Zero Carbon Shipping

Launch of New Ammonia Project for Zero Carbon Shipping

  •  Lloyd’s Register Group and The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping  join forces in a new project expected to run throughout 2021.
  • Ammonia’s safety and risks to be assessed, in pursuit of zero-carbon value chain in maritime industry.
  • Use of ammonia as a shipping fuel is eagerly embraced as a potential long-term solution for marine logistics amid the transition to a zero-carbon value chain in the maritime industry.

An MHI news article reveals that a new project has been...

https://mfame.guru/launch-of-new-ammonia-project-for-zero-carbon-shipping/

Mitsui Joins Copenhagen-based Coalition for Emission Reduction

  • Mitsui & Co. is the latest company to join the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
  • The center has seven founding partners and six strategic partners including Mitsui.
  • Mitsui will plan and operate projects and also provide its knowledge throughout the entire supply chain.

Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd. became a strategic partner of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS), a not-for-profit international research and development center dedicated to...

https://mfame.guru/mitsui-joins-copenhagen-based-coalition-for-emission-reduction/

Seaspan Corporation Partners With Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

According to an article published in Seaspan, Seaspan Corporation has signed a Partnership Agreement with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, joining with other partners to develop carbon neutral solutions and new alternative fuels.

Global emissions tackle

With 70,000 ships, global shipping accounts for around 3% of total global carbon emissions. Further, this is likely to increase as other industries tackle climate emissions in the coming decades. Achieving the long-term...

https://mfame.guru/seaspan-corporation-partners-with-maersk-mc-kinney-moller-center-for-zero-carbon-shipping/

Container Shipping Sector Should Lead Maritime Industry To Decarbonization

Container shipping, with its direct exposure to retailers and consumers, should lead the maritime industry’s journey to a zero-carbon future, Morten Bo Christiansen, head of decarbonization at A.P. Moller-Maersk , told S&P Global Platts in an interview, reports S&P Global.

Reducing the carbon footprint 

“We are just emitting way too much CO2 and we need to do something about that, for the sake of the planet, but actually for the sake of our customers,” Christiansen said on March 10.

A.P....

https://mfame.guru/container-shipping-sector-should-lead-maritime-industry-to-decarbonization/

Total Joins Maersk-led Project for Maritime Decarbonization

  • French energy major Total has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping as a strategic partner.
  • The partnership will allow Total to join forces with leading players across the shipping sector to develop new low-carbon alternative fuels and carbon neutrality solutions.
  • Total will aim at providing strategic and technical guidance for the development of the center’s activities.

Global energy producer Total has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon...

https://mfame.guru/total-joins-maersk-led-project-for-maritime-decarbonization/

Maersk Institute Seeks Economist To Abet Shipping Decarbonization

The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping has posted a job advertisement for a chief economist in Copenhagen, reports Ship & Bunker.

Shipping decarbonization

The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center is a non-profit independent research centre, working across the whole of shipping with industry, academia and the authorities, it said upon its launch last year.

“The mission of the Center is to be a driving force in shipping’s decarbonization journey,” the organisation said in its job...

https://mfame.guru/maersk-institute-seeks-economist-to-abet-shipping-decarbonization/

MSC and Hydrogen Council Collaborates on Zero-Carbon

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has joined the Hydrogen Council, a global industry body, as a steering member to foster cross-sector collaboration that will accelerate R&D related to clean hydrogen derived fuels and solutions, says an article published in Logistics Update Africa.

The Initiative

The initiative is part of MSC’s wider approach to decarbonisation which has already seen the company pioneer the use of biofuels as a blended marine fuel and now sees MSC work with others to advance...

https://mfame.guru/msc-and-hydrogen-council-collaborates-on-zero-carbon/

Vital Solution To Reduce Air Pollution in Shipping Industry

There is an immediate need for improvement of air quality of ports and cities of the Mediterranean Sea, by using better-quality fuels and greener technologies, says an article published in Safety4Sea.

Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea 

Shipping emissions and heavy air pollution in the Mediterranean Sea are a major concern for the shipping industry, as they can harm human health, the environment, and the global climate in general. 

Med ECA webinar

During the “Mediterranean Emission Control Area”...

https://mfame.guru/vital-solution-to-reduce-air-pollution-in-shipping-industry/

Gasum Performs First Ship-to-ship LNG/LBG Bunkering

  • Nordic energy firm Gasum has performed its first ship-to-ship LNG-LBG blend bunkering to a cargo ship.
  • Gasum’s LNG bunker vessel Coralius conducted the bunkering at the port of Gothenburg in Sweden.

On December 16th, the Nordic energy company Gasum performed its first ship-to-ship LNG-LBG blend bunkering to a cargo vessel, the company said in its release.

LNG-LBG fuel blend

The bunkering was conducted by Gasum’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel Coralius at anchorage outside the port of...

https://mfame.guru/gasum-performs-first-ship-to-ship-lng-lbg-bunkering/

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