Seaworthy News
Spring | 2022
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Celebrate NAMEPA's 15th Anniversary!
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Every Action Counts

With 71% of our planet comprised of water, the ever-increasing issue of marine pollution is of great concern to all life – and can only be successfully addressed by action at every level – from the individual up through global coordination.

Join NAMEPA as we continue to celebrate how action is:
  • Inspired by individuals
  • Reverberated through communities
  • Innovatively led by corporations
  • Guided by the United Nations
World Ocean Day
In honor of World Ocean Day, NAMEPA members Ecochlor & Fairfield Chemical Carriers joined us for a day of action! Together we removed a total of 107 pounds of trash from the Norwalk River. Some of the most common items collected were beverage bottles (122 pieces), food wrappers (108 pieces), and cigarette butts (70 pieces). . . READ MORE
Earth Day is Every Day!
NAMEPA member, Cargill, participated in a Miami-Dade's Baynanza Cleanup, recognizing the Biscayne Bay is one of the most important ecological systems in South Florida. Cargill also participated in a staff Lunch N' Learn to learn more about making every action count.
Fairfield University's NAMEPA Chapter joined us for a cleanup at Oyster Shell Park where we collected over a 60 pounds of trash. These college students are illuminating how efforts inspired by individuals are reverberated through communities!

Organized by the City of Norwalk and the Mayor's Keep Norwalk Beautiful campaign, NAMEPA gathered at the Norwalk Green with the local community to share our marine awareness resources and celebrate our beautiful Earth.
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ESG 101 Workshop: Corporate Maritime Sustainability
The use of ESG as a tool for measuring companies and their performance is widely recognized as important, but there is still a lack of understanding of its principles and benefits. To overcome this, NAMEPA has launched its ESG 101 Workshop for promoting Corporate Maritime Sustainability.

On June 16th, 2022, NAMEPA and ESGPlus offered the first in a series of webinars illuminating the benefits of adopting ESG performance attributes and how to prepare your company to be certified in ESG metrics designed specifically for the maritime industry. The course was fully subscribed at 15 participants, was fully interactive and all participants qualified for their ESG certificates enabling them to progress forward with NAMEPA’s MaritimESG program.

The program is open to NAMEPA members, nonmembers and all maritime stakeholders who wish to understand more about Environmental, Social and Governance in the Maritime Industry.

The next ESG101 workshop will be offered on July 14 at 1000 EDT.
3rd Trading in U.S. Waters at Posidonia
After a four-year hiatus due to COVID, NAMEPA was once again honored to present, along with the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and the US Embassy, the “Trading in US Waters” during Posidonia in Greece. In addition to highlighting the regulatory and legal expectations of shipping while visiting US ports, the program featured the impacts of digitalization on shipping with a special emphasis on tools for decarbonization. The panel ended with a shipowners panel which addressed the realities of zero emissions from ships by 2050, as well as their challenges, as well as opportunities, in trading in today’s geopolitical and economic climate.
Crew Welfare Week Industry Stakeholder Panel
As part of Safety4Seas’ Crew Welfare Week, NAMEPA Co-Founder and Executive Director Carleen Lyden Walker was invited to moderate a panel of industry advocates for mariners. Included in the panel were Sara Baade, CEO, Sailors’ Society – a global maritime welfare charity, offering ‘Wellness at Sea’ coaching programme which empowers seafarers to look after their own well-being, featuring related application; Jillian Carson-Jackson, President, The Nautical Institute which is the global body for maritime professionals that back in 2016 was one of the first to focus on mental health (in collaboration with HRAS, the Nautical Institute issued a report for managing and improving seafarer mental welfare with focus on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is also working on an IMO Model course PSSR); Ismael Cobos Delgado, Head, Maritime Training and Human Element, Sub-Division for Operational Safety and Human Element of the Maritime Safety Division, International Maritime Organization (IMO); and Simon Grainge, Chief Executive, International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN).

