Zero-Emission Shipping Mission published the Industry Roadmap, as an effort to accelerate international public-private collaboration, to scale and deploy new green maritime solutions.
The Zero-Emission Shipping Mission is an alliance between countries, the private sector, research institutes, and civil society to develop, demonstrate, and deploy zero-emission fuels, ships, and fuel infrastructure together by 2030 and make zero-emission ocean going shipping the natural choice for ship owners.
As described, public and private sector commitment and collaboration are key tools for the Mission to achieve its goals and enable the right framework for innovation across the value chain. This collaboration will establish targeted research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities to address the industry’s innovation gaps.
According to the Roadmap, international shipping transports most of the world’s goods and is responsible for 3% of global emissions, potentially increasing by half by 2050 on its current trajectory. To set international shipping on an ambitious zero emission trajectory, we need commercially viable, zero-emission ocean-going vessels in the global fleet by 2030.
Getting to zero emission vessels at sea involves the entire maritime value chain, from ship owners to fuel producers to port and terminal operators.
In addition, given the international nature of the maritime industry, international collaboration is required amongst states, companies, and non-state actors to reach the international climate goals set in the Paris Agreement and in the International Maritime Organization’s Initial GHG strategy.
To meet its goals, the Mission is organized into 3 Pillars which lay the foundation for a zero-emission shipping future:
- Develop, demonstrate, and deploy zero-emission fuels, ships, and fuel infrastructure in a coordinated fashion along the full value chain.
- By 2030, ships capable of running on hydrogen-based zero-emission fuels—such as green hydrogen, green ammonia, green methanol, and advanced biofuels—make up at least 5% of the global deep-sea fleet measured by fuel consumption.
- By 2030, at least 200 of these well-to-wake zero-emission fueled ships are in service and utilizing these fuels across their main deep sea shipping routes.
Using the study Innovation needs for the decarbonization of shipping, alongside additional knowledge and engagement, the Mission has identified 5 innovation groups and 120 individual innovation gaps included in this Roadmap.
The 5 innovation groups are:
#1 Safety & operational risk management: innovation needed for safety, guidelines, training, and methodologies for handling and the storage of new fuels;
#2 Policy & regulation: innovation needed for creating or informing regulations or market incentives;
#3 Market development, business models & financial innovation: innovation needed for the economic readiness for new fuels, including novel business models, economic modeling, financial identification of cost drivers, or subsidies and related funding mechanisms;
#4 Technology development & adaptation: innovation needed for the research, development, and deployment of ZEVs, fuels, and infrastructure;
#5 Market analysis: innovation needed the creation, consolidation, and dissemination of market knowledge related to the vessels, fuels, and refueling infrastructure.
