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MARITIME FUEL TRANSITION “The industry is very invested in making sure that there is con? dence in the safety levels of alternative fuels.” – Jason Stefanatos, Global Decarbonization

Director at DNV

Image courtesy DNV

Carbon capture faces similar barri- ABS, LR and ClassNK. There are dif- making any green fuel, energy or tech- ers to commercialization as new fuels. ferent levels of cooperation at work, nology available at the scale needed,

Lloyd’s Register (LR) collaborated on says Jason Stefanatos, Global Decar- says FST head, Benjamin Lechaptois. a report which identi? ed that while the bonization Director at DNV. “Furthermore, as a testing, inspection technologies required for of? oading “In terms of setting the competitive and certi? cation body, we can play a onboard captured CO2 exist, a limited instincts aside, I think this is clearly key role in helping build trust between number of ports possess the infrastruc- seen in the mission of class as it relates stakeholders across supply chains. This ture. They primarily handle food-grade to safety,” says Stefanatos. “Fuels are a ranges from fuel certi? cation which

CO2, and the higher purity standards big lever for decarbonization, and the validates the product’s sustainability required for that limit their interoper- industry is very invested in making sure credentials and safety to use on board to ability to handle onboard captured CO2. that there is con? dence in the safety lev- verifying emissions reduction claims.”

Class-led collaborations are tackling els of alternative fuels that is at least the DNV Principal Consultant and safety the practical issues that are hinder- equivalent to conventional fuels today.” task leader of the Nordic Roadmap proj- ing change. LR, for example, has es- Bureau Veritas has created a Future ect, Linda Sigrid Hammer, identi? es tablished a Maritime Decarbonization Shipping Team (FST) which brings to- what’s at stake: “We cannot go green

Hub with shipowners in Athens which gether over 250 experts from across the without doing it safely. Any accident aims to remove technical, investment group. The team’s efforts are designed to involving a new ship fuel would, in ad- and community barriers to the uptake expand shipping’s sustainability journey dition to the risk to persons directly in- of solutions for the existing ? eet, and to encompass the broader supply chain volved, be a serious setback for the use

ClassNK provides transition support dynamics that will be instrumental in of this fuel for the whole industry.” services to help clients reduce GHG emissions. This includes proposing op- timal strategies, providing the latest information on alternative fuels, cost estimations including regulatory com- pliance, fuel supply forecasts and order- ing status for alternative fuel ships.

DNV and Shandong Shipping Tanker

Company have launched a Joint Inno- vation Studio to promote digital and sustainability projects. DNV is also leading long-term projects such as the Green Shipping Program and the

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