MMMCZCS lays out blueprint for creating green corridors
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) and the Rocky Mountains Institute (RMI) have sketched out guidelines for how ports and countries can set up green corridors.
PHOTO: Ships docked or being tugged in the Port of Rotterdam. Getty Images
A large number of countries have shown announced upcoming and potential green corridors. These corridors are thought to become one of the major accelerators of green shipping across the globe.
However, establishing green corridors can present a number of challenges, so the MMMCZCS and RMI have developed a seven-step blueprint to assist with “fuel supply readiness, infrastructure requirements, regulatory support, and cost calculations.”
Green corridors “help break down the complexity of the transition into manageable projects and mature the solutions we need to establish green shipping on a global scale,” says Johan Byskov Svendsen, program manager at MMMCZCS.
As a starting point, the blueprint recommends identifying drivers and constraints associated with green corridors. It recommends mapping out alternative fuels based on their supply outlooks and cost estimates, based on ports' readiness for green fuel bunkering and fuel consumption by vessels.
The blueprint also emphasises a need to assess the regulatory environment when selecting potential green corridors.
Over the past year, there have been a number of green corridor projects announced around the world. The port authorities of Rotterdam and Singapore have announced plans for what could become the world's longest green corridor by 2027.
Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg signed green shipping corridor deals with Rotterdam and Belgia's North Sea Port to spur uptake of alternative fuels from ocean-going vessels by 2025.
Gothenburg and Rotterdam will connect their green corridor to a wider network of deep-sea corridors, including the European Green Corridors Network that was launched by a range of ports in coordination with MMMCZCS in March last year.
The US and South Korea have also announced plans to explore green corridors between major ports in both countries.
By Konica Bhatt
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