At this moment in time, ship owners still worry about how to comply with the IMO 2020 Sulphur Regulations and the Ballast Water Management Regulations. Yet, pretty soon they need to consider the consequences of the IMO 2050 CO2 emissions targets.
Today, owners have to decide what fossil fuel to use after January 2020, with or without scrubbers. Well before 2050, they have to find fuels and propulsion systems using much less fossil content; an even more difficult task.
In our special we look at alternative fuels, including LNG, hydrogen, GTL and batteries, that may help solve this puzzle. In addition, we look at submarine power sources, the Japanese/Australian project focused on using coal to create hydrogen while using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, regulations and the energy situation in general.
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Picture: Ship owner Anthony Veder is a frontrunner in the distribution of LNG. Here, the company's Coral Methane is bunkering the AIDAnova with LNG in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (by Anthony Veder and SWZ|Maritime's March cover picture).
