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Shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd and North Sea Container Line (NCL) have won a tender to use low-emission fuels derived from hydrogen on container ships from 2027 for at least three years to reduce CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n Hapag-Lloyd will power five large container ships with about 70,000 metric tons of e-methanol while NCL will refuel a small container ship with about 25,000 tons of e-ammonia, the companies told Reuters after the tender organised by the Zero Emission\u00a0Maritime\u00a0<\/span>Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA).<\/p>\n The volumes agreed are significant, given that use of such fuels by the shipping industry is negligible at present.<\/p>\n ZEMBA, a voluntary initiative including Amazon, IKEA, Nike and Tchibo among others, matches companies prepared to pay more for deliveries using low-emission fuels with operators of vessels that can be powered by such fuels.<\/p>\n The voluntary initiative to reduce\u00a0maritime\u00a0<\/span>emissions follows a decision in October by the International\u00a0Maritime\u00a0<\/span>Organization to delay a global carbon price by a year under pressure from the United States.<\/p>\n The shipping sector faces more difficulty than most in lowering emissions, requiring costly retrofits on existing vessels or new ships able to use e-fuels.<\/p>\n “What we have found in our first go-to-market exercise for e-fuels-powered shipping is that there is e-fuel available at economically viable cost points, and there could be much more supply if there were stronger demand drivers,” Zemba President Ingrid Irigoyen told Reuters.<\/p>\n China’s Goldwind is likely to provide e-methanol volumes under the tender while Yara Clean Ammonia will provide e-ammonia, Hapag-Lloyd and NCL said.<\/p>\n (Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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