- A new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation will be led by important stake holders of shipping industry.
- They are the governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
- The mission aims to accelerate international public-private collaboration to scale and deploy new green maritime solutions.
- The mission will also be supported by the governments of India, Morocco, the U.K., Singapore, France, Ghana, and South Korea.
A recent news article published Jasmina Ovcina in the Offshore Energy states that Denmark, Norway, & US head Zero-Emission Shipping Mission.
Goals of the Zero-Emission Shipping Mission
The three main goals of the Zero-Emission Shipping Mission are:
- Develop, demonstrate, and deploy zero-emission fuels, ships, and fuel infrastructure in a coordinated fashion along the full value chain.
- By 2030, ships capable of running on hydrogen-based zero-emission fuels—such as green hydrogen, green ammonia, green methanol, and advanced biofuels—make up at least 5% of the global deep-sea fleet measured by fuel consumption.
- By 2030, at least 200 of these well-to-wake zero-emission fueled ships are in service and utilizing these fuels across their main deep sea shipping routes.
“In Denmark, we believe a greener future is possible – if we work together. As one of the world’s largest maritime nations, Denmark has initiated the Zero-Emission Shipping Mission, with great partners from the public and the private sector from all over the world. Our common goal is to make zero-emission vessels the natural choice for ship owners when they renew their fleet,” said Simon Kollerup, Danish Minister for Industry, Business, and Financial Affairs.
Mission Innovation, a global initiative
The Zero-Emission Shipping Mission is part of Mission Innovation, a global initiative of 22 countries and the European Commission which aims to catalyze action and spearhead a decade of innovation to drive global investment in clean energy research, development, and demonstrations.
“Shipping is on the verge of a clean energy revolution. To set the global maritime industry on a climate-aligned course and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, zero-emission vessels need to be the dominant and competitive choice by the end of this decade. The Zero-Emission Shipping Mission will accelerate public and private efforts around the world to make a zero-emission fleet a reality by 2030,” said Johannah Christensen, Managing Director of the Global Maritime Forum.
The second phase of Mission Innovation (MI 2.0) was launched at the Innovating to Net Zero Summit in Chile on 2nd June 2021.
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Source: Offshore Energy
