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Green Ships Fuelled by LNG: Stimulus for Indian Coastal Shipping

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  • Mazyar Ahmad

    (Mazyar Ahmad, spent several years in the Merchant Navy. Currently he is studying law at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. mazyar8@hotmail.com)

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This article seeks to understand some legal aspects surrounding ‘green shipping’ in India. Pollution caused by ships in their daily operations or when they are scrapped is causing concern world over. That necessitates ways and means of addressing the issue as well as future of greener shipping operations. Coastal shipping has being neglected in India for a long time. We also need adequately comprehend importance of coastal shipping and the role it could play in the economic development of India. This study tries to establish a relationship between ‘green shipping’ and possible growth of coastal shipping in India. Green shipping is the need of the future for providing green and sustainable transport of goods around the Indian coast as well as beyond it. Use of LNG as fuel and advantages India will have in switching over to LNG, international regulations governing LNG ships and their transposition in domestic laws as well as construction, operation and other facilities associated with LNG fuelled ships in India have been sought to be addressed.

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  • Mazyar Ahmad, 2014. "Green Ships Fuelled by LNG: Stimulus for Indian Coastal Shipping," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 70(2), pages 105-122, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indqtr:v:70:y:2014:i:2:p:105-122
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