In a significant step towards accelerating the decarbonization of the maritime industry, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping has unveiled a pioneering collaboration with four esteemed academic institutions: the University of Michigan, Maritime Research Alliance, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and World Maritime University.
The partnerships will support increased transparency and knowledge sharing between the maritime industry and academia, as well as development of the competencies required of future decision-makers and transition enablers.
With University of Michigan, Maritime Research Alliance, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and World Maritime University onboard, we can now move in new directions faster to accelerate the maritime industry’s decarbonization journey.
..commenting on the new Academic Partners, Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO of the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, said.
Thomas Roslyng Olesen, Head of Maritime Research Alliance, holds high expectations for the new partnership: “Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero
Carbon Shipping is at the absolute forefront when it comes to the development of solutions to decarbonize shipping. Therefore, we are very excited about the
opportunity to engage in this partnership. As a network organization for maritime researchers in Denmark, the Maritime Research Alliance span over a wide range of academic fields from natural science to humanities and social science. By combining our academic research with the extensive industry knowledge in Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, we believe that this partnership will be a strong foundation for the development of new solutions to
decarbonize shipping.”
Professor Bjørn Egil Asbjørnslett, Director of NTNU Ocean and Coast, commented: “Since its founding in 1910, NTNU has focused on ship technology, working closely with Norway’s maritime cluster. Recently, the university has increased its activities in research and education on energy efficiency and emission reduction in maritime transport as well as on the energy transition in general. This effort involves many parts of NTNU, including the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU Energy, NTNU Ocean and Coast, and the Industrial Ecology Programme in lead.”
