Japan firms gain approval for first liquid CO2-and-e-methanol carrier

Japanese shipping firms Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, have secured approval to build what could be the world’s first liquefied carbon dioxide and methanol carrier.

The companies received approval in principle from classification society ClassNK under its Guidelines for Ships Using Low-Flashpoint Fuels. They will now move ahead with further development and design work.

The vessel, developed under a joint project launched in 2022, is designed to transport liquefied CO2 from a capture site to a methanol production facility. On the return voyage, it would carry synthetic methanol produced using the captured CO2 and renewable hydrogen.

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