The future of Shipping JIP update


These three Joint Industry Projects very much focus on the future. They examine methanol as a potential maritime fuel, zero emissions operations and wind-assisted ship propulsors.


Green Maritime Methanol


As part of the maritime energy transition, methanol is one of the potential fuels being considered for long range and heavy-duty ships. Methanol can be produced from biological feedstock or from renewable chemical syngas and current diesel or natural gas engines can be modified for methanol operation relatively easily. Major Dutch and Belgian maritime companies have joined the ‘Green Maritime Methanol’ project in order to further develop this application. The partners will look at concrete possibilities to adopt methanol as a marine fuel for either newbuilds or conversions of the existing fleet. MARIN is contributing to the development of methanol energy and power systems and is the project coordinator of two of the five pilot ships involved in the business cases. The Green Maritime Methanol project is supported by TKI Maritime and the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and will be completed end-2020.


Contact: Moritz Krijgsman, m.krijgsman@marin.nl ZERO WISP


MARIN and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) have started a Joint Industry Project together with a large number of participants to investigate and explore ways of overcoming barriers to the uptake of wind propulsion. The JIP focuses on: • Improved methods for transparent performance prediction; • Using these methods to provide shipowners/operators with fast, low-cost predictions for their fleet;


• Reviewing the regulatory environment, including the status of rules and regulations, identifying gaps and making recommendations, as well as providing examples about achieving compliance. The JIP aims to cover the majority of all the marketed wind-assisted ship propulsors. So far more than 12 participants are aboard, but new participants are still welcome to join.


Contact: Patrick Hooijmans, p.hooijmans@marin.nl


In the ZERO JIP we will design, build and test a prototype ‘Engine Room of the Future’ to ensure reliable and safe ship operations with minimal to zero emissions. New regulations on carbon neutral and ultimately, zero emissions operations create opportunities. However, many questions arise. What will be the fuels of the next decade, how will energy be stored and distributed on board, and which power systems will dominate? The ZERO JIP is designed to help prepare the sector by tackling these important issues together.


We will consider the most relevant energy carrier(s) and energy converters; new (synthetic) fuels, batteries, hydrogen and other energy carriers will be combined with internal combustion engines and fuel cells in a DC power system environment. Working with the industry, we will build and test the most promising prototype options in MARIN’s Zero Emissions Lab.


Contact: Christian Veldhuis, c.veldhuis@marin.nl


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