2023-12-12 17:48:41
The maritime industry and numerous governments have announced these days at the Dubai Climate Summit more than 50 initiatives to redirect activity to cut emissions. Maritime transport, which represents approximately 80% of all world trade, is responsible for about 3% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions13% of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and 12% of sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions, according to the latest ISGlobal study.
Changes in this industry must accelerate: International Maritime Organization (IMO) indicates, according to its new strategy approved in July, that the emissions and 40% in 2030 to be able to reach net zero emissions in 2050. Even so, it offers a margin, depending on the “national circumstances” or particularities of each country. This means that this goal must be global, but that countries can achieve it at any time. different speeds and counting, the least developed, with the support of the most advantaged. The new strategy to cut emissions from the IMO also indicates that in 2030 between 5% and 10% of the energy used by international maritime transport must be with the adoption of technologies, fuels or energy sources with zero or almost zero GHG emissions.
Payments for emissions
To speed up the transformation, the IMO establishes that on an international scale the maritime industry must begin to pay for emissions in 2025something that Europe has advanced to 2024. “If maritime transport were a nation, it would be the eighth largest emitter of the world. Global zero emissions will not be reached by 2050 without this industry being front and center in the transition,” the head of climate action and US presidential envoy, John Kerry, explained in Dubai. The United States and Norway are leading an international initiative that, launched last year at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, promotes the reduction of emissions from this industry. To the same end, this year it brought together governments and operators in Dubai.
This is how in this meeting, under the name of Green Shipping Challenge (Green Shipping Challenge) USA, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands y United Kingdom have announced their support through IMO funds and programs to developing countries so that they can adapt their infrastructure and meet the emissions reduction goal. Likewise, the government of Belgium has outlined its plans to convert the port of Antwerp-Bruges into a large green hydrogen import center, and through which it will take important steps to make its fleet greener on the path to zero emissions. For its part, France y Germany have announced government support plans for the decarbonization of maritime transport.
Ecological corridors
Japan y Canada have indicated that they will create ecological maritime corridors, with the development and introduction of ships with zero emissions and carbon neutral ports. NorwayIn addition, it will establish customized zero-emission requirements for domestic shipping. In the same way, United Kingdom has established bilateral agreements on green maritime corridors with various countries.
One of those countries with which it will be possible to establish these corridors is Namibiawhich has announced a Green Hydrogen Program which will allow, together with the Institute Maersk McKinney Moller, trace routes without carbon emissions. Precisely, the multinational logistics company has announced that, like this, it is mapping out new green corridors around the world.
Wind propulsion
The private initiative for decarbonization goes much further and is fully related to innovation: also in Dubai, the company Wallenius Wilhelmsen is committed to making wind propulsion in maritime transport a reality; Yara International has presented the first ship container ship powered by the world’s cleanest ammonia, already operating in the first decarbonized maritime route in between Norway y Germany; while Zephyr & Boreas has presented Canopeethe first freighter powered by candles.
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