Scrubber-Fitted Ferry Launches in Japan
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Thursday May 13, 2021
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has held a launch ceremony for a new scrubber-fitted ferry set to commence operations in
Japan later this year.
Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency and
Meimon Ferry Company, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding said in a statement on its website on Thursday. The new ship is due to enter service in
December and operate between 675 people, and will be the largest ship ever operated by Meimon ferry. As well as being equipped with a scrubber system, the ship includes an air lubrication system and has fuel consumption about
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Exhaust gas cleaning systems, better known as scrubbers, can play a central role in carbon capture and storage to help drive shipping’s decarbonization, Wärtsilä believes.
Specifically, the company argues that as the technology advances it enables manufacturers to design and upgrade scrubbers to capture carbon at the point of exhaust.
The tech company builds its argument on an extensive research and development to explore how Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can be developed and scaled in maritime.
Sigurd Jenssen, Director, Exhaust Treatment at Wärtsilä, Image credit: Wärtsilä,
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TOKYO, Mar 5, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has determined the recipients of its 2020 Best Innovation awards, an in-house program to recognize activities that contribute to the conservation and protection of the global environment, and the lowering of environmental loads. The aim is to raise environmental awareness among corporate group employees and encourage further innovation.
MHI Group Presents Best Innovation 2020 Awards for Activities that Contribute to Reducing Environmental Loads
- Recognition of products, technologies, and business activities that contribute to the conservation and protection of the global environment.
- Providing the world with products, technologies, and services that contribute to reducing the environmental impact, and helping to address issues on a global scale.
- Supporting the achieving of SDGs and resolution of social issues, providing better products, technologies and services, and building a sustainable society
TOKYO, Mar 05, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has determined the recipients of its 2020 Best Innovation awards, an in-house program to recognize activities that contribute to the conservation and protection of the global environment, and the lowering of environmental loads. The aim is to raise environmental awareness among corporate group employees and encourage further innova