Danish delivering business J. Lauritzen stated it authorized letter of intent for building of minimal 2 methanol dual-fuel 81,200 dwt Kamsarmax mass providers, which will certainly be constructed by Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, Japan, and also can trading with absolutely no carbon discharges when powered by environment-friendly methanol, and also biodiesel.
The vessels will certainly be amongst the extremely initial absolutely no discharge qualified mass providers on the planet, and also they will certainly be completely possessed by a freshly developed entity called “Lauritzen NexGen Shipping” which J. Lauritzen and also Lauritzen Bulkers will certainly utilize as a system for more financial investments in absolutely no carbon discharge and also future evidence possessions for the delivery market.
The vessels are bought in a collaboration with Cargill, that will certainly be running the vessels for a minimal duration of 7 years.
“We are very happy with this transaction, as it is important for J. Lauritzen and Lauritzen Bulkers to participate actively in the decarbonization of the shipping industry, and we are proud to be able to do so in a visionary partnership with Cargill, who are sharing our ambition to truly drive change in our industry,” stated Kristian Morch, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of J. Lauritzen.
“It is great to see reputable companies like J. Lauritzen joining the decarbonization journey with such a bold step,” stated Jan Dieleman, Cargill’s head of state ofOcean Transportation He included that “we look forward to partnering with them to help move the industry forward in the zero-carbon fuel space”.
The collaboration is helped with by Copenhagen Commercial Platform (CCP), that will certainly likewise be associated with operating and also more creating the collaboration.
