The winners of the 2012 Awards are:
1st: Flux Drive for a more efficient means of transmitting rotating power
Judges’ comments:
"Seems like an innovative and valuable contribution to green ship technology."
"Truly innovative as it provides an entirely new way of using a magnetic coupling by making it self-regulating speed-wise."
"Novel and oft ignored area of energy savings."
2nd: Fjord1 for MF Boknafjord the world’s largest natural gas powered ferry
Judges’ comments:
"The leading company in using gas power, and this vessel marks a new benchmark for ferries, albeit the company’s 12th gas powered vessel."
The Judges’ short listed entries for Green Technology of the Year 2012 were:
Flux Drive for a more efficient means of transmitting rotating power
Fjord1 for MF Boknafjord the world’s largest natural gas powered ferry
Germanischer Lloyd and Tarbit Shipping for the Bit Viking conversion project
Rolls-Royce for the world’s first gas powered tugs
Wärtsilä for the Bit Viking conversion project
The members of the distinguished judging panel for the GST Awards 2012:
Bo Cerup-Simonsen, Vice President, Maersk Maritime Technology and Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Danish Shipowners’ Association
Craig Eason, Technical Editor, Lloyd’s List
Lars Robert Pedersen, Deputy Secretary General, BIMCO
Christian Suhr, CEO, Ahrenkiel Shipmanagement
Emmanouil Vordonis, Executive Director, Thenamaris Ships Management Inc
"The prize award of the Green Ship Service Provider of the Year for 2010…is especially gratifying as the work of the NOx Fund through this prize is recognized internationally"