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Underwater radiated noise is an underexposed but serious threat to the marine environment with shipping being one of the major sources.
Therefore, a webinar on tackling underwater noise from shipping took place on Tuesday 30 March. This webinar was organised by the FPS Health, the FPS Mobility and Transport and the Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association, on the initiative of the Minister for the North Sea, Vincent Van Quickenborne.
After an explanation of the problem by Oceancare and IFAW, a number of possibilities for efficient solutions were presented by TNO and Transport Canada. The efforts made are not only beneficial for underwater noise, but also for NOx-, SO2- and CO2-emissions.
The presentations are available here:
Agenda
- 15:00 – 15:05: Welcome & ground rules
Sophie Mirgaux - Special envoy for the Ocean - Moderator - 15:05 – 15:15: Introduction
Vincent Van Quickenborne - Minister for the North Sea - Wilfried Lemmens - managing director of the Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association - 15:15 – 15:45: Anthropogenic underwater noise and its impacts on marine wildlife
Lindy Weilgart – Oceancare – Russel Leaper – IFAW
Q&A session - 15:45 – 16:15: Potential co-benefits for reducing underwater vessel noise for energy effiency and emission reduction - Partim sound
Christ de Jong - TNO - 16:15 – 16:20: Pause
- 16:20 – 16:45: Potential co-benefits of measures for reducing underwater radiated noise for energy efficiency and emission reduction - Partim emissions
Jan Hulskotte - TNO
Q&A session - 16:45 – 17:20: Research on Vessel Underwater Radiated Noise and Efficiency and Advancing International Collaboration
Abigail Fyfe - Michelle Sanders – Transport Canada
Q&A session - 17:20 – 17:30: Final comments and closing remarks
Sophie Mirgaux - Special envoy for the Ocean - Moderator
Watch the recording of the webinar
Consult the studies:
- Study on the reduction of emissions and underwater radiated noise for the Belgian shipping sector
- Study on a slow steaming scenario in the North Sea region
More information: news "Solutions for underwater noise from shipping"