Germany joins global zero-emission shipping alliance

Germany has joined the Zero-Emission Shipping Mission and will set out to demonstrate zero-emission vessels, says German Bundestag member Dieter Janecek.

PHOTO: Gantry cranes at the Port of Hamburg. Hamburg Port Authority

“We are also committed to the advancement of green hydrogen and the establishment of ‘Green Corridors’,” adds Janecek.

The Zero-Emission Shipping Mission is an international coalition working towards developing zero-emission fuels, vessels and fuel infrastructure by 2030.

It is co-led by Denmark and Norway, and organisations like the Global Maritime Forum and Mærsk McKinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. The other member nations are Canada, the European Commission, France, Ghana, Republic of Korea along with Australia, India, Morocco, Singapore and the UK.

In its national hydrogen strategy, Germany expects its clean hydrogen demand to reach approximately 3 million mt/year by 2030, and up to 11 million mt/year by 2050.

Last September, Germany’s Port of Hamburg signed a green corridor deal with Canada’s Port of Halifax. In this collaboration, the Port of Halifax agreed to develop bunkering and exporting infrastructure for green hydrogen and derivatives like ammonia, while Hamburg will import these fuels to also provide bunkering.

By Konica Bhatt

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