K Line to charter two liquified carbon dioxide carriers from Northern Lights

Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) will charter two 7,500 cbm liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) carriers that are scheduled for delivery in 2024.

PHOTO: Model of Northern Lights' liquified CO2 carriers. Northern Lights

The company has inked a charter agreement with Northern Lights, a carbon capture and storage joint venture between oil firms Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies.

The two ships will be used to transport liquefied CO2 from industrial emitters in Norway and Hafslund Oslo Celsio carbon capture facilities, to a receiving terminal in Øygarden.

K Line says the agreement will help develop a full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain. K Line and Northern Lights will also work to develop operational procedures for safe transportation of liquefied CO2.

“Shipping is a scalable CO2 transport solution that is well-suited for sailing distances in Europe,” K Line says.

Earlier this year, Northern Lights agreed to ship carbon dioxide captured from Norwegian firm Yara’s ammonia and fertiliser plant in the Netherlands, to Norway.

Carbon capture technology has been gaining attention from various industries, including shipping, to reduce emissions.

Rotterdam-based logistics company Samskip announced in October that it will install carbon capture and filtering systems on two of its biofuel-powered container ships by next year.

By Shilpa Sharma

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