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MOL pushes ahead with large-scale LCO2 carrier design
With approval in principle (AiP) from Japanese class society ClassNK, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) says its large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier design would make CO2 transport practical at a much larger scale, as compared with current LCO2 carrier designs
The release of the computer-generated design renderings (pictured, top) for the LCO2 carrier comes more than a year after MOL initiated a research and development project in response to a Japanese Government request for proposals.
The request for design proposals came from Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) under a project outsourced to Japan Carbon Capture and Storage Ltd.
"The large-scale liquefied CO2 carrier developed by MOL is intended as a practical solution to the need for long-distance transport of CO2 on a scale of 1M tonnes a year, based on NEDO’s vision to implement CCUS technology by 2030," a statement from MOL said.
MOL reaching the AiP stage in the LCO2 carrier design project is part of a wider push by the company into the emerging carbon capture, utilisation and storage market.
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ClassNK carried out the design review of the LCO2 carrier developed by MOL based on its Part N of Rules for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships, incorporating the IGC Code. Upon confirming the conformity to the relevant rules, ClassNK issued the AiP for the design concept of the large LCO2 carrier.
"At the initial stage of designing or before the specific target ship to be implemented is decided, the design is examined based on the existing regulations such as international conventions and ship classification rules, and an AiP is issued as proof of conformity with requirements. It also prevents rework of regulatory aspects in the post-process, shortens the examination time at the time of class registration, and can be used as a technical basis for external appeal of the design status," ClassNK said.
MOL, through its internal environmental policy, has said it is aiming to achieve net-zero operations by 2050.
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