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Policy support needed to drive maritime innovation Government support for innovative low-carbon propulsion technology is needed to help unlock the shipping industry’s desire to decarbonise, according to a panel of experts. Speaking at ShipTech Virtual Is the Zero-Carbon Future a Slow Shipping Future? as part of the Maritime Online Series, Diane Gilpin, CEO & Founder of Smart Green Shipping said action was needed to prevent innovations from being lost. Gilping recalled that early, small, land-based wind turbines received domestic UK government support in the form of renewable obligation certificates which supported the sector through a period where it would otherwise have made little commercial sense for financial investors to come on board. “That enabled was for the pioneering developers to overcome what is known as the valley of death, where innovations go to die,” said Gilpin. ....
Photo: CMA CGM Stéphane Courquin, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Asia Pacific CMA CGM has been one of the pioneers in using LNG as a marine fuel and the shipowner believes it needs to act now rather than waiting for zero carbon fuels to be developed to meet its future goals on carbon neutrality. In an interview with Seatrade Maritime News Stéphane Courquin, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Asia Pacific, explained that the company has invested in LNG as fuel as it was the best choice available today and offers further improvements in terms of emissions reductions as it develops as a marine fuel. ....
Capt. Mohamed Al Ali, Senior Vice President of Ship Management at ADNOC, has called on the IMO to engage with governments on the issue of crew changes ....
Tanker owners face many questions from navigating out of the current loss-making market, what fuels to use in the future for their vessels and climate change ....
Photo: CMA CGM The 23,000 teu, LNG-powered CMA CGM Jacques Saade in the Port of Rotterdam Some 18.5% of newbuildings contracted in the first four months of 2021 are designed to operate on LNG as fuel according to classification society DNV. However, many older vessels are unlikely to meet new IMO carbon intensity requirements likely to be adopted at MEPC 76 in June and due to enter force in January 2023. Even a new ship, delivered in 2022, will need several upgrades over its lifetime to keep abreast of tightening IMO carbon regulations in the years ahead. These were amongst the conclusions drawn by Christos Chryssakis, DNV Maritime’s Business Development Manager, at a webinar earlier this week, addressing the potential of LNG as a marine fuel. ....