Eastern Pacific Shipping and Value Maritime squad up to deploy the first carbon paper seizure solution onboard a pair of tankers . The Singapore - based tonnage provider will retrofit two MR tankers with carbon capture systems , making them the largest sea - going vessels fitted with carbon paper gaining control technology to appointment .
The CO2 battery used for this will be discharged in port wine and afterwards used by CO2 customer , such as greenhouses , or injected into carbon sequestration networks .
M / T Pacific GoldEastern Pacific Shipping ( EPS ) has ratify a definitive agreement with Rotterdam - base Value Maritime ( VM ) to install C capture and filtering systems on MR tanker M / T Pacific Cobalt and M / T Pacific Gold , with an choice to outfit three more vessel . The installation of the first system is scheduled to be completed within 2022 , with applied science and planning underway .
The 2020 - built 49,700 DWT sis vessel will be fitted with VM ’s Filtree System – a prefabricated gas pedal cleansing organization that filters S and 99 % of particulate matter . The scheme will include a Carbon Capture Module charging a CO2 battery onboard .
The charge CO2 stamp battery will be discharge in embrasure and subsequently used by CO2 customers , such as greenhouses , or injected into carbon segregation internet . The free shelling will be render to the vessel for CO2 recharging . This ‘ plug and play ’ feeler allows vessels to capture up to 40 % of CO2 discharge today , with the electric potential of exceeding 90 % in the time to come .
EPS CEO Cyril Ducau stated , “ Partnering with Value Maritime is a major footstep forward for EPS and the industry ’s vigor changeover . carbon paper capture technology was lose in our existing portfolio of expelling lowering solutions , which today consists chiefly of substitute nautical fuel . We consider that carbon capture engineering science holds meaning hope for reduce emission for survive and next ocean - going vessels . Coupled with alternative fuel , biofuels , and other solutions , carbon paper capture is a all-important footstep in accelerate the merchant marine industry ’s decarbonization efforts ahead of IMO fair game . After extensive inquiry , we agree that Value Maritime is the right partner to implement this solution and complement our own decarbonization efforts . Their love for innovation , be infrastructure , and dedication to lowering discharge today is what we look for in a partner . By equipping our tankers with VM ’s systems , we desire to prove to the industry that carbon copy seizure is a viable and scalable pick available flop now . ”
“ Bringing our filtering and carbon seizure technology to the oiler grocery has been a finish of ours from the very beginning . realize this visual sensation with fore - think partners like Eastern Pacific Shipping is a dream come dead on target . Together , we are making sustainable shipping and emission diminution for this segment no longer a pipework - pipe dream . It ’s happening today , and we could n’t be prouder that it ’s hap with EPS . ” Maarten Lodewijks , Co - Founder & Director – Value Maritime .
In increase to its carbon gaining control capability , the Filtree System also removes crude residue and particulate matter from the backwash piss , ensuring its PH value is neutralized and contributes to reducing the acidification of seawater .
initiation onboard M / T Pacific Cobalt is expected to be completed by the end of 2022 , while the instalment onboard M / T Pacific Gold is scheduled to be complete by the end of Q1 2023 .
In add-on to the retrofits , EPS and VM are exploring next collaboration opportunities , such as deploying the Filtree System onboard EPS newbuilds , including a new generation of containerships .
