Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) announced its plans to introduce zero-emission vessels by 2030.
More specifically, the company aims to have “zero-emission vessels as early as possible by the end of the second half of the 2020s.”
In November 2021, K Line partially revised the “K LINE Environmental Vision 2050,” which is its longterm policy on environmental measures. In the revision, the company replaced the goal of halving emissions by 2050, with the new goal of achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.
In order to achieve this target, K Line decided to take the following measures:
- Build eight new LNG-fueled car carriers in addition to one that has already been completed;
- Order one LNG-fueled capesize bulk carrier and one LPG-fueled LPG carrier.
The GHG Reduction Strategy Committee will further accelerate projects for both next-generation alternative fuels and safe environmental support technology
the company said.
Furthermore, as digitalization accelerates and values change, K Line will also proceed to improve the efficiency of land operations, but also implement initiatives to reduce the workload of seaborne employees and support safe operations.
As the company said, it will “utilize digital technology such as the development of the recently announced engine plant operational support system utilizing AI and lookout and ship handling support system, in addition to the improvement of vessel data analysis technology leveraging AI technology in order to refine the company’s core values of safety, environment and quality, and promote digital transformation.”
