據(jù)Upstream7月20日消息，英荷超級(jí)巨頭殼牌正與意大利-瑞士航運(yùn)巨頭地中海航運(yùn)公司(MSC)合作，加速航運(yùn)業(yè)的脫碳進(jìn)程。
MSC證實(shí)，雙方已簽署長期諒解備忘錄，旨在開發(fā)一系列技術(shù)，以減少現(xiàn)有資產(chǎn)的排放，并有助于航運(yùn)業(yè)“實(shí)現(xiàn)未來凈零排放”。
殼牌和MSC將探索一系列燃料選擇，以使航運(yùn)業(yè)脫碳，包括氫衍生燃料和使用甲醇作為船用燃料。
該合作伙伴關(guān)系還將探索在MSC的船隊(duì)中使用液化天然氣的機(jī)會(huì)，他們稱這是“目前廣泛使用的排放量最低的燃料”，同時(shí)還將考慮使用甲烷泄漏減排技術(shù)，來進(jìn)一步減少LNG排放。
他們還指出，他們已經(jīng)在探索從液化天然氣轉(zhuǎn)向生物液化天然氣或合成液化天然氣的潛在好處，以進(jìn)一步減少排放。
生物液化天然氣（Bio LNG）是一種生物燃料，通過對(duì)有機(jī)物質(zhì)（如家庭、農(nóng)業(yè)和工業(yè)廢物）進(jìn)行厭氧消化，從而產(chǎn)生沼氣。然后將沼氣中的甲烷與二氧化碳分離并液化以制造生物液化天然氣。
“殼牌希望在向凈零的過渡過程中發(fā)揮核心作用。與我們的客戶合作開發(fā)新技術(shù)和新燃料將有助于加快進(jìn)展，”殼牌海事總裁Melissa Williams說。
“將MSC作為世界最大航運(yùn)公司之一的經(jīng)驗(yàn)與殼牌作為全球能源供應(yīng)商的專業(yè)知識(shí)相結(jié)合，將有助于為世界經(jīng)濟(jì)的這一重要部分提供有效的解決方案。”
MSC負(fù)責(zé)海事政策和政府事務(wù)的執(zhí)行副總裁Bud Darr 補(bǔ)充說，該公司與殼牌的合作是推動(dòng)航運(yùn)業(yè)低碳解決方案所需承諾的一個(gè)例子。
“為了實(shí)現(xiàn)完全脫碳的最終目標(biāo)，我們必須尋找一套解決方案。我們需要在研發(fā)和燃料開發(fā)方面取得重大進(jìn)展，”他說。
“MSC歡迎與殼牌建立這樣的合作伙伴關(guān)系，這些合作伙伴關(guān)系旨在促進(jìn)跨部門信息共享，并證明合作是定義通向凈零未來的最佳途徑的關(guān)鍵。”
這份諒解備忘錄建立在兩家公司10多年的合作基礎(chǔ)上，雙方已經(jīng)在多個(gè)項(xiàng)目上進(jìn)行了合作，包括加注生物燃料以及試驗(yàn)極低硫和超低硫燃料。
最新的諒解備忘錄還包括，兩家公司可以就戰(zhàn)略政策問題與行業(yè)和利益相關(guān)者共同參與，以加速航運(yùn)業(yè)的脫碳。
祝精燕 摘譯自 Upstream
原文如下：
Making sector ship-shape: Shell partners with MSC to speed up shipping's decarbonisation
Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell is teaming up with Italian-Swiss shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to speed up the decarbonisation of the shipping industry.
MSC confirmed the pair had signed a long-term memorandum of understanding to develop a range of technologies that could reduce emissions from existing assets and help to "enable a net-zero emissions future" for shipping.
Shell and MSC will explore a range of fuel options to decarbonise the shipping sector, including hydrogen-derived fuels and the use of methanol as a marine fuel.
The partnership will also explore opportunities to use liquefied natural gas in MSC’s fleet, which they stated was the “l(fā)owest emissions fuel widely available today”, while also considering methane-slip abatement technologies to further reduce LNG emissions.
They also noted they had already been exploring the potential benefits of switching from LNG to bio-LNG, or synthetic variants, to further decrease emissions.
Bio-LNG is a biofuel made via the anaerobic digestion of organic matter — such as household, agricultural and industrial waste — which results in the production of biogas. The methane in the biogas is then separated from the carbon dioxide and liquefied to make bio-LNG.
“Shell wants to play a central role in the transition to net zero. Partnering with our customers to develop new technologies and fuels will help accelerate progress,” Shell Marine president Melissa Williams said.
“Combining MSC’s experience as one of the world’s largest shipping companies with Shell’s expertise as a global energy supplier will help bring about effective solutions for this vital part of the world economy.”
MSC’s executive vice president of maritime policy and government affairs, Bud Darr, added the company’s partnership with Shell was an example of the commitment needed to catalyse low-carbon solutions for the shipping sector.
“To reach that ultimate goal of complete decarbonisation, we must look at a set of solutions. We need significant advances in research and development and fuel development,” he said.
“MSC welcomes partnerships like this with Shell that are designed to facilitate cross-sector information sharing and prove how collaboration is key in defining the best pathway to a net-zero future.”
The MoU builds on more than 10 years of collaboration between the companies, with the pair having already worked together on a number of projects, including bunkering biofuels and trialling very and ultra-low sulphur fuels.
The latest MoU also includes scope for the companies to jointly engage with industry and stakeholders on strategic policy issues to accelerate decarbonisation of the shipping sector.
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