Decarbonization of shipping: Shipowners are looking for alternatives

Container ship MOL Triumph

The Japanese company wants to win the international competition for climate-neutral ocean shipping.

(Photo: dpa)

Tokyo The climate-friendly freighter of the future is behind glass in Japan. The fuselage of the streamlined model in the lobby of the large shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) in Tokyo looks like a black painted one sailing submarine. Twelve masts with stiff sails rise above the deck to propel the ship. MOL called the concept “Wind Hunter”.

The group wants to be one of the first shipowners to decarbonize their fleet, i.e. to switch from heavy fuel oil to a carbon-free drive. Shipowners worldwide will have to invest up to 1.5 trillion dollars in new ships over the next 30 years in order to make sea freight free of carbon emissions. Today’s decisions set the path to 2050, because shipowners’ ships have a lifespan of 15 to 20 years.

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