DNV: Onboard carbon capture is technically feasible, but …

onboard carbon capture (OCC)

While onboard carbon capture (OCC) is gaining increasing interest as way for ships to continue operating on conventional fuels while reducing emissions, there seem to be all sorts of questions around things like what to with the carbon once its capured.

A new DNV white paper says that successful commercial uptake of OCC depends on collaboration between regulators, policy makers, industry stakeholders, class, and suppliers.

The white paper, “The potential of onboard carbon capture in shipping,”,...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/dnv-onboard-carbon-capture-is-technically-feasible-but/

Evergreen’s Ever Top is first neopanamax to get CCS retrofit

CCS retrofitting continues to pick up pace. ClassNK has granted its “SCCS-Full” 1 class notation to the Evergreen neopanamax Ever Top. The notation signifies that the vessel is now equipped with an onboard CO2 capture and storage (CCS) systems, making it the first containership in its category to be CCS retrofitted with such systems.

The CCS systems retrofitted on the Ever Top were designed and developed by Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute and were installed at China’s Huarun...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/evergreens-ever-top-is-first-neopanamax-to-get-ccs-retrofit/