CODELCO and NBP make progress on world’s first zero emission handymax carrier
Published by Oliver Kleinschmidt,
Editorial Assistant
Dry Bulk,
NYK Bulk & Project Carriers Ltd (NBP) has announced that substantial progress has been made through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by NBP, Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (OSHIMA) and Sumitomo Corporation (SUMITOMO) to study, design and construct the world’s first handymax bulk carrier (ammonia dual fuel type) that will reduce CO2 emissions to zero.
This would be the first of a fleet of 10 – 15 vessels dedicated to the transport of copper products that NBP would operate from Chile to the Far East. The Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO) and NBP aim that the vessel will be developed and built by OSHIMA, which is willing to study this project together with CODELCO and NBP.
A ceremony commemorating the signing was attended by several officials of multiple companies involved including:
- Maximo Pacheco, chairman of the board at CODELCO
- Carlos Alvarado, chief commercial officer at CODELCO
- Fernando Landman, general manager of CODELCO Singapore
- Masashi Suda, president of NBP
- Mitsunori Yuasa, executive officer at NBP
- Tatsuhiko Asami, general manager of NBP’s Bulk Carrier Group No.1
- Raimundo Alegría, partner of Intermar Chile
- Sebastián Valenzuela, partner of Intermar Chile
- Koichi Kawamura, Director at OSHIMA
- Yoshifumi Tani, Deputy General Manager of OSHIMA’s Ship Sales Department
- Norihiko Nonaka, Managing Executive Officer at SUMITOMO
- Takanaru Toyota, General Manager of SUMITOMO’s Ship & Marine Project Dept.
- Ryo Miura, Director at Sumisho Marine Co., Ltd.
Máximo Pacheco, Chairman of the Board, CODELCO said: “For me, it is a great honour to be here and to see how far we have progressed over this short period. What was an ambitious idea less than one year ago is a reality today. At CODELCO, we have the duty to be a leader for more sustainable mining for our country, and this project is a great signal to the other actors as we work to make Chile the first country in the world to demonstrate how an energy transition and GHG emissions reduction are possible.”
Masashi Suda, President, NBP said: “Based on the memorandum of understanding signed with CODELCO on 24 November 2022, NBP has been studying the decarbonisation of the oceangoing transportation of copper products with the cooperation of all concerned parties. After about a year of deliberations, NBP and CODELCO have concluded a memorandum of understanding with Oshima Shipbuilding for the research, design, and construction of a handymax bulk carrier equipped with a dual-fuel engine that can use ammonia as fuel in addition to heavy oil. This is a concrete first step towards a decarbonised society for CODELCO and NBP. NBP will continue to contribute to global decarbonisation together with its customers.”
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