Maritime Review (March – April 2024 Issue)
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GHG Emissions
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Tests MAmmoSS Ammonia Handling System for Ships
Completion of demonstration facility to safely process surplus ammonia from ammonia-fueled vessels. Testing has begun to support the market launch of MAmmoSS® –a system package comprising an ammonia fuel supply system and peripheral equipment. Ammonia Gas Abatement System (AGAS) demonstration facility Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, is currently developing the Mitsubishi Ammonia Supply…
Study on Methods and Considerations for the Determination of GHG Reduction for International Shipping
Executive Summary. The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted the Initial IMO Strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships which envisages to “reduce GHG emissions from international shipping and phase them out as soon as possible in this century.” It also expresses the ambition to: reduce CO2 emissions per transport…
Use of Biofuels in Shipping
The use of biofuels or biofuel blends is one of many ways to comply with the IMO’s strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships, and DNV has seen an increasing interest in these new fuels. This news aims to clarify the regulatory status and other considerations on the usage of such fuels. DNV has received many requests regarding…
KR Approves Jointly Developed Methanol-Fueled MR Tanker
Korean Register (KR) has granted an Approval in Principle (AIP) for a methanol-fueled MR (medium-range) tanker, jointly developed by KR, South Korean Shipbuilders K Shipbuilding and equipment manufacturer S&SYS at Nor-Shipping 2023 in Oslo, Norway on 6-June-2023. As part of the Joint Development Project (JDP) between the three companies, the MR tanker is designed as a dual-fuel vessel, harnessing the…
Charting a Course to a Greener Future for Shipping: Low-Emission Shipping Fuels and the Development Opportunity for the Global South
Shipping is an important industry that plays a significant role in global trade and economic growth, but it is also responsible for 3% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. The industry’s current goal of reducing total annual GHG emissions by least 50% by 2050 compared to the 2008 baseline, is not ambitious enough to meet the immense climate challenge we…
Future Fuels and Technology Project to Inform GHG Strategy
The decarbonization of international shipping is a priority for IMO and by mid-2023, IMO aims to have in place a revised and more strengthened Strategy on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ships. A new IMO project aims to provide an assessment of the state of availability and readiness of low- and zero-carbon ship technology and marine fuels, in…
Maritime Review (November – December 2022 Issue)
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A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR MOTHER EARTH
The 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) on Climate Change took place on November 6-20 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The theme of the conference was “Delivering for People and the Planet.” COP27 President, Egypt Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry, presided over the conference administered by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Simon Steill. The 193 member-countries and…
Korean Register to Support Development of Methanol Bunkering in Ulsan
International classification society Korean Register (KR) and Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) have signed an MOU to support methanol-fueled ships and establish the South Korean port as a low-carbon, eco-friendly energy hub. Methanol is a clean burning marine fuel which produces 99% less sulfur oxides (SOx), 80% less nitrogen oxides (NOx), and 25% less greenhouse gases (GHG) compared to conventional marine…
Around 800,000 Seafarers Will Need Carbon Skill Training by Mid-2030s
An estimated 800,000 seafarers will require additional training by the mid-2030s to enable the shipping industry to transition towards alternative low carbon fuels or zero-carbon fuels and green technologies. The goal is to keep global warming to 1.5C or less by 2050, according to a DNV Study commissioned by the Maritime Just Transition Task Force Secretariat. Findings also point to the uncertainty…
New Ship-Port Interface Guide to Support GHG Emissions Reduction
The list of presented measures is non-exhaustive and is a result of initial research and findings, aiming to raise awareness of potential ideas which the maritime community could explore further. The measures have not been ranked in terms of emission reduction potential, but have been ordered into measures related to port operations, administrative data, nautical data and speed optimization. Each…
Maritime Review (July – August 2021 Issue)
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IMO Study: Shipping Emissions Rose By Almost 10% During 2012-2018 Period
The Fourth IMO GHG Study Executive Summary has been published. This study is the first iteration since the adoption of the Initial IMO Strategy on Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) Emissions from Ships in 2018, under which IMO Member States have pledged to cut GHG emissions from international shipping and to phase them out as soon as possible. The study…
Reducing Methane Slip without compromising on Engine Performance
Swiss engine technology company WinGD is helping shipping companies to optimize engine combustion and reduce methane slip with a new intelligent dual fuel engine technology. Intelligent Control by Exhaust Recycling (iCER) is a new technology that has been brought to the market by engine specialists WinGD. The technology, which is integrated into the company’s new X-DF 2.0 engine design, recirculates…
Stretching Green Possibilities for Shipping Fuels
Wider use of LNG will speed up transition, but it can’t end there. In this decade, we’ll see more accelerated change in shipping fuels than we’ve seen in the last century. What does this heightened diversity mean for shipowners? They must be nimbler than ever – a shift that requires work. It means “greening” supply chains, bolstering energy efficiency, nurturing more…
Market Expansion and Diversification Over The Past Decade: What’s Next for LNG?
Using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a marine fuel is a sensible strategy amid tightening regulations, new economic realities and the development of the new zero carbon fuels of the future, says Panos Mitrou, Head of Gas, Lloyd’s Register (LR). Panos Mitrou, LR’s Global Gas Segment Manager, has been dealing with LNG as fuel for the past eight years. Over…
ExxonMobil Completes Successful Trial of its Marine Biofuel Oil
ExxonMobil has completed a successful sea trial of the company’s first marine biofuel oil with shipping company Stena Bulk, bunkered in the port of Rotterdam. The marine biofuel oil is a 0.50% sulphur residual-based fuel (VLSFO) processed with a second-generation waste-based FAME component (ISCC certified) —and will be available later this year— initially in Rotterdam before a wider launch across…
LNG Retrofits: The Time is Now
LNG as fuel has long been considered the industry’s last, best hope to meet the IMO’s ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. So why aren’t we seeing more LNG retrofits on existing tonnage? In April 2018, MEPC 72 adopted resolution MEPC.304(72) on the Initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships. The IMO has…
New Navi-Port Technology to Revolutionize Port Operations
At ports around the world, anchored vessels sit in the distance, waiting for permission to dock, resulting in fuel waste, higher carbon emissions, and congestion. Is there a solution to this problem? In most cases, cargo ships arriving at port are assigned a docking space on a first-come-first-served basis. This method of port arrivals has, in effect, created a queueing…
Vessel Call Optimization
Many actors including those[1] who participated in the recently published guide on “Just In Time” acknowledged the need for improved communication between ship and shore-side. Although, the guide focuses only on ships that sometimes wait due to the lack of updates from port stakeholders, it is also important and fair to remind that cooperation between shipping lines and port terminals…
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…
Life Cycle GHG Emission Study on the use of LNG as Marine Fuel
The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) is pleased to announce the results of the Well-to-Wake (WtW) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Lifecycle Research Study on the use of LNG as a marine fuel. Independent consultants of Thinkstep specializing in life cycle analysis conducted the study. SGMF and SEA\LNG commissioned the study. Dr Oliver Schuller, Team Lead Energy &…