The Hong Kong Chamber of Delivery and Bureau Veritas, supported by the Yantian District Authorities, Hong Kong Shipowners Affiliation, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, and the Equator Fund, hosted a workshop with worldwide stakeholders targeted on two clear pathways to decarbonize maritime exercise – various inexperienced fuels and electrification.
The Clear Vitality Provide Chain Workshop occasion represents a big step ahead in accelerating efforts to decarbonize the Higher Bay Space (GBA) maritime eco-system. The occasion introduced collectively roughly 140 representatives from coverage makers, vessel homeowners and operators, infrastructure operators, gasoline makers, expertise suppliers, and financiers to share insights and work in direction of sensible sustainable options that may assist leverage inexperienced vitality and expertise in deep-sea delivery, port operations, cargo dealing with, and short-sea and ferry actions.
One of many key focuses of the occasion was the 2 closed-door workshops, following two key themes to decarbonize maritime exercise, ‘Addressing Various Fuels’, and ‘Unlocking Electrification’. The workshop discussions had been moderated by Professor Christine Loh, Hong Kong College Science and Know-how’s (HKUST) Chief Improvement Strategist, and Dr Kenneth Leung, Former Principal Assistant Secretary (Air Coverage), HKSAR Setting and Ecology Bureau. The periods explored the present expertise and eco-systems required to assist the event of inexperienced electrical energy as an influence supply for contemporary maritime operations, with a dialogue on the provision and demand of different fuels particularly for inexperienced methanol from China, in addition to the event of a roadmap for providing inexperienced gasoline bunkering and export providers.
Hing Chao, Founder and Chairman of Hong Kong Chamber of Delivery, and Govt Chairman of Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, stated: “Views and insurance policies to decarbonize maritime should replicate the fact and potential of unpolluted gasoline provide adjustments originating in China, in addition to Chinese language expertise and innovation that may electrify ports and short-sea delivery. There may be additionally an enormous alternative for Hong Kong to play a task in inexperienced vitality markets associated to the provision of inexperienced vitality. These Clear Vitality Provide Chain workshops are a significant instance of the continued business collaboration that’s required to attain the maritime business’s targets of accelerating the decarbonization transition, while making a significant influence on the continued safety of the marine surroundings.”
