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Japanese Consortium Working on World’s First CO2 Capture at Sea

A Japanese consortium is working to conduct test operations and measurements for a small-scale ship-based CO2 capture demonstration plant. Under the name “Carbon Capture on the Ocean” (CC-Ocean), the project seeks to achieve CO2 capture at sea in a world’s first. The Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, K Line and…


Design for World’s First Pure-Electric Tanker Completed

Asahi Tanker and partner Exeno-Yamamizu Corporation Tokyo have developed the new domestic shipping tanker design, which incorporates “zero emission electric propulsion.” In anticipation of future adaptations to regulatory conformity, ClassNK has been appointed to provide technical advice on ship design and electric propulsion. Commercial model development of e5 design is underway for all bunker supply vessels trading in Tokyo Bay….