UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium & Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha have signed an agreement to cooperate on research and pilot projects to decarbonize bulk cargo shipping. The cooperation is expected to focus on the development and implementation of new marine decarbonization technologies suitable for EGA’s bulk cargo shipping routes in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean.Solutions are likely to include kite systems, alternative fuels and CO2 capture technologies. All of these technologies today have technical and practical challenges to widespread adoption that remain to be overcome, ranging from technology immaturity to lack of support infrastructure. K Line Group will lead research into decarbonization opportunities, and EGA will target pilot projects on its K Line shipping routes.K Line Group transports 5 million tonnes of EGA’s bauxite per annum from the Republic of Guinea to the UAE and 1.5 million tonnes of alumina each year from Australia to the UAE, under long-term Contracts of Affreightment.
UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium & Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha have signed an agreement to cooperate on research and pilot projects to decarbonize bulk cargo shipping. The cooperation is expected to focus on the development and implementation of new marine decarbonization technologies suitable for EGA’s bulk cargo shipping routes in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean.Solutions are likely to include kite systems, alternative fuels and CO2 capture technologies. All of these technologies today have technical and practical challenges to widespread adoption that remain to be overcome, ranging from technology immaturity to lack of support infrastructure. K Line Group will lead research into decarbonization opportunities, and EGA will target pilot projects on its K Line shipping routes.K Line Group transports 5 million tonnes of EGA’s bauxite per annum from the Republic of Guinea to the UAE and 1.5 million tonnes of alumina each year from Australia to the UAE, under long-term Contracts of Affreightment.
