Lloyd’s Register (LR) has announced it has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Oshima Shipbuilding Co. for its multi-fuel-ready Ultramax bulk carrier design. The AiP covers a 64,000 DWT bulk carrier concept developed to accommodate multiple future fuel pathways, including ammonia, methanol and methane (LNG), alongside provision for onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS). In a statement sent to ship.energy today (28 January), the class society said it had conducted a comprehensive technical review of the design in accordance with its ShipRight Risk Based Certification framework. It noted that this process assessed the safety, feasibility and integration of the proposed […]

The UK’s Associated British Ports (ABP) and LBC Tank Terminals (LBC), North Sea Port in the Netherlands and Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg have signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to study the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) shipping corridors between Northern Europe and the UK. In a statement issued yesterday (26 January), ABP said that two MoUs – one between ABP and LBC and North Sea Port and one between ABP and the Port of Esbjerg – ‘set the stage for collaborative efforts to develop shipping routes for captured carbon dioxide (CO₂), enabling hard-to-abate sectors to cut emissions […]

The latest issue of ClassNK’s Technical Journal includes two articles that summarise the Japanese classification society’s knowledge and insights on onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS). The ClassNK Technical Journal also includes an addition CCS from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries which looks at both onshore and onboard issues, and articles from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) regarding the maritime transportation of liquefied CO2. Click here to access the ClassNK Technical Journal. Image: Shutterstock