Samskip to install carbon capture system on container ships

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

PHOTO: Front view of the Samskip Innovator, one of the vessels that will be fitted with a carbon capture and filtering system. Samskip

The systems, provided by Rotterdam-based Value Maritime, will be installed on the Samskip Innovator and Samskip Endeavour. These vessels carry containers between the UK and the Netherlands.

A gas cleaning unit will be installed behind the funnels of the ships. The units will be powered by 10 MW carbon dioxide batteries located in ISO tank containers on deck.

These batteries can be charged with and store carbon dioxide onboard the vessels, before being discharged in port, and eventually used by carbon dioxide buyers such as greenhouses. The discharged batteries can then be returned to the vessels for more carbon dioxide capturing.

Value Maritime says its gas cleaning unit and batteries allow vessels running on conventional oil-based fuels to capture 30% of their carbon dioxide emissions.

Samskip's two vessels already run on 100% biofuel, claiming this alone can reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 90%.

By using the carbon capture systems on top of running on biofuel, Samskip expects to be able to capture the remaining carbon dioxide being emitted and offer carbon neutral shortea shipping.

The company also plans to build two zero-emission ‘SeaShuttle’ ships that will be powered by 3.2MW hydrogen fuel cells.

By Shilpa Sharma

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