The Australian Marine Environment Protection Association’s (AUSMEPA) Deputy Chairman Captain Conrad Saldanha recently presented an AUSMEPA certificate and AUSMEPA flag to Captain Gerasimos Evangelidis, Master of the ‘Sophia Britannia’.
The vessel is one of the latest ships to be approved and accepted into the AUSMEPA Ship Membership Scheme. The presentation ceremony took place on board the Costamare Shipping Company’s 50,501GT vessel when it visited Sydney last week. In accepting the AUSMEPA certificate and flag, Captain Evangelidis said he was a proud member of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA) and was pleased AUSMEPA was also recognizing quality shipping in this way. He encouraged more shipping companies to demonstrate their safety and environmental commitment by submitting their ships to AUSMEPA to join the Ship Membership Scheme Captain Saldanaha said the AUSMEPA Ship Membership Scheme had been introduced to award ships which demonstrate a high level of safety and marine environment consciousness.
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