Jansen: No technology in sight to make large ships carbon-neutral in next 3-5 years
There is no technology in sight that would make large, ocean-going ships carbon-neutral in the next three to five years, Rolf H. Jansen said.
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There is no technology in sight that would make large, ocean-going ships carbon-neutral in the next three to five years, Rolf H. Jansen said.
LNG bunker tank being into Hapag-Lloyd’s Sajir; Image courtesy: Hapag-Lloyd The world’s first conversion of a large containership to LNG as fuel has been completed, German liner company Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed to Offshore Energy – Green Marine. The 15,000 TEU vessel Sajir, now renamed Brussels Express, departed the Chinese shipyard Huarun Dadong Dockyard Co. last Saturday and is now underway in the North China Sea heading toward Busan, Korea. “We will have some guarantee work to do though which will be completed during the next months,” Hapag-Lloyd said. The ship is now phasing ...