Green Shipping
Green shipping is reshaping global trade and maritime transport.
We are pleased to invite all members, interested partners, and potential future members to our members’ meeting, held in cooperation with Norges Rederiforbund.
Green Shipping
As the maritime industry accelerates its green transition, Norway and China are playing key roles in driving innovation and change across global shipping. Join us for updates from IMO, insights from DNV, and industry perspectives on the latest developments in regulation, technology and market trends
The program starts at 17:00 and will be followed by good food and informal networking.
Please register by 15 October.
The full program
Zhou Jingxing, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Head of Mission of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Norway. Male, Han ethnicity, born in June 1969. Master of Laws. Member of the Communist Party of China.
Chief Negotiator on Green Shipping in the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment with focus on international negotiations on environmental requirements for the maritime sector. Chair of the IMO Working Group on Greenhouse Gas emissions (2017 – present).
He has been heavily involved in negotiations on the hot topics at the IMO such as Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Air Pollution and other issues addressed in MARPOL, Ship Recycling, Ballast Water Management, Ships’ biofouling, Antifouling Systems and other environmental issues for nearly three decades.
In addition to his role for establishing the environmental framework for global shipping at the IMO, he has played a key role in developing Norwegian green shipping policies for domestic and short sea shipping.
Catrine is Senior Vice president and global segment director for tankers in DNV, governing DNVs strategic directions within the liquid tanker market segment.
Her background after graduating as MSc from NTNU includes more than 30 years of experience in various technical and management positions in DNV amongst others several years in Korea and China.
She is passionately contributing with her competence and practical experience to support the tanker industry in their newbuilding and fleet operation considerations.
Fridtjof C. Eitzen is Managing Partner of the Eitzen Group and a fifth-generation shipowner. The group's shipowning activity sits in Christiania Shipping, where he is CEO, alongside a portfolio of technology companies. Among these is Zen, which he founded in 2020 to build fully electric and, ultimately, autonomous ships, and has two 900 TEU fully electric container vessels on order in China.
Christos Chryssakis has responsibility for the Energy Sourcing/fuel procurement team, alternative fuels, and compliance with environmental regulations.
Prior to joining Wallenius Wilhelmsen, he worked for 12 years for DNV in R&D and commercial roles related to decarbonization of shipping and marine fuels. Before joining DNV he worked as a researcher at the National Technical University of Athens, and at the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP), in Paris, France. He has more than 10 years of R&D experience in internal combustion engines for marine, automotive and off-road applications, with particular focus on emissions reduction.
He has a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a MSc and PhD degree from the University of Michigan.
Helene is the Executive Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Climate. She has the overarching responsibility for the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association’s international engagement and climate activities, with special focus on monitoring international climate processes and our participation in the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).
Helene joined the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association in 2012 having previously spent six years in Brussels working on EU political affairs. She has a Political Science degree from Bath University in England and Charles University in the Czech Republic. She completed the Norwegian Defence College’s executive leadership programme Autumn 2022.
