Zero-Emission Shipping Mission
Our goal is to demonstrate commercially-viable zero-emission ships by 2030, making vessels that operate on zero-emission fuels the natural choice for ship owners when they renew their fleet.
International shipping transports the majority of the world’s goods and is responsible for 3% of global emissions, potentially increasing by half by 2050 on its current trajectory. To set international shipping on an ambitious zero-emission trajectory, we need commercially viable, zero-emission ocean-going vessels in the global fleet by 2030.
Co-leads
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Denmark
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Norway
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United States
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Global Maritime Forum
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Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
THE PLAN
Coordinated innovation needs to take place across the entire maritime value chain, from the ships to the future zero-emission fuels they will rely on, and the infrastructure that will supply them. This will drive the sector to a tipping point in its transition to well-to-wake zero-emission fuels as soon as possible. The Mission will focus on the following three areas to achieve the goal:
Ships
Goal: 600 large ships in international shipping are running on well-wake zero-emission fuel by 2030.
Innovation priorities:
- Onboard vessel technologies including net-zero pilot fuels, fuel cell technology, emission measurements, fuel and engine flexibility, and bunkering.
- Technological and commercial innovation to unlock the necessary investment decisions for the global fleet ahead of 2030.
Fuels
Goal: Enable the production 16 Mt of heavy fuel oil equivalent (HFOe) well-to-wake zero-emission fuels by 2030.
Innovation priorities:
- Better conversion efficiencies of fuel feedstocks.
- Low-cost, safe, efficient, and high volume storage.
- Better integration of renewable power systems.
- Ensuring adequate and sustainable supply of feedstocks.
- For Hydrogen, improving the durability and reliability of PEM6 electrolyser equipment is critical for scaling production.
Fuelling Infrastructure
Goal: 20 key ports covering at least three continents offering well-to-wake zero-emission bunkering by 2030.
Innovation priorities:
- Safety & operational risk management; novel approaches are needed to provide sufficient flexibility for ports to be able to plan for infrastructure investments whilst ensuring compatibility of systems between docking ships and port fueling equipment and power supplies.
The PROJECTS
The aim of the Blueprint for Future Ports program is to demonstrate what a commercially viable zero emission refuelling port of the future will look like and thus the program can be used as a tool-box for decision makers and investors to make the right choices that will provide zero-emission fuels and the needed infrastructure at key ports along the major deep-sea shipping routes. Some of the concrete project are shown below.
Green Corridors and Ports Network
To assess zero-emission fuel readiness at ports, mapping existing refuelling networks, as well as fuel demand at selected ports to identify the best matched ports for Green Corridor development globally.
Port Connections
To gain knowledge on and assist with establishing accessible and reliable fuel production and bunkering across the global shipping lanes.
Blueprint for Future Ports
To provide the Blueprint to demonstrate what a fully operational and commercially ready Zero Emission refueling port along a Green Corridor would look like in the 2030s.