A Green Award certificate is issued only to ships and ship managers that go ‘above and beyond industry standards in terms of safety, quality and environmental performance’.
Synergy Group, one of the world’s leading ship managers, has demonstrated its commitment to best-in-class operations and environmental performance by successfully securing the first ever Green Award for a container vessel.
Synergy Group secured the certificate for the CAP SAN MALEAS, a 2014-built, 131,095 dwt container vessel, after undergoing the Green Award’s quality, safety and environmental performance audit.
“The Green Award is designed to independently recognise ship managers that see it as their duty to owners and the environment to reach the pinnacle of excellence on environmental performance, so we are delighted to be the first manager to achieve such a standard for container ship management,” said Captain Rajesh Unni, Synergy Group Founder and CEO.
“Congratulations and well done to our diligent crew and office teams at Synergy Maritime Pvt. Ltd who underwent this stringent audit into our container operations.”
The Green Award audit process includes a full office audit to observe the company’s management system and its operational policies and procedures. This is followed by a two-stage ship survey which incorporates a documentation review and a survey onboard the ship.
The audit was performed by experienced surveyors working exclusively for Green Award.
“We are extremely delighted to welcome CAP SAN MALEAS as the very first sea-going container carrier to be certified by Green Award,” said Jan Fransen, Executive Director of Green Award,
“CAP SAN MALEAS, together with its ISM manager, Synergy Maritime Pvt. Ltd., is the first for this ship type. They are setting a very good example. We certainly welcome more involvement from shipping companies and ports to strengthen the sustainability portfolio for shipping. Together with our Incentive Providers, the Green Award programme motivates for cleaner and safer shipping.”
Green Award is a voluntary quality certification scheme that inspects and certifies ships.
Green Award certified companies such as Synergy Group are entitled to various incentives to encourage their socially responsible behaviour including discounts on port dues, maritime-related services and equipment, and extra recognition on various industry databases. Green Award certificates are valid for 3 years.
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The CAP SAN MALEAS is the first sea-going container carrier to be certified by Green Award
About Synergy Group
Headquartered in Singapore, Synergy’s hallmarks are its through-life approach to asset management and ability to develop custom-designed thought partnership strategies with leading owners. Spanning across a network of 25 offices in 13 countries and employing more than 18,000 seafarers, Synergy manages a fleet of almost 500 vessels, which includes the most complex LNG (including FSUs), LPG and vast 20,000+ TEU container ships, as well as oil and chemical tankers, car carriers and bulk carriers. With a strong focus on crew wellbeing, digitalisation and environmentally responsible policies, Synergy is at the forefront of transforming the ship management industry.
Media contact
Vishal Srivastava
Group Head – Corporate Communications
+91 8754536564
About Green Award
Green Award is a voluntary quality certification scheme that inspects and certifies ships. A Green Award certificate, which can be obtained by ships that go above and beyond the industry standards in terms of safety, quality and environmental performance, acts as a quality mark and brings multiple benefits to its holders.
For more information visit https://www.greenaward.org
Media contact
Jan Fransen / Executive Director
Keita Shinohara / Certification Manager
+31 10 21 70 200
