NEW marine repor ts and guides EMSA report into the potential of hydrogen as fuel for shipping


are driven by increasingly stricter air emissions and climate legislation as its practitioners navigate a course towards decarbonisation. Among the broad spectrum of technologies and fuel solutions being considered, hydrogen that is produced with renewable energy (green hydrogen) has been identified as a fuel that could offer a ‘near-zero’ carbon solution on a well-to-wake basis. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has produced a 572 page technical report on this topic.


The maritime industry faces substantive challenges, many of which


While shipping has limited experience using hydrogen as a fuel and some of the key technologies (such as engines) remain under development, there is sufficient land- based experience with its production and use that would serve as a sound basis for the transition to marine fuel.


There are some barriers, such as hydrogen’s low energy density, (which would increase the storage needs onboard a ship), the cost of the equipment and the significant need to expand the global capacity to distribute and produce green hydrogen. In the end, hydrogen- fuelled vessels may prove to be a more appropriate solution for short- sea shipping rather than deep-sea. By examining the current production capacity for hydrogen, the existing regulatory landscape, fuel storage options, supply and power generation technologies – along with techno-economic analyses and risk- based case studies – this study has identified the potential for adopting hydrogen as a marine fuel.


Download the report in full at https://bit.ly/3Rh5Bl0.


Global Maritime Trends 2050


The report authored by Economist Impact, and commissioned by Lloyd’s Register and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, aims to shed light on potential maritime futures, offering an understanding of the direction our industry is heading towards.


The research led to four feasible shipping futures that present both warnings and opportunities for our sector including fictional ‘what if’ scenarios such as the opportunities widespread adoption of hydrogen could bring, or the potential critical challenges posed by a 40cm sea- level rise.


Key takeaways: - Key ports in US, Europe and Asia could be unusable by 2050 without urgent action on decarbonisation


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- Africa countries could become the dominant supplier of seafarers by 2050


- Women could make up 25% of all seafarers by 2050 (currently <2%)


The report will kick-start the launch of the wider multi-year Lloyd’s Register and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Global Maritime Trends 2050 research programme. The programme will include a series of ‘deep dive’ reports in which expert organisations will be commissioned to examine what is needed to create a safe and sustainable maritime sector in the face of geopolitical, macroeconomic, technological, and other societal shifts.


Download the report in pdf format at https://bit.ly/3uYkKjP.


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