Nordic Green Shipping Initiatives
Scandinavian Forum January 12, 2016
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The Danish Shipping Industry
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The Danish Shipping Industry
First mover market for high-tech products
An open country with straight forward
international relations
First-class skills and personal qualities
Creative and flexible workforce with a high level of education and
excellent language skills
Easy access to the rest of the world by sea, air
and road
Access to internationally recognized suppliers
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The Danish Shipping Industry
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Green Ship of the Future
• Joint industry project for innovation and demonstration of technologies and methods that makes shipping more environmental friendly
• With respect to airborne emission the aim of the project is to provide the necessary technologies and operational means to reduce emissions as follows: – 30 % reduction of CO2 emissions – 90 % reduction of NOx emissions – 90 % reduction of SOx emissions
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Green Ship of the Future
Implementation: • Machinery WHR, scrubbers, EGR, etc. • Propulsion Propellers, rudders, trim optimization,
etc. • Operations, route planning, performance
monitoring, etc. • Logistics, better interaction between transport
forms, development/modification of existing ship types etc.
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The Finnish Marine Industry
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450-500 companies, employing over 20,000 people
The most important markets are: Shipping,
leisure, ports and terminals and offshore energy production and
explotation
Well-known for: World’s biggest cruise ships, ferries, technically
demanding vessels and icebreakers
Green Shipping, Finland
• Reduction of emissions • Arctic information and data analytics • Energy efficiency: systems, machine and device
technology, logistics chain Initiatives: • Digital Baltic Sea • Electrification of ports and ships • Future energy storage solutions in marine
installation • Nordic Marina
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Finnish Green Shipping Companies
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The Norwegian Maritime Cluster
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Fishing
Shippin Offshre renewable
Offshore oil/gas
Shipyards
Fishing
Fish farming
Shipping Offshore renewable
The Norwegian Maritime Cluster
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Classification
Shipbrokers Insurance
Stock Exchange Ship finance Research
Green Shipping, Norway
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Offshore Renewable Energy – maritime examples
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Source: Siemens
“Hywind” “Life Saver”
Source: Fred Olsen Energy
The Swedish Maritime Industry
1. Transportation: seafaring and shipping, port and terminal operations; 2. Technology Manufacturing: shipyards, dockyards, suppliers, consultants; 3. Resources: fishery, offshore oil and gas and sea based energy; 4. Services: banking, insurance, real estate; 5. Leisure and Tourism: pleasure boats, archipelago tourism, leisure fishing; 6. Public Sector: 16 government agencies involved in maritime operations; 7. Research and Education: academia, research institutes and innovation clusters. Source: www.maritimeforum.se
The national maritime cluster is structured according to the EU definition and consists of seven sub-sectors:
Marine Industry
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Commercial Ports, Sweden
• 50 commercial ports that account for approximately 80% of all traffic, measured in tons.
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Environmental Ports, Sweden • Intermodal hubs • Extensive network of stakeholders co-located • Early adopters and innovators • Looking for green port infrastructure solutions:
efficient intermodal transport technologies dry port/land based operation handling solutions fuel-efficient and environmental machinery and equipment combination terminals extending the length and depth of quays
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Green Shipping, Sweden
- Reduced CO2 by 20% since 2005 - Reduced nitrogen oxides by 8% since
2009 - The first deep sea shipping company
with less than 1.5% sulfur on average since 2004
- Chemical-free ballast water treatment system on 14 vessels
- TBT-free since 2000; only SPC and fouling release are used to prevent fouling.
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- Eco-driving for captains - Cabin windows with sun film - Electrical connection of ships in port - Change to more efficient propellers - Ships with fuel efficient design - Methanol fueled vessels - Water management
Green Shipping
- Olympus tanker was chosen as
The Most Sustainable Ship by the Rotterdam Port
- LNG propulsion, ballast and waste water treatment, onboard energy recycling, biodegradable lubricants
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- The world’s first LNG fueled product tanker, Bit Viking
SECA in Sweden • Sweden is one of the SECA countries
The alternative fuels most commonly used include LNG, methanol and marine diesel
The most common technologies include slow steaming, and exhaust gas purification, such as the use of scrubbing systems
Lighthouse project SHIpH Bio methanol out of woody biomass Electrical/hybrid
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See you in the Nordics!
Rick de Lambert Senior Commercial Officer [email protected]
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The Nordic Region