welcomed Drydocks World join as its latest member, thereby strengthening the consortium’s technical depth and expanding its global network.
The signing of the agreement between the two organisations brings one of the world’s leading ship repair and retrofit facilities, Drydocks World’s Dubai shipyard, into the Athens-based non-profit industry collaboration, which was co-established by the Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and leading shipowners Capital Group, Navios Maritime Partners, Neda Maritime Agency, Star Bulk and Thenamaris (Ships Management) Inc., with enabling support from Lloyd’s Register.
Drydocks World’s long-standing reputation for delivering complex engineering projects, coupled with its experience in integrating advanced technologies on board operating vessels, is expected to be central to MERC’s next phase of collaborative work. With shipyards playing an increasingly important role in the integration of energy efficiency systems, Drydocks World’s expertise is expected to influence how technologies are assessed, prioritised and deployed across different vessel types.
Drydocks World enters the consortium at a time when MERC is broadening its research and development programmes. These include the commissioning of more detailed technical studies into emerging energy efficiency technologies, practical pathways for integrating more complex systems on existing vessels, and expanded ares of work including hydrodynamic performance, wind-assisted propulsion, alternative auxiliary power solutions and data-driven operational optimisation.
Captain Rado Antolovic, CEO of Drydocks World, commented: “Joining MERC allows us to contribute our engineering and retrofit experience to a collaborative effort that is focused on solutions the industry can actually implement. The challenges of decarbonising the existing fleet require practical, evidence-based approaches, and we see real value in working alongside MERC’s partners to help shape technologies and integration strategies that will work across different vessel types.”
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