b'SEPTEMBER 13 - 26, 2021RO/RO SHIPPING 25(TACKLEScontinued fromTakingaction in the coming page 23) decade is crucial to control-reducing carbon emissions byling climate change, Mehro-around 25%.tra added, and ensuring the In November of last year,resiliencyofsupplychains Volkswagenstartedusingaduring a crisis like the one we fuelmadefromvegetableare presently experiencing.residuesacquiredfromres- The startups are address-taurants and the food industryingtheissueofreducing on two chartered vessels thatcarbonemissionsinavari-makeregulartripsfromtheetyofways.Inadditionto portofEmden,Germany,todeveloping alternative energy Dublin,Ireland,Santander,sources, other potential solu-Spain,andSetubal,Portu- tionsincludeartificialintel-gal. As the first automaker toligence;data-enabledCO2 make widespread use of thisreduction;increasingenergy fuel,wereusewasteoilinefficiency; automation, infra-Topeka is a Wilhelmsen zero-emission prototype ro/ro vessel that runs on liquid green hydrogen.anenvironmentallycompat- structure and business model ible way, said Thomas Zer- innovation; carbon offsetting;(HYDROGENcontinuedTheE/SOrcelle,acon- hydrogenwillfindapplica-nechel,headofVolkswagenand improved vessel design.from page 23) cept vessel designed for zerotionsinshipping,but,he Group Logistics. The two ves- TheWilhelmsenprogramzero-emissionprototypero/ emissions,utilizessolarandadds,itisnotenergyeffi-sels make around 50 voyagesisacceleratingtechnologyro vessel that runs on liquidwind power as well as hydro- cient. For every three units a year, carrying 250,000 Audi,capabilities to help the maritimegreenhydrogen.Theopen- genfuelcelltechnologytoof energy provided by hydro-SEAT,koda,andVolkswa- industry tackle big issues, saiddeck, 27,000 square-foot shipmeet all of its propulsion andgen you have to put one unit gen vehicles. Nakul Malhotra, a Wilhelmsenis equipped with a one mega- onboardpowerneeds.Wil- of energy in, he explained.Last year, the German autovice president. We are excitedwatt-hourbatterypackandhelmsen is also in the processAccording to Baxter, hydro-manufacturer BMW partneredto see the tangible steps beingathree-megawatthydrogenof designing a liquid hydro- genreceivessomuchinterest withthero/rocarrierUnitedtakenandlookforwardtofuelcellchargedbypowergen bunker vessel. (HYDROGENcontinued European Car Carriers (UECC)maintaining the partnership. from the shore. Baxter acknowledges thaton page 26)toadvancebiofueltrialson UECCs vessels. Trial runs took place on the M/V Autosky, test-ing a biofuel derived from used cooking oil on a route between Zeebrugge,Belgium,and Santander,Spain.Useofthe biofuelreducedsulfuroxide emissions by nearly 100% and CO2 emissions by at least 80%, according to a BMW statement. Theinitiativealsosupports BMWs target of achieving a carbon-neutralsupplychain, the statement added. d eCarbonizaTion andi nnoVaTionSWilhelmsenShipMan-agement,parentcompanyof WalleniusWilhelmsen,the operator of a fleet of 126 ro/rovessels,hassingledout decarbonization,alongwith marinepollution,andrenew-able energy, as the keystones of itsenvironmentalefforts. The companyhasinitiatedapro-gram that will progress through the end of 2022 to identify hun-dredsoftechnologystartups, eachseekingsolutionstothe issue of carbon emissions in the shipping industry. The program is expected to yield around 100 pilot ventures during that time. Partnering with Rainmak-ingInnovation,aLondon-headquarteredcompanythat has accelerated over 750 tech-nologyventuresglobally,the programhassofaridentified 1,200 promising startups in 70 countries,ofwhich145can-didates have been fully vetted and a final group of 51 selected for the program kick off. At an initialworkshop,eachstartup pitcheditsproposeddecar-bonization solutions, and those deemed most likely to succeed were matched with collaborat-ing companies, including MC Shipping, a subsidiary of Mit-subishi Corp., and Wilhelmsen. Effortssuchasthese areessentialtodecarboniz-ing shipping within the next ten years, said Tarun Meh-rotra,directoroftradeand transportationatRainmaking.'