The panel discussion covered a range of topics from lessons learned from the pandemic, the increased focus on mariner welfare, and the issues of safety on board vessels today, from SASH to mental health. To view the discussion, click here.
Education & Outreach
NAMEPA receives grant from Cargill to implement program for educating students to become Marine Environment Protectors
NAMEPA has received funding from Cargill to implement an afterschool enrichment program for youth in grades 6-8 in underserved communities in the greater Miami area with a goal to educate and activate students to be “Marine Environment Protectors.” The project will help “Save Our Seas” by encouraging this generation to become responsible stewards of the marine environment through hands-on educational programs and projects. NAMEPA’s Marine Environment Protectors program increases ocean literacy among underrepresented youth, highlights workforce development in marine fields, allows for long-term scientific research, and creates a framework for similar projects to expand across. . . READ MORE
Spring 2022 Outreach: West Coast

The NAMEPA team set a schedule to visit members, partners and students after a hiatus in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID pandemic. 

We met with NAMEPA members, the Port of Long Beach and the Marine Exchange of SoCal to talk about member benefits, share about sustainable best practices and community programming educating on protecting the marine environment. NAMEPA met with Seafarer’s International to talk about seafarer wellness and education programs offered by NAMEPA. We attended their spring fundraiser to meet seafarers and other community members. 

It was great to see our partners Los Angeles Maritime Institute (LAMI) and AltaSea! We joined a virtual workshop on Maritime Careers with LAMI to deliver our message on the many diverse maritime careers available to youth and the need in the maritime industry for young people to join! We delivered to over 300 students. . . READ MORE

Want to partner with NAMEPA on education initiatives?
Contact Molly at m.dushay@namepa.net
Did You Hear?

NAMEPA was awarded the 2022 YMCA Adult Volunteer of the Year Award for our continuous education and outreach efforts with the Bridgeport YMCA.
Summer Programs!

NAMEPA is partnering with Sea Grant & Los Angeles Unified School District for their K-8 summer enrichment again! NAMEPA will host five, weekly sessions for students on the Planet & Ocean Discovery Series: Coastal Habitats where students will learn what it means to become better ocean stewards!

NAMEPA is teaming up with local YMCAs & Boys & Girls Clubs to bring NAMEPA's Marine Environment Protectors Program to local communities. Campers will literally get wet in these exploration and hands-on lessons!
Winners of New Technologies for Greener Shipping Annual Art Contest Announced
Two grand prize winners and 10 finalists have been selected from 75 entries in the 2022 New Technologies for Greener Shipping calendar art contest sponsored by the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and the Inter-American Committee on Ports of the Organization of American States (CIP-OAS).

Each year, these organizations invite students in grades K-12 throughout the Americas to create an original poster that creatively reflects the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) World Maritime Day theme. A 2023 bilingual calendar showcasing the winning entries will be printed in both English and Spanish.

This year, students were asked to submit an original poster that creatively depicts the importance of developing new technologies to support a green transition of the maritime sector into a sustainable future for shipping and our global society. . . READ MORE
NAMEPA Internship
Staples High School - Spring Internship
NAMEPA was thrilled to welcome three senior Staples High School interns this spring: Teagan, Matthew and Ryan. Students participating in the SHS Senior Internship Program are doing so in lieu of attending classes by learning the value of work early in their lives. Interns were expected to work an average of 25 hours per week, for a total of 90 hours.

Teagan, Matthew and Ryan supported our Education Team by developing education materials, conducting research on maritime policies, and supporting on our Every Action Counts campaign.

We appreciate their hard work to Save Our Seas and congratulate them on their graduation!
Summer Interns
We are excited to welcome our summer interns! Joining us will be Val, Maddie, Marchela, Nadia, Ryan and Vitor with Teagan returning! We look forward to continuing our mission to support sustainable best industry practices and educate the public to Save Our Seas through our summer outreach!
Your tax-deductible donation will help us promote sustainable marine industry best practices, preserve the marine environment, and educate the public to Save Our Seas.

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