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Maersk rules out LNG in future fuel mix

PIPELINES & DANISH shipping giant Maersk sees no major such plans, having already ordered the retrofit
TRANSPORT role for LNG in its future fuel mix, CEO Soren of its Sajir containership to run on LNG at the
Skou told investors last week, saying that the Huarun Dadong shipyard in China.
group would move straight to zero-emissions Hydrogen, ammonia and batteries are also
fuels to decarbonise its operations. being discussed as solutions to the shipping
LNG has been touted as a potential transition industry’s carbon footprint. Maersk is working
fuel for the shipping sector, benefiting from a hard to decide which option is best before it
significant expansion in infrastructure in recent orders any new ships.
years. Compared with today’s dominant mari- “In terms of vessel types, we are very much
time fuel, fuel oil, it produces 25% less CO2, 80% aware of the risk of ordering ships at this point,”
less NOX and virtually eliminates SOX and fine he said. “We are not planning to order any new
particles. ship any time soon, because we still haven’t
However, Skou said Maersk was unlikely to made up our mind on the potential fuels of the
invest in LNG-powered ships as a transition future.”
towards even cleaner alternatives. Maersk announced two years ago it would
“We don’t believe that LNG will play a big role seek to become a carbon-neutral company by
for us as a transition fuel, because it is still a fossil 2050, and it has said it will need to develop a
fuel, and we would rather go from what we do carbon-neutral fleet by 2030 to achieve this goal.
today straight to a neutral type of fuel,” he said This means carbon-neutral fuels and their supply
while presenting Maersk’s third-quarter results. chains will need to scaled up substantially over
“However, that will be years into the future, I the next decade for Maersk’s ambition to become
suspect.” a reality.
Others like French containership owner Maersk has stepped up investments in
CMA CGM have invested heavily in LNG- research and development work on decarbon-
fuelled marine transport. The company wants to isation solutions, and teamed up in June with
have a fleet of 26 LNG-powered ships in oper- ABS, Cargill, MAN Energy Solutions, Mitsub-
ation by 2022, including nine 23,000-TEU, 11 ishi Heavy Industries, NYK Lines and Siemens
15,000-TEU and six 14,000-TEU vessels. Ger- Energy to set up the Maersk Mc-Kinny Moller
man liner Hapag-Lloyd may follow suit with Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping.™

NEWS IN BRIEF

ASIA guarantees the integrity of its technologies, AUSTRAL ASIA
and that any separation could be detrimental
GTT: Decision of the Korea to the entire LNG carrier industry. The PNG LNG adds H145
company challenges the rationale of this
Fair Trade Commission decision and, upon receipt of the KFTC’s for Papua New Guinea
written decision, intends to appeal against it,
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) with a request for suspension of the decision, operations
announced today, in a press release, that it before the Seoul High Court. The company
had reached a decision in its investigation does not anticipate any significant financial ExxonMobil has signed a contract for two
regarding GTT’s commercial practices or industrial impact in the short or mid-term. Airbus H145 helicopters to support the PNG
with the Korean shipyards in relation to Depending on the conclusions of the appeal LNG project in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
the construction of LNG carriers. In its procedure, it will reassess the consequences The new H145 model with a five-blade,
decision, the KFTC considers that some of on its activities. bearingless main rotor provides a 150kg
the company’s commercial practices have Philippe Berterottière, chairman and CEO increase in useful load.
not complied with Korean competition of GTT, declared: “We are convinced that our The aircraft will be based at the Hides Gas
regulations since 2016, and notably requests commercial practices comply with the Korean Conditioning Plant (HGCP) in Hela Province
that GTT allow those Korean shipyards which competition rules and that the structuring of of the PNG Highlands, and will be used to
would so request to perform all or part of our offer, which has contributed for decades transport personnel and equipment in support
the technical assistance services currently to the safe development of LNG maritime of PNG LNG Project operations.
included in the technology license. This transport, makes it possible to provide our In addition to its reliability and superior
decision includes an administrative fine of shipyard partners with ever more innovative, economics, the new H145’s “hot and high”
approximately €9.5mn. safe and efficient technologies, for the benefit performance was critical to its selection for
GTT wishes to emphasise that the licence of the entire industry.” use in an environment requiring routine
of the technology and the technical assistance GTT, November 25, 2020 operations at an altitude of 5,400ft in
constitute an inseparable offering, which temperatures up to 35ºC.

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