b'APRIL 19 - MAY 9, 2021OCEAN CARRIER REVIEW 13(FUELcontinued from page 11) changedtoaninlandcargovessel. most successful alternative fuel meet- Thenewvesselwillbetaskedwith ingthesetwocriteria.CMACGMmoving goods on pallets and in con-builttheLNGpoweredJacquestainers along the river Seine. Saade,23,000TEUvesselwithaAlthough not exactly a new idea, tank capacity of 18,600 m3 that givesthe use of wind power is again taken thevesseltheequivalenttotwo- hold.Oneofthelatestprojectsis months of fuel. Almost as a proof ofdubbed Oceanbird a three-way proj-concept, CMA CGM Jacques Saadeect between Wallenius Marine, which set a new world record of the high- initiatedtheproject,theSwedish est number of full containers aboardresearch institute SSPA and the Royal a single vessel when she departed theInstitute of Technology in Stockholm. port of Singapore on April 8 thcarry- OceanbirdisaPCTCdesignedto ing 21,433 TEUs.transportupto7,000vehiclesatan LNGstorageandhandlingareaverage speed of 10 knots on a North proventechnologyandLNGpowerAtlanticcrossing.TheOceanbirds plants are relatively common as backupfourcolossal80-meter(260-ft)high systems. At this early stage, bunker- extendablewingsailscouldreduce ingforLNGisstillinitsinfancy,emissions by as much as 90%.although the technology itself is notThewingsails,builtinmetal radically different than already usedandcomposites,canberetracted in existing systems.down to around 20 m (66 ft) when Another LNG based-system is arequired, allowing them to be stowed LNG-hybridpowerplant.Thefirstduringstormsreducingthevessels of three LNG battery hybrid PCTCsair draft for moving through waters commissionedbyUnitedEuropeanwith bridges and other obstructions. CarCarriers(UECC)waslaunchedUnder the plans engines largely aux-in an official ceremony April 12th atiliaryformaneuveringinportandOceanbird is a PCTC, designed to transport up to 7,000 vehicles at an average speed theJiangnanShipyardinShanghai.other situations. of 10 knots on a North Atlantic crossing. The new UECC PCTCs are built to thelatestenergyefficiencycriteria, meeting the Tier 3 IMO NOx emission limitations in place for the Baltic and North Sea. All three will be equipped with battery hybrid solutions that will enable UECC to far exceed the IMOs targetof40%reductionincarbon emissions by 2030. Glenn Edvardsen, CEO in UECC, These ships prove thatdecarbonizationoftheindustry is possible using currently available technologies.Thevesselsarealsoequipped with dual-fuel LNG engines for main propulsion and auxiliaries. As more biofuels are set to become commer-cially available in the future, UECC planstoincreasetheproportionof carbon neutral and synthetic fuels in their future fuel mix.We aim to be in front of the move to sustainability in shipping, says Edvardsen. This is the motivation behind our decision toinvestindual-fuelsolutionsfor these newbuildings.o theri deaSBesides LNG, hydrogen has been researchedasapossiblesubstitute for ship power. A European innova-tionprojectcalledFlagshipswill deploytheworldsfirsthydrogen powered commercial cargo transport vessel.Thevesselwilloperateon compressed hydrogen produced from electrolysis,enablingnotonlyzero-emission operations, but also creating a solid base for more local zero-emis-sion transport, both at sea and on land. The power generation system for Zulu will be supplied by ABB Marine & Ports,withfuelcellsfromBallard. LMG Marin is responsible for detail design drawings, with hydrogen pro-vided by suppliers in the Paris region. Both the EU and the shipping industry see hydrogen as a key contributor in the efforts to mitigate climate change. TheFlagshipsprojectwasawarded EUR5millionoffundingin2018 from the EUs Research and Innova-tionprogramHorizon2020,under theFuelCellsandHydrogenJoint Undertaking(FCHJU),todeploy two hydrogen vessels in France and Norway.Theprojectsinitialplan was to deploy a hydrogen push-boat in the Lyon area, but as the broader potential for hydrogen in cargo trans-portemerged,thedemopusherwas'