Hannes von Knorring, Principal Consultant, DNV Maritime, and Sebastian Tamm, Chairman of RSI and Sustainability & Logistics Manager at EFO
An alliance of Swedish dry bulk charterers known as the Responsible Shipping Initiative has teamed with DNV to launch a feasibility examine geared toward growing a industrial framework for orders of green-fueled newbuilds for the the Baltic and North Sea areas and past. The RSI members intention to decarbonize their provide chains by lowering their Scope 3 emissions and to fulfill their sustainability targets in response to rising market calls for and regulatory reporting necessities throughout the worth chain.
The initiative is made up of power sourcing and logistics firm EFO, energy firm Stockholm Exergi, packaging firm Billerud, metal firm SSAB, forest homeowners’ affiliation and trade group Södra, and agricultural cooperative Lantmännen.
The RSI members see a powerful want for inexperienced newbuilds to interchange the getting old shortsea fleet working within the Baltic and North Sea dry bulk commerce and past. Many of the vessels are anticipated to succeed in the top of their financial life within the subsequent 5 to 10 years. The examine, supported by R&D funding from the Swedish visitors administration Trafikverket, goals to speed up the power transition within the regional sea commerce by figuring out alternatives for inexperienced fleet renewal by transport methods evaluation and interplay with cargo homeowners, shipowners, suppliers, and authorities.
“Despite great strides being made to reduce our carbon footprint from land transport, progress has been lagging in shipping, even though this accounts for a large share of our transport needs,” mentioned RSI chairman Sebastian Tamm, Sustainability & Logistics Manager at EFO. “This market-driven initiative is a great opportunity to share knowledge, define parameters and standards, find common ground and discuss possible synergies to determine what is achievable in relation to future shipping needs,” Tamm says. “Through an exchange of knowledge and information, shipowners will be able to gain a better understanding of the market’s requirements to make the right newbuild investment decisions.”
The examine will analyze the results of introducing new vessels primarily based on two various inexperienced ship ideas.
- The ECO-Bulk idea is designed to scale back emissions as a lot as potential inside present industrial phrases.
- The ZERO-Bulk idea for zero emissions is predicted to require extra collaboration and longer commitments between stakeholders.
This evaluation will look at totally different situations primarily based on the present industrial frameworks, in addition to various enterprise fashions reminiscent of collaboration between shipowners and bunker suppliers, and public funding help. It may also think about new environmental rules, together with the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) for delivery.
“One of the key challenges to the broader uptake of alternative fuels is the uncertainties among shipowners about what the market wants and is willing to pay for over the lifetime of a new vessel,” says Hannes von Knorring, Principal Consultant at DNV Maritime. “Transport buyers may also lack information on what options are available, and what the practical consequences are to their value chains. We have started by mapping each participating company’s current transport routes, cargo volumes, employed vessels and ports to understand the logistical and cargo handling requirements and identify areas with the largest potential for green fleet renewal.”
“We have already discussed some possible synergies, for example, in supply of alternative fuels and access to shore power, as well as how to use vessels more efficiently,” says Tamm. “Through this project, we will better understand the solutions that can be deployed, tailored to the needs of a large group of cargo owners. I’m hopeful that in the next five years this could lead to standardized vessel sizes in the regional trades with that can meet our transport needs with much lower emissions.”
