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Potential Of Hydrogen As Fuel For Shipping

The maritime industry faces substantive challenges, many of which are driven by increasingly stricter air emissions and climate legislation as its practitioners navigate a course towards decarbonisation, says an article published on emsa.

Technologies and fuel solutions

Among the broad spectrum of technologies and fuel solutions being considered, hydrogen that is produced with renewable energy (green hydrogen) has been identified as a fuel that could offer a ‘near-zero’ carbon solution on a...

https://mfame.guru/potential-of-hydrogen-as-fuel-for-shipping/

Greenwashing or Game Changer: Debunking Maersk’s Methanol Fuel

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A.P. Moller-Maersk appears to be planning a coup. It has placed an order for a containership that, based on its dimensions, is designed for the European feeder container trade, is capable of operating in the Baltic, which is not unusual and is planned to run on methanol, which is also not unusual, as reported by Splash247.

Green methanol factory

I am tipping my figurative hat to Maersk since they have been open about their participation in a group of Danish shipowners...

https://mfame.guru/greenwashing-or-game-changer-debunking-maersks-methanol-fuel/

19 retailers committed to zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040

A container ship is at the Port of Houston.

Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels (COZEV) announced Thursday it gained 10 new retailers, bringing the total number of companies committed to switching all of their ocean freight to vessels that use zero-carbon fuels by 2040 to 19.

Zero-carbon fuels are expensive, if available at all right now. Building or retrofitting ocean vessels to run on those fuels also takes time and resources. 

The industry will need many demand signals such as large retailers joining COZEV to scale production,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/19-retailers-committed-to-zero-carbon-shipping-fuels-by-2040

Matson aims for net-zero fleet emissions by 2050

Matson announced a net-zero fleet-related emissions target for 2050.

Transportation services provider Matson Inc. on Monday announced additional environmental sustainability goals. 

The Honolulu-based company is aiming to reduce fleet-related greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 and reach net-zero fleet emissions by 2050. Matson’s (NYSE: MATX) emissions targets focus solely on scope 1 emissions, or emissions directly related to operations.

“Our aim is to achieve these medium- and long-term goals by improving fleet and operational efficiency,” Matt Cox, Matson...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/matson-aims-for-net-zero-fleet-emissions-by-2050

Amazon, Ikea commit to zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040

Amazon, Ikea and others committed to zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040.

Amazon, Ikea and other retailers are committing to purchasing ocean freight services powered only by zero-carbon fuels by 2040, in line with the Paris Agreement. 

In the joint statement on Tuesday, the companies, under the name Cargo Owners for Zero Emissions Vessels (COZEV), set a range of goals. They include tracking maritime emissions, establishing interim targets to the 2040 goal, and collaborating on, growing and supporting further efforts to reduce emissions in shipping. This commitment...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-ikea-commit-to-zero-carbon-shipping-fuels-by-2040

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