A partnership between Lloyd's Register Foundation and the United Nations Global Compact.
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This project's duration was 2023 - 2025
£500,000
The UN Global Compact are a voluntary initiative based on commitments to implement universal sustainability principles.
The purpose of the Maritime Just Transition Task Force is to ensure that shipping’s response to the climate emergency puts seafarers at the heart of the solution. The initiative is led by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and was founded in collaboration with the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Seafarers are at the core of global trade and central to the maritime industry’s transition to cleaner fuels. The Maritime Just Transition Task Force (MJTTF) champions the human element in decarbonisation. The Task Force works to strengthen collaboration among industry stakeholders, governments, NGOs, and academia. Its recent work has focused on training and safety to help the industry accelerate the uptake of zero- and near-zero-emission fuels in a responsible way.
To support this, the Maritime Just Transition Task Force (MJTTF), in collaboration with the IMO Secretariat and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, has developed a ‘Baseline Training Framework for Seafarers in Decarbonisation’. The framework, accompanied by an instructor handbook, guides maritime education and training institutions in designing programmes that prepare crews to safely operate vessels powered by fuels such as ammonia, methanol, and hydrogen, which are increasingly relevant but lack global training standards.
Moving towards a decarbonised future will create new jobs. This urgently requires workforces to reskill and upskill. Shipping is no different, and so Lloyd’s Register Foundation champions numerous skills initiatives that support a safe, equitable and just transition to zero and near-zero GHG emission fuels, particularly in emerging maritime economies. We’re proud of the work of our long-term partners the Maritime Just Transition Taskforce and the Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub for helping realise our vision in this space, and showing leadership at a time when it is so desperately needed."
Tim Slingsby Director of Skills and Education, Lloyd’s Register Foundation
Alishba Zaman, Project Coordinator for the Maritime Just Transition Taskforce, discusses outcomes from the 11th session of the IMO’s Subcommittee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping.
Today, the Maritime Just Transition Task Force has released a new report at Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global – calling for improved seafarer training to ensure safe decarbonisation of shipping.
Discover how the Lloyd’s Register Decarbonisation Hub is supporting the upskilling and reskilling of the global seafaring community.
