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Leading South Korean shipowner HMM plans to conduct subject assessments of an onboard carbon seize system (OCCS) for containerships in cooperation with shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries and inexperienced tech specialist Panasia.
The assessments will begin within the in second half of this 12 months and comply with completion of a feasibility examine carried out by HMM and Panasia. It indicated that an onboard carbon seize system may very well be put in with out altering the prevailing gear of the ship and wouldn’t hinder the soundness of vessel operations. In the Panasia system, collected carbon turns into liquefied in a pressurized tank and can be utilized for manufacturing dry ice or for agricultural use.
Based on these findings, HMM will match OCCS in certainly one of its containerships for an operational take a look at, with SHI and Panasia offering engineering assist.
In addition, HMM has determined to interchange the propellers of six containerships with extra environment friendly ones particularly designed for sluggish steaming. The alternative course of will begin in 2024, and HMM expects to extend power effectivity by 8-9%.
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The HMM transfer follows bulletins on onboard carbon seize tasks by a number of different homeowners, together with Crowley and Berge Bulk, who’re backing a mission by start-up Carbon Ridge, and Stena Bulk, which is a part of a mission that additionally includes ABS, Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) in Singapore, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), Alfa Laval, the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and Deltamarin Ltd.
