據Upstream7月20日消息，英荷超級巨頭殼牌正與意大利-瑞士航運巨頭地中海航運公司(MSC)合作，加速航運業的脫碳進程。
MSC證實，雙方已簽署長期諒解備忘錄，旨在開發一系列技術，以減少現有資產的排放，并有助于航運業“實現未來凈零排放”。
殼牌和MSC將探索一系列燃料選擇，以使航運業脫碳，包括氫衍生燃料和使用甲醇作為船用燃料。
該合作伙伴關系還將探索在MSC的船隊中使用液化天然氣的機會，他們稱這是“目前廣泛使用的排放量最低的燃料”，同時還將考慮使用甲烷泄漏減排技術，來進一步減少LNG排放。
他們還指出，他們已經在探索從液化天然氣轉向生物液化天然氣或合成液化天然氣的潛在好處，以進一步減少排放。
生物液化天然氣（Bio LNG）是一種生物燃料，通過對有機物質（如家庭、農業和工業廢物）進行厭氧消化，從而產生沼氣。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揮核心作用。與我們的客戶合作開發新技術和新燃料將有助于加快進展，”殼牌海事總裁Melissa Williams說。
“將MSC作為世界最大航運公司之一的經驗與殼牌作為全球能源供應商的專業知識相結合，將有助于為世界經濟的這一重要部分提供有效的解決方案。”
MSC負責海事政策和政府事務的執行副總裁Bud Darr 補充說，該公司與殼牌的合作是推動航運業低碳解決方案所需承諾的一個例子。
“為了實現完全脫碳的最終目標，我們必須尋找一套解決方案。我們需要在研發和燃料開發方面取得重大進展，”他說。
“MSC歡迎與殼牌建立這樣的合作伙伴關系，這些合作伙伴關系旨在促進跨部門信息共享，并證明合作是定義通向凈零未來的最佳途徑的關鍵。”
這份諒解備忘錄建立在兩家公司10多年的合作基礎上，雙方已經在多個項目上進行了合作，包括加注生物燃料以及試驗極低硫和超低硫燃料。
最新的諒解備忘錄還包括，兩家公司可以就戰略政策問題與行業和利益相關者共同參與，以加速航運業的脫碳。
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 “lowest 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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