May 5, 2021: Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Chairman of the Heroes at Sea Organizing Committee, announced the launch of the first Heroes at Sea tribute to mark the Day of the Seafarer. The program will run from May 25th-June 25th to commemorate the International Maritime Organization’s annual Day of the Seafarer event.

April 21, 2021: Green4Sea has announced that the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) has won the 2021 Green4Sea Initiative Award for its CSR/ESG (Corporate Social Responsibility/Environment, Social and Governance) Maritime Sustainability Program. The Green4Sea award is given to an organization that has sparked, realized, or significantly contributed with a specific initiative towards greener shipping. NAMEPA is extremely proud of its contribution to the maritime industry with its CSR/ESG Program being the first known standards program of its kind developed especially for the maritime industry. Successful participants of NAMEPA’s CSR/ESG Program receive the Maritime Sustainability Passport and MSP Seal, signifying a participant has met, or exceeded benchmarks set by the program. The program encompasses the three strategies of CSR/ESG: environment, corporate governance, environment and the human element