What does it take???

Balancing “What if” with doing the right thing

Carleen Lyden-Kluss -NAMEPA

What does it take to effect change?

Burnings?

Guerilla tactics?

Riots?

Environmental Disasters?

What price?

What cost?

What do we know?

• There are over 8500 sunken wrecks in marine waters around he world

• These wrecks may contain as much as 20 million tons of oil and other hazmats

• These wrecks are deteriorating, and some are seeping these dangerous cargoes

• “Oil is oil”• Proactive, preventive measures are most cost

effective

Global Political Climate Changing

• The environment, especially being “green”, has center stage in the 21st Century--public interest has veered to preserving the planet, particularly since the Deepwater Horizon

ULTIMATELY, WE SERVE THE PUBLIC

• And the public is going green

But…

It all costs…

What are we willing to do?

Need to identify a balance between protecting the environment and risk

Good Stewardship

Or…

Case Study: NAMEPA

• Responding to The Environmental Imperative• Demonstrating maritime’s commitment to

protecting the marine environment• Reaching out to seafarers, port communities

and students• Networking through aquariums and through

schools to reach students• Promoting the maritime industry

NAMEPA• Industry led initiative with over 100 shipping

companies/academies, universities, harbor schools/individuals members

• Activities (NMD, WMD, environmental crimes, marine debris, response simulations, seminars, wreck waste removal programs international coastal cleanup, MARPOL/marine science program)

• Outreach to recreational boaters and students

Today’s maritime environment—where being Green is good business.