“This is a landmark moment for the shipping industry,” said Carlos Soler, AkzoNobel’s business director for South and East Europe, at a ceremony at the Yacht Club of Greece in Piraeus.

Neda received 13,375 carbon credits for using an AkzoNobel hull coating that prevents marine fouling and has been shown to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by an average 9%.

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