LIQUID CO2 CARRIER UNVEILED

A vessel to transport liquefied carbon dioxide from industrial emitters has been unveiled in Singapore. The ship will contribute to the world's first full-scale carbon capture and storage project, or CCS, in Norway. Japanese shipping firm Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha operates the vessel. The 130-meter ship has two tanks with a total capacity of 7,500 cubic meters of liquid CO2. It will transport the substance to the Norwegian facility where the CCS project is underway. Norway's Northern Lights company is managing the long-term storage of collected carbon dioxide deep underwater. One-and-a-half million tons of CO2 taken from multiple sites will be stored at its facility annually.

(Zharin Zhafrael / Shell) “Carbon capture and storage is a key technology needed to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors like steel, petrochemical, as well as cement.”