MARINE LUBRICANTS
Targeting net zero
Maritime industry looks for ways to cut emissions today as it works towards a net zero greenhouse gas emissions future
Dewi Ballard, Fuels Product Manager and Rob Glass, Operational Marketing Manager, Infineum
With the International Maritime Organization’s countdown to net zero emissions inexorably ticking down, the industry is looking for cost effective, readily available options to meet the interim targets, while also exploring ways to meet the 2050 net zero goal. Infineum’s Dewi Ballard and Rob Glass explore the ways that fuel and lubricant additives can help improve efficiency and reduce emissions today as the industry works to fully commercialise future fuel options such as ammonia.
Following on from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2020 sulphur cuts was one of the largest regulatory changes to fuel composition that the maritime industry has ever seen, and has set the industry on a path to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.
IMO says international shipping, which handles 90% of transported goods, is the least environmentally damaging mode of transport when its productive value is considered. But, in its most recent study, the organisation reports CO2
emissions from ships are
estimated to have increased by more than 9% from 2012 to 2018. Reversing this trend is a key goal and a big driver for change.
In its revised GHG agreed framework, adopted in July 2023, IMO has set out very clear ambitions, aiming for net zero GHG emissions as close to 2050 as possible.
The IMO timeline also includes a commitment to 8 LUBE MAGAZINE NO.184 DECEMBER 2024 Figure 1: IMO timeline net-zero GHG emissions
From January 2023, it became mandatory for ships to calculate their attained Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and to start fuel consumption data collection. The first annual reporting on fuel
ensure the uptake of zero and near zero GHG fuels by 2030, with checkpoints along the way.
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