On November 19, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore and the Hong Kong Chamber of Delivery hosted an trade dinner to current findings from the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Clear Power Provide Chain Workshop, held in Yantian on November 15. The occasion emphasised Hong Kong’s strategic function in advancing clear power adoption throughout the Larger Bay Space (GBA) and outlined sensible suggestions to decarbonize the area’s maritime ecosystem.
A transparent maritime imaginative and prescient for Hong Kong is crucial to align with initiatives together with the Hong Kong Chief Govt’s Coverage Handle 2024 and the Motion Plan on Gasoline Bunkering. This imaginative and prescient ought to capitalize on Hong Kong’s strengths as a world maritime and logistics chief, foster cooperation with Mainland GBA companions, and appeal to worldwide enterprises to drive innovation and sustainability.
In the course of the Workshop, in-depth discussions on the trail to maritime decarbonization led to a consensus that the promotion of different inexperienced fuels and the development of electrification stay the 2 core pathways for attaining this objective. China is at present one of many main suppliers of different energies similar to inexperienced methanol, and Hong Kong ought to leverage its function as a “super-connector” to unlock the potential for cost-competitive inexperienced marine gasoline provide and export from China. Moreover, efforts must be made to determine Hong Kong as one of many most popular ports for berthing and inexperienced gasoline bunkering.
Actionable subsequent steps proposed on the Workshop embrace:
Conduct demonstration of ship‑to‑ship methanol bunkering by 2025, alongside the approval course of Set up shore energy on the Cruise Terminal and the container terminals by 2026 Set up a GBA inexperienced power provide chain alliance and develop inexperienced corridors Construct Hong Kong into another fuels buying and selling and certification hubPosition Hong Kong as a global hub for dialogue and deliberation on world maritime issuesCooperate with mainland our bodies to showcase China’s fast developments in maritime-related fuels and know-how, selling world inexperienced shippingConsider new electrification insurance policies for native vessels in Hong Kong waters and discover electrification insurance policies for non-ocean-going vessels in GBA waters, in cooperation with Shenzhen.
Partnering with the Hong Kong College of Science and Expertise, the findings from the Workshop will probably be refined right into a analysis report, which will probably be submitted to related authorities departments in early 2025. Common follow-up and in-depth discussions on this subject can even be performed.
